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(http://www.cosmosmagazine.com)
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about 9 hours ago
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A protist, a single-celled organism, was discovered on the ocean floor in the Bahamas. It was an unusual find mainly because of the size. Usually a protist is the size of a pin-head, but this was the size of a sea grape.
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(http://news.cnet.com)
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about 10 hours ago
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Wal-Mart has announced that 360 of their Texas stores will be outfitted with wind power. They hope to be able to have all their stores use renewable energy in the distant future.
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(http://www.latimes.com)
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about 15 hours ago
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Professional sports teams are increasingly using video games to evaluate talent and create simulations that allow them to see how a potential player might integrate into their system.
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(http://www.nature.com)
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about 18 hours ago
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Sirtuin proteins linked to lifespan in mammals.
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(http://endoftheamericancentury....)
- scanned by: DSMason
about 18 hours ago
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The influential and (formerly) neoconservative intellectual Francis Fukuyama, who in 1989 predicted "The End of History," with Western liberal democracy transcendent, now sees "The End of America, Inc."
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(http://endoftheamericancentury....)
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about 19 hours ago
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Even economists and bankers are coming to understand that we are in the midst of a global economic shift. The core of this change is the inevitable decline in American consumption, which for a generation has been fueled by borrowing and debt. The ...
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(http://www.sciam.com)
- scanned by: chelss28
about 19 hours ago
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Incredible discovery! Scientists have found a sea slug which can live on only sunlight for months at a time! The slugs are the only animal which can subsist on sunlight like a plant. The article describes how, with the help of some algae, these sl...
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(http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
- scanned by: chelss28
about 20 hours ago
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US Researchers have discovered a way to harness the currents in water to produce energy. They have developed a device which can be used to harness energy in a more efficient manner than wind or solar, and if only 0.1 percent of the energy is harne...
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(http://dsc.discovery.com)
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about 20 hours ago
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The U.S. government removed a key roadblock this year when the Department of Transportation amended its hazardous materials regulations to allow cells with methanol, butane or formic acid to be carried on airplanes.
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(http://www.thedailygreen.com)
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about 21 hours ago
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Flow: For the Love of Water is Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century: the world water crisis.
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(http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com)
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2 days ago
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A Singapore-based company has come out with a novel idea of a shopping cart mounted with a LCD screen that broadcast promotional messages and targeted advertisements to shoppers. Through the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology,...
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(http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk)
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2 days ago
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The two bio-geoengineering proposals discussed in this paper are attempts
to address one of the greatest threats humankind has ever faced –
catastrophic climate change. We attempt to answer the question: Will such
global bio-geoengineering ‘sol...
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