Phone battery dead? Urine luck.

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Hot enough for you?   In honor of the birthday of the inventor of air conditioning, we looked back at our posts about the machine, Happy eleventy-first birthday, Willis Carrier, while BoingBoing picked up our roundup of 10 Tips To Help You Live Without A/C. Good luck.   Want your own copy of the Newsletter delivered daily?  It's hot out there! Read all of our posts about how to beat the heat without air conditioning. Phone battery dead? Urine luck.   This isn't the old pee battery; Researchers have developed a fuel cell that creates electricity from urine and could be used to power our gadgets.   British scientists power cell phones with urine   Before and after, New Mexico   It's getting worse, as farmers pay a fortune to drill 300 foot deep wells.  New Mexico's record drought forcing farmers to extremes   Before and after, Seattle   To show that safer biking for cyclists need not be so terribly expensive, a Seattle activist group DIY'd their own bike lanes.   Safer bike lane from guerilla activists in Seattle made permanent   We forgot Calvin's "dessertarian" And remember Graham Hill's Weekday Vegetarian too.  The vegetarian spectrum: a rainbow of terms that mean "eating green"   So cute! What is it about these guy?. We've got twins! Extremely rare panda cub twins born in Atlanta zoo   Hut enough for you? Matt Hickman of MNN describes what happens when green design makes people see red. Kundig cabin causes controversy   Really. A stove.   They treat their bikes as transportation, not sport. Things you might see in Amsterdam, the bike capital of the world... (video)   Quoth the raven, Nevermore   Once is enough.  Awww! Raven with a face full of porcupine quills gets help from human neighbors [Video]   The cooking project   Simple, savory, and so satisfying! This delicious frittata is great for a weekend breakfast or brunch treat.   Savory swiss chard and onion frittata [Vegetarian]   Edited by Lloyd Alter  Email editor

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