Wickedly creative ideas and inventions are spurring up all over the globe as everyone attempts to go green and become environmentally friendly. Parisian engineers are testing a plan that uses human body heat, generated in an underground metro station, to heat a public housing project above. In this day and age, any type of alternative energy is better than the unsustainable fuels we’ve been using. A recent article in Popular Science magazine said scientists estimate this system will reduce one-third… Read more

This planet won’t be able to sustain our exploding population and massive consumption of resources forever. One possible solution to this is simply shipping humans to live in a space station which would lessen the strain on earth. As tempting as it may be to leave our mess behind, we humans should not leave, but instead fix our problems on earth. The March 2011 edition of Popular Science took a look at the likely possibility of removing humans from earth… Read more

It’s that time of year again! Spring in the Midwest, prairie lands, Deep South and east coast means tornado season is here. So far this season, record outbreaks have already taken place totally more than 100 in just the past week alone and more on the way. So just how do these forces of nature form and why? Well scientists have been racking their brains over for years on why exactly do tornadoes form in some storms and not in… Read more

For CSUN’s Ice Hockey goalie Ron Dierkes, 29, getting back to school and finishing proved to be a rewarding challenge that was met with a hockey puck.   Dierkes started his college career at Florida State University in 2000, majoring in creative writing. Unsure of which direction he should go, he dropped out of school in 2003. After attending various community colleges back home in Pennsylvania, he began looking into playing on a hockey team. Four years later he followed… Read more

When we hide under headphones and follow wherever technology takes us, it’s easy to get caught up in the façade our society has over the future of our planet and where we as a species are going. The brutal truth is our atmosphere and oceans are in dire trouble and unless we put aside our selfish ways now, horrendous consequences soon will follow. Since the start of the industrial revolution, our oceans have gradually been filling with poison we have… Read more

We know that hybrid vehicles such as a Toyota Prius and Honda Insight are built for next to no CO2 emissions but what about the rest of the cars? After all in the U.S. Toyota just hit its one millionth sale and the Insight is about 21,000 after being released in 2009. So 1.2 million clean cars on the road. That’s a good number right? Not really but hey, its not like people are going to flock to the nearest… Read more

Whether it’s for the environmentally conscious or those wishing to save gas money, most owners of hybrid cars are excited and confident of their purchase. One such owner bought the Prius as a representation of his principles and awareness of doing his part for the environment. “I’m a proud owner of a Prius,” Jason Prystowski, an emergency medicine physician, said. “I could have gone with a Ferrari but a Prius gets better gas mileage and chicks dig it.” Before purchasing… Read more

In the wake of the devastating 8.9 earthquake which struck Sendai, Japan March 11, students on campus have joined together to help in relief efforts. Such students are Billy Tobenkin  and Manami Sugimori, musicians giving the gift of music to raise money for those in need overseas. Tobenkin and Sugimori will give a recital April 21 at noon. They will be accompanied by pianists Maiko Yamagami and Yuka Miyauchi. Another treat for the audience is a popular Japanese song which… Read more

One of the many fascinating aspects of being human is the ability to critically analyze the world around us, both what we can see, as well as what is not visible to the human eye. Many experts agree that one day it could be possible to explain the existence of God through a collaboration of religion and science. It is critical for the future to have a collaboration of knowledge on these two different paths which both seek to explain… Read more