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Aresa uses a seeding hose known as a "hydroseeder"--groundskeepers use such a hose to grow green grass on golf courses--to cover about a football field of territory in a day. After four to five weeks the thale-cress will have sprouted and turned red if it encounters nitrogen dioxide. Normally, plants neutralize nitrogen dioxide, which they recognize as harmful. But Aresa scientists, led by founder Meier, have genetically engineered thale-cress, fusing its nitrogen dioxide neutralizer with an enzyme that creates red pigment (plants naturally produce red pigment, which isn't visible until the green disappears in autumn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JARNE ELLEHOLM: Saving Lives And Limbs With a Weed | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...global deterioration alone. However, I realized there is no need to worry; there are many people who take environment issues seriously and act to make a difference. I am only 18, not yet knowledgable or influential enough to change the world, but with my passion I believe I will grow into a future hero of the environment. Hannah Young Suh, Gyungi, Korea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...expected to keep up with the race—let alone go through it twice—if the motive behind the running remains so unclear? Kasper is dedicated to saving KlaraMaria yet is unable to explain why. With every escalating sacrifice he makes on his tortuous quest, we grow ever more exasperated. “It’s important to exit on a high note,” Kasper says. If only Høeg had followed his advice rather than leaving us hoping for the end 100 pages before it actually comes. Circus-clown Kasper Krone provides...

Author: By Anna I. Polonyi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Høeg’s ‘Quiet Girl’ Too Loud | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...FUTURE THINGS, he turns to technology on the cusp of invention--smart homes, cars that drive themselves--and finds big problems brewing. Making machines ever quieter may seem wise, for instance, but then they lack audible cues to help people know something is happening. Faced with silence, we often grow frustrated and start over. Better to use natural and intuitive signals. Consider vibrations in a car seat instead of yet another blinking light on the dash to let you know you're drifting across lanes. It's technology that gets psychology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downtime: Nov. 19, 2007 | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...have anything else to grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Nov. 19, 2007 | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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