Nanotechnology Companies Planning to Sell Shares - New York Times

Nurtured by billions of dollars in government grants and venture investments, nanotechnology companies are getting ready to go public.

Silicon Valley Shaped by Technology and Traffic - New York Times

Silicon Valley is a collection of remarkably local clusters based on industry niches, skills, school ties, traffic patterns, ethnic groups and even weekend sports teams.

China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing Factories - New York Times

In its rush to recreate the industrial revolution that made the West rich, China has absorbed most of the major industries that once made the West dirty.

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At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star - New York Times

Walter H. G. Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., has found devotees across the country with his online lectures.

The Green House as Classroom - New York Times

Green show houses are appearing across the country, spreading a message about environmentally conscious building.

Nanovideo captures motion of RNA molecules in 3-D

PhysOrg news: Nanovideo captures motion of RNA molecules in 3-D

Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From the Ocean Floor Near Santa Barbara

PhysOrg news: Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From the Ocean Floor Near Santa Barbara

'Nanocavity' Sensor Detects Virus-Sized Particles

PhysOrg news: 'Nanocavity' Sensor Detects Virus-Sized Particles

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AFP: Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US

The Year's 10 Craziest Ways to Hack the Earth

In response to growing concerns over the planet's future, scientists are proposing some radical ideas to combat global warming.

Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians

PhysOrg news: Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Active glacier found' on Mars

A probable active glacier is identified on the surface of Mars for the first time.

World Food Supply Is Shrinking, U.N. Agency Warns - New York Times

The United Nations’ top food and agriculture official said Monday that the world food supply is dwindling and that food prices are soaring to historic levels.

Food and Fuel Compete for Land - New York Times

For years, cheap food and feed were taken for granted in the United States. Now the price of some foods is rising sharply, and a blame alert is under way.

Start-Up Sells Solar Panels at Lower-Than-Usual Cost - New York Times

Nanosolar, a heavily financed Silicon Valley start-up whose backers include Google’s co-founders, plans to announce Tuesday that it has begun selling its innovative solar panels.

Biochip mimics the body to reveal toxicity of industrial compounds

PhysOrg news: Biochip mimics the body to reveal toxicity of industrial compounds

Monkeys perform arithmetic as well as college students

PhysOrg news: Monkeys perform arithmetic as well as college students

New research provides better understanding of the birds and the bees

PhysOrg news: New research provides better understanding of the birds and the bees

Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones

PhysOrg news: Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones

Metal Foam Has a Good Memory

PhysOrg news: Metal Foam Has a Good Memory

Kurt Vonnegut: "The Big Space Fuck"

Greenland DNA could hold key to migration mysteries: researchers

PhysOrg news: Greenland DNA could hold key to migration mysteries: researchers

Bell Labs Is Gone. Academia Steps In. - New York Times

A vanguard group of universities is giving corporations greater access to ivory-tower laboratories — for a price.

Before It Disappears - New York Times

Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse — to behold an untrammeled frontier.

Chip-Shrinking May Be Nearing Its Limits

PhysOrg news: Chip-Shrinking May Be Nearing Its Limits

Chemical Find Shuts Down 2 LA Reservoirs

PhysOrg news: Chemical Find Shuts Down 2 LA Reservoirs

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Evidence Mounts for Electromagnetic Earthquake Precursors

A 30-year-old argument over whether earthquakes are preceded by an electromagnetic signal continues this week at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting.

Canada Province Rat-Free for 50 Years

The United States is home to 150 million rats, by some estimates. Alberta, Canada, has none. The reason? Meet John B. Bourne and his seven-person crew of vertebrate pest specialists.

Agriculture: the price of adaptation | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse

EnergyBulletin.net : Peak Oil News Clearinghouse. : It's becoming increasingly recognized that today's industrial agriculture will stop being viable once cheap abundant fossil fuel becomes a thing of the past. Less often recognized are adaptations already taking place that will allow more sustainable agricultural systems to take its place - but at a price.

Small group of US experts insist global warming not man-made

PhysOrg news: Small group of US experts insist global warming not man-made

Neuronal circuits able to rewire on the fly to sharpen senses

PhysOrg news: Neuronal circuits able to rewire on the fly to sharpen senses

National Park Plans to Cull Its Herd of Elk - New York Times

Sharpshooters will be used to cull an elk population that roams and sometimes rampages through Rocky Mountain National Park, according to park officials.

Four Bolivian regions declare autonomy from government - CNN.com

Tensions were rising in Bolivia on Saturday as members of the country's four highest natural gas-producing regions declared autonomy from the central government.

Climate - Global Warming - Carbon Dioxide - China - Developing Countries - New York Times

Can the emerging superpower fast-forward through the most carbon-intense phase of nation building?

Michael Pollan - Argiculture - Disease Resistant Staph - Concentrated Animal Feed Operations - Sustainability - New York Times

What sustainability is really about.

1. Empire State Building (1931) - New York, NY; William Lamb, FAIA; Shreve, Lamb & Harmon (America's Favorite Architecture)

A New Breed of Billionaire - New York Times

The global wealth boom has created a new breed of billionaire in once-destitute countries, and a number of them are using their wealth to push for social changes.

Losses of long-established genes contribute to human evolution

PhysOrg news: Losses of long-established genes contribute to human evolution

Ancient Egyptian glassmaking recreated

PhysOrg news: Ancient Egyptian glassmaking recreated

What's The Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 All About

PhysOrg news: What's The Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 All About

Covering Chernobyl's Destroyed Nuke Reactor — For Good This Time

Two decades after Chernobyl's Number Four reactor blew, the Ukrainian government is finally replacing the

Google's 'Knols' aren't a Threat to Wikipedia | Compiler from Wired.com

Yesterday afternoon Google unceremoniously revealed that it was working on a new project called

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Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste: Scientific American

Light-based quantum circuit does basic maths: News - Hardware - ZDNet Australia

Researchers from the University of Queensland have taken a significant step in the quest to build a quantum computer, creating a light-based quantum circuit capable of basic calculations and moving quantum computing closer to a becoming a reality.

The Hypersonic Age is Near - Popular Science

Canada Acts to Reopen Reactor Producing Medical Isotope - New York Times

The Canadian government is rushing through legislation to reopen a nuclear reactor that produces most of the world’s supply of a medically important diagnostic isotope.

Lonely Canadian Shocked to Get $85,000 Phone Bill - New York Times

Piotr Staniaszek, a 22-year-old oil and gas well tester in rural northwest Alberta, downloaded movies and other high-resolution files unaware of the charges.

Scientist Employs 'Circuit Theory' to Protect Endangered Species

A new technique for tracking endangered species' genes borrows concepts from electrical engineering. Commentary by Carl Zimmer.

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Today's girls 'would rather look sexy than be clever' | UK News | The Observer

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Before the end of the last ice age, a hunter-gatherer left a bag of tools near the wall of a roundhouse residence, where archaeologists have now found the collection 14,000 years later.

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Spines, Made Extra Curvy for Women - New York Times

Pregnant women do not tip over, and the reason has a lot to do with an evolutionary curve, researchers say.

Light Source Lasts 12 Years - No Electricity Needed

PhysOrg news: Light Source Lasts 12 Years - No Electricity Needed

Moss is a super model for feeding the hungry

PhysOrg news: Moss is a super model for feeding the hungry

Researchers discover second light-sensing system in human eye

PhysOrg news: Researchers discover second light-sensing system in human eye

Rare Look Inside Baghdad Museum - New York Times

Four years after being stripped by looters, the vast halls of the Baghdad Museum remain dark and deserted.

Gas Terminal Proposed Off New Jersey - New York Times

Exxon Mobil said it plans to build a $1 billion floating natural-gas terminal about 20 miles off the New Jersey coast, a move it thinks could help deflect potential opposition to the project.

China and U.S. in Food Safety Accord - New York Times

The agreement calls for a greater U.S. role in certifying and inspecting Chinese food exports, including an increased presence of American officials at Chinese production plants.

China Said to Block U.S. Films - New York Times

China has stopped granting permission for American films to be shown in its cinemas in an apparent trade dispute with the United States, according to several Hollywood executives and U.S. officials.

Natural Selection - Evolution - Genetics - New York Times

Researchers analyzing variation in the human genome have concluded that human evolution accelerated enormously in the last 40,000 years under the force of natural selection.

Heroin Addiction - Treatment - Naloxone - Medicine and Health - New York Times

Naloxone has lately become a tool for states and cities struggling to reduce stubbornly high death rates among opiate users.

anesthesia Awareness - Awake the Movie - Medicine and Health - New York Times

A new movie brings anesthesia awareness, a rare phenomenon that doctors are still struggling to understand, to life.

Malaria - Vaccine - Mosquitoes - Research - Medicine and Health - New York Times

A controversial effort to stop malaria zeroes in on mosquitoes and the parasites that live inside them.

Whales - Feeding - Dive Deep, Stop Short, Open Wide - New York Times

Scientists are tracking the ocean’s biggest whales to figure out how exactly they get enough food to build their giant bodies.

Alcohol - An Ancient Medicine (Enjoy in Moderation) - Natalie Angier - New York Times

If we humans are congenitally inclined to drink, researchers caution, we are designed to do so only in moderation.

Shinya Yamanaka - Stem Cells - Science - Risk Taking Is in His Genes - New York Times

After years of searching, Shinya Yamanaka found a way to turn adult skin cells into the equivalent of human embryonic stem cells without using an actual embryo.

Scientists develop new measure of 'socioclimactic' risk

PhysOrg news: Scientists develop new measure of 'socioclimactic' risk

Researchers Find New Deep Water Coral

PhysOrg news: Researchers Find New Deep Water Coral

Honda Robots Pair Up to Lend a Hand

PhysOrg news: Honda Robots Pair Up to Lend a Hand

Toshiba Introduces New 10 Year--Quick Charge Industrial Battery

PhysOrg news: Toshiba Introduces New 10 Year--Quick Charge Industrial Battery

New Tibetan Ice Cores Missing A-Bomb Blast Markers; Suggest Himalayan Ice Fields Haven't Grown In Last 50 Years

PhysOrg news: New Tibetan Ice Cores Missing A-Bomb Blast Markers; Suggest Himalayan Ice Fields Haven't Grown In Last 50 Years

Caught in the act: The dynamic dance of enzymes

PhysOrg news: Caught in the act: The dynamic dance of enzymes

Explosives at the microscopic scale produce shocking results

PhysOrg news: Explosives at the microscopic scale produce shocking results

Gallery: Gallery: Time Hackers Tinker With Their Atomic Toys

With home laboratories that rival some national labs, amateur time nuts are using salvaged atomic clocks to get insanely precise time. Take a peek at their collections of clocks, old and new.

Gallery: Up Close and Personal With Future Green Car Tech

Wired News scopes the latest in petroleum-free motoring at the EVS Expo, including a modded Cobra, Mustang and the high-tech parts that make these green cars work.

Amateur Time Hackers Play With Atomic Clocks at Home

Throw out your cuckoo clock! Serious geeks are finding yesterday's super-precise timekeeping gear on the surplus market, and building home laboratories that rival some government labs.

PopSci's Best of What's New 2007

European Automakers Likely to Build Plants in United States - New York Times

The dollar’s falling value is making European automakers eager to build more vehicles in the United States, even as American car companies continue to shift production to other, lower-cost countries.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hold back the geo-engineering tide

Geo-engineering schemes, such as ocean fertilisation, to curb climate change will do more harm than good.

Flabber | Weblog: A Girl Like Me

Elke dag een paar bijzondere, interessante, sexy of humoristische posts.

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Two Top Polluters Oppose Caps in Bali - New York Times

The United States will come up with its own plan to cut global-warming gases by mid-2008 and won’t commit to mandatory caps at the U.N. climate conference.

New York Philharmonic - North Korea - Music - International Relations - New York Times

In the first significant cultural visit by Americans, the New York Philharmonic plans to visit Pyongyang.

Rule on Shots Forces Some Students Off Maine Campuses - New York Times

Hundreds of students at the University of Southern Maine have been barred from its campuses over mumps vaccinations.

German battery could jump-start electric car production

PhysOrg news: German battery could jump-start electric car production

UK anti-drinking campaign ads may be 'catastrophically misconceived'

PhysOrg news: UK anti-drinking campaign ads may be 'catastrophically misconceived'

'Golden bullet' shows promise for killing common parasite

PhysOrg news: 'Golden bullet' shows promise for killing common parasite

Toward a Rosetta Stone for Microbes' Secret Language

PhysOrg news: Toward a Rosetta Stone for Microbes' Secret Language

When she's turned on, some of her genes turn off

PhysOrg news: When she's turned on, some of her genes turn off

Are humans evolving faster? Findings suggest we are becoming more different, not alike

PhysOrg news: Are humans evolving faster? Findings suggest we are becoming more different, not alike

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In Test, Canadian ISP Splices Itself Into Google Homepage | Threat Level from Wired.com

A screen shot posted to the web over the weekend seems to show that Canada's largest provider of high-speed internet access is exploring a controversial data substitution technique that lets

New Document Reveals Military Mystery's Powers | Danger Room from Wired.com

For years, no military program has sparked more fevered speculation from conspiracy theorists than the mysterious High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP. And for years, the Pentagon has

US scientists use gene to create sexual buzz among fruit flies - Times Online

The sexual preferences of fruit flies have been switched from gay to straight
and back again with drugs and genetic engineering.

English Russia » From River to River

Interesting news from Russia in English language.

Car Prototype Generates Electricity, And Cash

The price of oil nearly reached $100 a barrel recently, but a new prototype vehicle demonstrates how the cost of the black stuff could become a concern of the past. The system enables vehicles to not only run on electricity alone, but also to generate revenue by storing and providing electricity for utilities. The technology -- known as V2G, for vehicle-to-grid--lets electricity flow from the car's battery to power lines and back.

Invention: Green power special - tech - 10 December 2007 - New Scientist Tech

This week's patent applications include a battery made from kidney cells, a way to make purer hydrogen for fuel cells, a microbe that turns lawn clippings

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Oil-Rich Nations Use More Energy, Cutting Exports - New York Times

Several nations that are large suppliers may start importing oil within a decade, adding strains to the global market.

So That’s Why They Drink Coke on TV - New York Times

Advertisers are increasing the money they spend on so-called product integrations at double-digit rates, making it one of the faster growth areas for an otherwise stalled industry.

Canadian Retailer Bans Some Plastic Bottles - New York Times

A line of water bottles that had become a symbol of environmental responsibility has been removed from the shelves of Canada’s leading outdoor gear retailer over concerns about a chemical used in its manufacture.

Warming and the Right - New York Times

Jim Manzi, a longtime software executive, says that economically speaking, carbon taxes could be worse than global warming itself.

Tanker Spills Oil Off South Korea - New York Times

A Hong Kong-registered oil tanker leaked 10,810 tons of crude oil off South Korea’s west coast on Friday.

Efforts to Harvest Ocean’s Energy Open New Debate Front - New York Times

In the coastal Northwest, the dispute over plans to use waves to generate electricity has become intense before the first megawatt has been transmitted to shore.

China Link Suspected in Lab Hacking - New York Times

A cyber attack reported last week by one of the federal government’s nuclear weapons laboratories may have originated in China, according to a memorandum.

Teenage Birth Rate Rises for First Time Since ’91 - New York Times

The teenage birth rate in the United States rose 3 percent in 2006, the first increase since 1991, fueling a debate about whether the Bush administration’s abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working.

I’m Not Really Running, I’m Not Really Running... - New York Times

Using mental tricks, or dissociating, can get you to the finish line faster.

Antibacterial chemical disrupts hormone activities

PhysOrg news: Antibacterial chemical disrupts hormone activities

Idaho Test Reactor Opens to Universities

PhysOrg news: Idaho Test Reactor Opens to Universities

Pathogens use previously undescribed mechanism to sabotage host immune system

PhysOrg news: Pathogens use previously undescribed mechanism to sabotage host immune system

Research reveals secrets of alcohol's effect on brain cells

PhysOrg news: Research reveals secrets of alcohol's effect on brain cells

Touring a Salty, Creepy Nuclear-Waste Facility

In an excerpt from Gwenyth Cravens' book <cite>The Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy</cite>, the author takes us along on her surreal tour of a nuclear-waste-burial facility.

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Former 'No Nukes' Protester: Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Power

A former nuclear-energy protester is now convinced that nuclear is our safest and cleanest source of energy.

Open source software package takes aim at high-cost math programs | NetworkWorld.com Community

The gene that makes us once bitten, twice shy : Nature News

Nature - the world's best science and medicine on your desktop

Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth | LiveScience

Scans of Earth's deep interior reveal a vast water reservoir beneath Asia that is at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.

Annals of Science: Darwin’s Surprise: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

Why are evolutionary biologists bringing back extinct deadly viruses?

Turn Back. Exit Village. Truck Shortcut Hitting Barrier. - New York Times

Across Britain, trucks are increasingly being directed by G.P.S. navigation devices that fail to appreciate that the shortest route is not always the best route.

Hacking Rings Take Advantage of Death in Boston - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

Bits is a blog about technology, innovation and society from The New York Times.

Plan to Build Reactors Is Running Into Hurdles - New York Times

With early jockeying under way to win U.S. government approval for a new generation of nuclear reactors, ominous signs are emerging that the plans may not go smoothly.

In Japan, Rural Economies Wane as Cities Thrive - New York Times

Since the 1990s, a growing economic disparity has emerged between prosperous cities and depressed rural areas.

India Finds Mutated DNA Where Water Is Toxic - New York Times

Toxic chemicals in the water in Punjab, India’s grain belt, could be causing genetic mutations in the population, a recent study suggests.

Antarctica - Ice - Map - NASA - New York Times

A new Web site from NASA provides a brilliant new view of the coldest continent.

Impressionist Painters - Style - Eyesight - New York Times

Understanding physical infirmity can help assess the work of a handful of Impressionists.

Wall Street Firms Subpoenaed in Subprime Inquiry - New York Times

New York’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is reviewing the packaging and selling of subprime mortgages.

Gunman Kills 8 People, Then Himself at a Mall in Omaha - New York Times

The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd at a Von Maur department store. The police said that five other people had been injured in the shootings.

China’s Turtles, Emblems of a Crisis - New York Times

The saga of the last two Yangtze giant soft-shells is symbolic of the threatened state of wildlife as a result of pollution, hunting and rampant development.

Juno - Movie - Review - New York Times

Folic Acid - Nutrition - Regulations - Enriched Flour - New York Times

Since 1998, the federal government has required that almost all flour be fortified with the supplement but the levels are below those recommended by some experts.

Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs

PhysOrg news: Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs

Researchers Fight Computer 'Obesity' Crisis

PhysOrg news: Researchers Fight Computer 'Obesity' Crisis

Howstuffworks "How the Trolley Problem Works"

The trolley problem looks to explore the concept of human morality and a philosophical view of consequentialism. Learn about the trolley problem.

Herbal extract found to increase lifespan

PhysOrg news: Herbal extract found to increase lifespan

Humans appear hardwired to learn by 'over-imitation'

PhysOrg news: Humans appear hardwired to learn by 'over-imitation'

Thaw point: 'Snowball Earth' was more a slushball

PhysOrg news: Thaw point: 'Snowball Earth' was more a slushball

Can You Spot the Atheism in a Five-Minute Preview of The Golden Compass? | The Underwire from Wired.com

This holiday season, adventure flick The Golden Compass, which hits theaters Dec. 7, is cookin' up a big ol' pot of controversy stew. The film, a big-screen adaptation of Northern

Inside India's Underground Trade in Human Remains

India has long been the world's primary source of bones for medical study, producing excellent quality specimens. When the Indian government outlawed the export of human remains in 1985, Western countries turned to China and Eastern Europe, but now there are signs that the trade never ended.

Dec. 5, 1951: 'Your Car Is on the 12th Floor, Lady'

Designed during the automation craze as an efficient way of parking a lot of cars in a small space, the Park-O-Mat is the direct ancestor the modern automated parking garage.

Uncovering the Secrets of Ireland's Ancient Breweries

Two archaeologists about to excavate one of the 5,000 grassy mounds in Ireland known as <em>fulacht fiadhs</em>, dating from 1500 to 500 BC, propose the Bronze Age relics might just be Ireland's first breweries.

As Intel Surges, PC Makers Prop Up Its Main Competitor

With Intel's market share hovering around 80 percent, and its rivals a generation behind in terms of CPU technology, is the chip giant on the verge of monopolizing the microprocessor world? Not so fast, analysts say.

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Did Morgan Spurlock Find Osama Bin Laden?! at JustPressPlay - Game, Movie & Music Reviews

JustPressPlay is the best resource for Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? reviews, dvd reviews, news, and information.

Ships Hauling Less as Water Levels Drop in Great Lakes (TreeHugger)

Global Warming - Roundup of News Out of Bali Global Warming Summit - thedailygreen.com

A roundup of news from the United Nations global warming summit in Bali.

Friending, Ancient or Otherwise - New York Times

In the collective patter of profile-surfing, messaging and “friending,” academic researchers see the resurgence of older patterns of oral communication.

Study Details How U.S. Could Cut 28% of Greenhouse Gases - New York Times

A new report says the country is brimming with opportunities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, while saving money at the same time.

San Francisco Fleet Is All Biodiesel - New York Times

City officials said that all of San Francisco’s 1,500 diesel vehicles are now powered by biodiesel, a clean-burning and renewable fuel.

Raise a Glass to the Father of Energy Drinks - New York Times

I wrote the first article on Gatorade, for The Miami Herald, on Nov. 30, 1966. In his typically unaffected fashion, Dr. J. Robert Cade was astonished about the fuss.

Southern California Ports Move to Curb Emissions From Shipping Industry - New York Times

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are embarking on a multibillion-dollar program being watched all over the world to repair, replace or clean up engines.

Earth's Tropics Belt Expands

PhysOrg news: Earth's Tropics Belt Expands

Man dies of bird flu in China: report

PhysOrg news: Man dies of bird flu in China: report

Genetic Cosmetic Makes Old Skin Like New

Stanford researchers find that blocking a single gene's functioning can restore youthful skin in aged mice. Are humans next?

Gallery: The Art of Surveillance

Interactive artists repurpose motion sensors and security cameras to put a creative spin on global surveillance, in 11 installations in Europe, the United States and Latin America.

Boozebots Get Their Shot at Roboexotica

Liquor flows freely, thanks to the world's coolest robotic bartenders, at the annual event in Vienna.

Oxygen Suppliers Fight to Keep a Medicare Boon - New York Times

Medicare spends billions of dollars each year on products and services that are available at far lower prices.

YouTube Gem Leslie Hall Bedazzles the Masses

An oddball Midwesterner spins a passion for gaudy sweaters into hip-hop gold, as her crazy-funny music videos generate a cult following online.

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Exit Poll: Putin Party Wins Russia Vote

Helium isotopes point to the best sources of geothermal energy

Unknown to most, the US has enough geothermal energy below its surface to supply three times the amount of energy that the US consumes annually. Up until this point no one has tapped this source because finding the geothermal hot spots is too expensive. Recently researchers discovered that surface indicators can predict if geothermal energy sources are below the ground -- now no more expensive drilling is required.

One Little Nuke Plant for Every 25,000 People? | EcoGeek | Nuclear, Have, Written, December, Would

A small, self-contained power plant that does not produce any emissions and needs to be refueled only once every five years might sound pertty perfect.

SciVee | Pioneering New Modes of Scientific Dissemination

Created for scientists by scientists, SciVee provides synchronization tools and resources that connect science publications to media rich online video communication for scientific research communities.

How Africa's desert sun can bring Europe power | Science | The Observer

A £5bn solar power plan, backed by a Jordanian prince, could provide the EU with a sixth of its electricity needs - and cut carbon emissions

The 6 Most Important Experiments in the World | DISCOVER Magazine

From the smartest artificial brain to the first artificial life. Visit Discover Magazine to read this article and other exclusive science and technology news stories.