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Olympic Hockey Final Affects Water Supply, Canadian Economy

March 10, 2010

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Globe and Mail

Electrical or water systems are designed for peak loads, so it is interesting to see the effects of extraordinary events on infrastructure. It’s estimated that 82% of Canadians watched the final Olympic hockey game between Canada and the United States, and that’s the mother of all peaks. Mike already wrote about how Canada vs. USA Final Made Power Consumption Jump by Around 600 Megawatts in Onta…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Waterpebble Device Encourages You Into Ever Shorter Showers (Video)

March 8, 2010

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Image via Gizmodo

If you’d like to know just when enough is enough in the shower, but you don’t want to go the route of a system that just shuts off the water and leaves you with soap in your eye, or worse, surrounds you in claustrophobia-inducing inflated bubbles, then the more subtle waterpebble might be the solution for you. By monitoring how much water heads down the drain, it let’s you know when you’ve crossed over into water-waster mode. Eve…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Role Reversal: 5 Strange Tales of Animal Male Pregnancies

March 7, 2010

(Images via: Babble, Belief Net, SACO, Flickr, Woodbridge, Mental Floss, Oregon Mag)Male pregnancy is a rare but real phenomenon in the animal kingdom. In some instances, male pregnancy is the result of man-made chemicals having strange effects on male frogs and bass, prompting weird intersex developments. In other situations, male pregnancy is a natural part [...]

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