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As every environmental scientist gets to tell us at least once during his or her career: we will likely experience some kind of global natural catastrophe in our lifetime (you know, like in The Day After Tomorrow).
In such dire times, whose advice should we seek but that of a cooky Christian fundamentalist who lives in [...]

Though all the news and listicles of late has been about green transportation alternatives, high-speed trains and fuel-efficient cars, there remains something to be said for a big-budget collision between gas- or diesel-guzzling behemoths. No, we’re not talking about NASCAR, but about movie car crashes, whose alternations between realism, excess and stylizing often make for [...]

With our media cycles accelerating to the point of time travel, some great 2009 lists caught our eye before the year even began. More risky than lists that summarize past events, we especially like prediction lists for offering a thrilling vision of what the future might look like. To get an idea of what the [...]