Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Dymaxion vehicle
A car that seats eleven, reaches 120 mph, can turn on a dime, and gets 30 miles per gallon.
In 1933.
Now that's damn interesting.
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Fear preview
I'm busy working on a post, or perhaps a series of posts, on fear and why it is useless for environmentalists. But in my reading around, I came across this delicious bit from John Rogers that I just had to share:
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From Hova to Happy Meals
H to the two oh Shawn Carter Jigga Hova Jay-Z’s got 99 problems, and clean water is one. “Every 15 seconds a child dies from not having access to clean water,” said the hip-hop mogul, who has teamed up with the U.N. and MTV to raise awareness about the world’s water crisis. “I want people […]