Kidney Transplants - Medicine and Health - A Holiday From Illness, All Too Fleeting - New York Times

After the kidney transplant, he felt great. A little too great, as it turned out.

Despite Climate Worry, Europe Turns to Coal - New York Times

Driven by rising demand and oil and natural gas prices, European countries plan to build dozens of new coal-fired power plants.

Weak Dollar Weighs on Europe - New York Times

The euro rose above $1.60 on Tuesday for the first time, adding to pressure on big European exporters to raise prices.

Panel Finds Link Between Smog and Premature Death - New York Times

Mortality due to air pollution should be taken into account when measuring the benefits of proposed clean-air legislation, according to a new report.

Expressing Our Individuality, the Way E. Coli Do - New York Times
Scientists have only a rough understanding of how human diversity arises.

Life expectancy no longer improving for large segment of the US population

PhysOrg news: Life expectancy no longer improving for large segment of the US population

Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm

Piotr Wozniak has a technique to turn people into geniuses, and a portion of the technique is in a software program called SuperMemo. Users around the world apply it to learning languages and gaining language fluency. SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned.

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Surgeons give hope to blind with successful 'bionic eye' operations - Times Online

Surgeons have carried out the first operations in Britain using a pioneering
“bionic eye” that could in future help to restore blind people’s sight.

Food shortages: how will we feed the world? - Telegraph

Telegraph Earth is your source for environmental and green news and environmental and green issues, with information on climate change, global warming, pollution, green living and recycling, and all other environment issues.

The Greenback Effect
Greed has helped destroy the planet—maybe now it can help save it.

Why fruit-eating bats eat dirt

PhysOrg news: Why fruit-eating bats eat dirt

You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother's diet influences infant sex

PhysOrg news: You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother's diet influences infant sex

Human brain appears 'hard-wired' for hierarchy

PhysOrg news: Human brain appears 'hard-wired' for hierarchy

Beetles may doom Canada's carbon reduction target: study

PhysOrg news: Beetles may doom Canada's carbon reduction target: study

Scientists Automate Molecular Evolution

PhysOrg news: Scientists Automate Molecular Evolution

Cheating Starts Before the Boston Marathon Does - New York Times
Why does the Boston Marathon make it so hard to enter? And how often do runners sneak in by trading or buying one another’s entries?

Honda Robot Will Conduct Detroit Symphony | Listening Post from Wired.com

Yo Yo Ma and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will soon submit to a robotic overlord in the form of Honda's Asimo, which will pick up a baton to conduct the

ESA Portal - Ship-sinking monster waves revealed by ESA satellites

Once dismissed as a nautical myth, freakish ocean waves that rise as tall as ten-storey apartment blocks have been accepted as a leading cause of large ship sinkings. Results from ESA's ERS satellites helped establish the widespread existence of these 'rogue' waves and are now being used to study their origins.

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High School Project on Genocide Was a Portent of Real-Life Events - New York Times

A teacher’s approach to teaching genocides in history included having the students study the conditions associated with mass murder.

New source for biofuels discovered

PhysOrg news: New source for biofuels discovered

Senate Passes Genetic Discrimination Bill - New York Times
The 95-0 Senate vote sends the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act back to the House, which could approve it early next week.

Deal Consolidates More of Russia’s Mining Industry - New York Times

The aluminum tycoon Oleg V. Deripaska said that he had purchased 25 percent of the Arctic mining company Norilsk Nickel, furthering his quest to consolidate the Russian metals and mining industry.

For Airlines, Runways Are the Danger Zone - New York Times

Recent groundings have raised flags about skipped inspections and botched repairs to wiring, but what really worries specialists is runway collisions.

Ozone hole recovery may reshape southern hemisphere climate change

PhysOrg news: Ozone hole recovery may reshape southern hemisphere climate change

Study says near extinction threatened people

PhysOrg news: Study says near extinction threatened people

Molecular analysis confirms T. rex's evolutionary link to birds

PhysOrg news: Molecular analysis confirms T. rex's evolutionary link to birds

Goodbye, Bunny Ears: Future Antennas May be Flat
PhysOrg news: Goodbye, Bunny Ears: Future Antennas May be Flat

Geoengineering Quick-Fix Would Wreak Ozone Havoc | Wired Science from Wired.com

A proposed quick fix for climate change will make our problems worse.

Sayings and Phrases - meanings and origins

Sayings and Phrases - meaning and origin.

Singing the Praises of the Bumblebee - Gardening - Gardens - New York Times

The bumblebee and other native wild bees are all the more important in the garden now that the population of honeybees is in such decline.

Global Food Crisis: The Fury of the Poor - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Around the world, rising food prices have made basic staples like rice and corn unaffordable for many people, pushing the poor to the barricades because they can no longer get enough to eat. But the worst is yet to come.

The real Good Life: An entire village turns against supermarkets and grows its own food | the Daily Mail

It was a sitcom that inspired many a household to live off the land.

Supercomputers Simulating As Close As Possible To Reality

Supercomputers simulate products and manufacturing processes within minutes. In the Computer Aided Robust Design CAROD project, researchers are developing new methods and software that significantly improve the quality of the virtual components.

wcbstv.com - Yankees May Charge Worker In Red Sox Jersey-Burial
The New York Yankees could seek criminal charges against a Boston Red Sox-loving construction worker who buried a jersey of his favorite team in the new stadium. But Gino Castignoli, the Red Sox fan who said he intended to curse the Yankees by planting the jersey, said he did it in jest.

The binge drinking girl who suffered liver failure at just 14 | the Daily Mail

She started drinking heavily at the age of 12.

American consumers showing signs of strain | U.S. | Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - While U.S. consumers may have spent slightly more than expected last month, it was because they paid more for necessities like gasoline and food, and not because they bought more discretionary

Poisonous algae bloom threatens giant Chinese lake

PhysOrg news: Poisonous algae bloom threatens giant Chinese lake

Excess pneumonia deaths linked to engine exhaust

PhysOrg news: Excess pneumonia deaths linked to engine exhaust

Disturbances in brain circuitry linked to chronic exposure to solvents

PhysOrg news: Disturbances in brain circuitry linked to chronic exposure to solvents

Atomic-Level Mechanisms of Phase-Change Memory Materials Revealed
PhysOrg news: Atomic-Level Mechanisms of Phase-Change Memory Materials Revealed

Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing - New York Times

Biofuels are fast becoming a new flash point in global diplomacy, putting pressure on Western politicians.

Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient ‘Toxic’ - New York Times

The Canadian government is said to be ready to declare as toxic the compound bisphenol-a, a chemical widely used in plastics for baby bottles, beverage and food containers.

Rising Oil and Food Prices Stoke Inflation Fears - New York Times

A gauge of prices paid by American producers jumped 1.1 percent in March as oil and food costs reached records, leaving Fed policymakers in a difficult spot ahead of their meeting this month.

RussiaToday : SciTech : Safe nuclear dump discovered

U.S. seeing worst food inflation in 17 years - Stocks & economy- msnbc.com
The U.S. is wrestling with the worst food inflation in 17 years, putting the squeeze on poor families and forcing bakeries, bagel shops and delis to explain price increases.

Oil Prices Surge to a New High - New York Times

Oil rose to nearly $114 a barrel, as pipeline interruptions and a weak dollar pressured a tight global market.

World's oldest living tree discovered in Sweden

PhysOrg news: World's oldest living tree discovered in Sweden

Are humans hardwired for fairness?

PhysOrg news: Are humans hardwired for fairness?

A genome for everyone takes a step closer to reality

PhysOrg news: A genome for everyone takes a step closer to reality

Changing jet streams may alter paths of storms and hurricanes

PhysOrg news: Changing jet streams may alter paths of storms and hurricanes

Researchers stumped by drug addiction paradox
PhysOrg news: Researchers stumped by drug addiction paradox

Five Lost Cities Of The Future : Environmental News Blog | Environmental Graffiti

Continuing our theme of lost cities, news editor Ben Ray explores five American cities, which in the distant future could be reclaimed by nature. ...

Top 5 Viable New Cancer Treatments | Wired Science from Wired.com

When 60 Minutes called Kanzius RF therapy, which uses gold nanoparticles and radio waves, one of the most promising breakthroughs in cancer research, I raised my eyebrows and started compiling

A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice - New York Times

The collapse of Australia’s rice production is one of several factors contributing to a doubling of rice prices in the last three months.

Global warming rage lets global hunger grow - Telegraph

Get the latest business and finance news from the Telegraph. Your source for finance, investing, mortgage and savings news

Edward N. Lorenz, a Meteorologist and a Father of Chaos Theory, Dies at 90 - New York Times

Dr. Lorenz was a meteorologist who tried to predict the weather with computers but instead gave rise to the modern field of chaos theory.

The new shape of music: Music has its own geometry, researchers find
PhysOrg news: The new shape of music: Music has its own geometry, researchers find

Rare 'atypical' mad cow case reported in Canada

PhysOrg news: Rare 'atypical' mad cow case reported in Canada

Tiny magnets offer breakthrough in gene therapy for cancer

PhysOrg news: Tiny magnets offer breakthrough in gene therapy for cancer

Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin

PhysOrg news: Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin

Rare example of co-operative behaviour in Nature

PhysOrg news: Rare example of co-operative behaviour in Nature

Lakes of meltwater can crack Greenland's ice and contribute to faster ice sheet flow

PhysOrg news: Lakes of meltwater can crack Greenland's ice and contribute to faster ice sheet flow

The Ultimate Test of Atom and Neutron Neutrality
PhysOrg news: The Ultimate Test of Atom and Neutron Neutrality

Security from chaos

There's safety in numbers..especially when those numbers are random. That's the lesson learned from a DHS-sponsored research project out of the University of Southern California. The research is already helping to beef up security at LAX airport in Los Angeles, and it could soon be used across the country to predict and minimize risk.

Solar System Leases: Taking the Industry By Storm : CleanTechnica

Study Sees an Advantage for Algae Species in Changing Oceans - New York Times

A microscopic plant that lives in oceans around the world may thrive in the changing ocean conditions of the next century, a team of scientists reported.

YouTube - Golden Eagle-Goats mountains.

--English -- The diet of the golden eagles consists mainly of small mammals, occasionally capture goat mountains, lambs, fawns, etc. generally these specime...

EU sees 'super bugs' as major public health challenge

PhysOrg news: EU sees 'super bugs' as major public health challenge

Researchers devise new method for protecting private data
PhysOrg news: Researchers devise new method for protecting private data

Sort Tons of Beach Trash With Wired's Spreadsheet | Wired Science from Wired.com

This week, the Ocean Conservancy released a new report based on their beach cleanup efforts. The study revealed that their volunteers found six million pounds of trash on the world's

Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger - New York Times

Global food prices are spiraling out of reach, sowing discontent and putting pressure on fragile governments.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Judge bars Zimbabwe arms shipment

A South African judge rules a shipment of arms from China to Zimbabwe cannot be transported overland.

New Plastic Bags Biodegrade in Four Months | Popular Science

A new type of plastic made from corn starch could solve some of the material's most egregious crimes Credit: Matt RansfordPosted 4.18.08 at 12:41 am 3 CommentsOn the heels of our reporting about Canada's probable move to ban BPA plastics comes a

Bringing Wind Power Down To Earth : Ecopreneurist

Travel Abroad - Reporter's File - When an Upset Stomach Roils Your Trip - NY Times Health
Free articles and multimedia from The NY Times, including information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, tests, and surgical procedures, as well as current news and interviews with leading experts.

How Scientific Gains Abroad Pay Off in the U.S. - New York Times

At a time of economic belt-tightening, might cheap science from low-wage countries help keep American innovators humming?

Recipes for Disaster - Essay - World Made by Hand - James Howard Kunstler - Books - Review - New York Times

Is the economic implosion of the United States a crisis or an opportunity? Two eco-millenarian novelists disagree.

The Oldest Tree and an Elephant Back From Extinction - The New York Times > Science > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 8

The Green Issue - Climate Change - Environment - Energy Efficiency - Consumption - New York Times
How to preserve your forests and make money in the process.

The Future of Oil - New York Times

Oil’s future is murky. With China and India rising, the supply question looms.

The New York Times Magazine - Features - Columns - Style - The New York Times

Features, columns, style and food coverage from The New York Times Magazine.

Top 5 Reasons to Dislike Pre-Med Students | Wired Science from Wired.com

For students who hope to study medicine, the college years are little more than a time to earn top grades by whatever means necessary. Their mercenary tactics can be tremendously

Three Smart Things You Should Know About Helium

Helium is used for more than balloons and sounding like a chipmunk. Here are a few facts you should know about this noble gas.

No Fortissimo? Symphony Told to Keep It Down - New York Times

A law that requires employers in Europe to limit workers’ exposure to noise has affected the repertories of orchestras.

George Steinmetz - Salt Deserts of Iran

Bananas United Fruit | Salon Books

Intrigue. Power. Corruption. Death. Sex. The history of oil has nothing on that of the yellow fruit.

In Lean Times, Biotech Grains Are Less Taboo - New York Times

Governments, consumers and food companies are feeling pressures to relax resistance to genetically engineered crops.

New Threat to Farmers: The Market Hedge - New York Times

Wild swings in crop futures are damaging mechanisms that are supposed to cushion the jolts of farming.

Putting Technology in India’s Tea - New York Times

The cacophony of India’s public tea auctions will soon give way to the gentle tapping of keyboards as the country’s tea markets are set to go digital.

For Urban Tree Planters, Concrete Is the Easy Part - New York Times

If you’re a forester perversely inclined to ply your trade in New York City, a new initiative makes now a pretty good time to make a go of it.

PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat - New York Times
The group is offering $1 million to the first person to create a method to produce commercially viable quantities of in vitro meat at competitive prices by 2012.

Researchers Create Self-Healing Computer Systems for Spacecraft

PhysOrg news: Researchers Create Self-Healing Computer Systems for Spacecraft

Garbage In, Garden Out: Inside the High Tech Trash Disassembly Line

See the latest multimedia and applications including videos, animations, podcasts, photos, and slideshows on Wired.com

Mercury Migrating Out of Rivers to the Shore - New York Times

In the South River in Virginia mercury has moved from the river to the shore by way of spiders.

TheStar.com | sciencetech | Scientists unlock frozen natural gas

The Toronto Star

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World - April 21, 2008 - The New York Sun

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World - April 21, 2008 - The New York Sun

Did six hours of Linear Algebra studying today decided to recharge hence the longer list today.

I will be back in zero city on the 27th, I have a job in lakeshore by the sand bar (the tavern not the hydrologically induced geographic feature) as a live-in "estate manager" in one of the mansions on riverside. So a DVD/Divx exchange can be setup sometime around then.

Sark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Unabomber for President - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work) - New York Times

A professor has developed computer algorithms that collect publicly available information on a given subject, turn them into into books, printed on demand or delivered digitally.

Off New York Streets, Film Piracy Is Online - New York Times
While bootlegged DVDs are harder to find on the streets of New York, worldwide and on the Internet, video piracy remains rampant.

The Coming of the Holodeck - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

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

On the Retail Frontier, Another Shop in SoHo for the Person Who Has Everything - New York Times

A SoHo storefront offers DNA analysis to gauge the risk of contracting one of 18 conditions, including breast cancer, a heart attack and Alzheimer’s disease.

When Tech Innovation Has a Social Mission - New York Times

For decades, Silicon Valley has been defined by the tension between the technologist’s urge to share information and the industrialist’s incentive to profit.

Insects evolved radically different strategy to smell

PhysOrg news: Insects evolved radically different strategy to smell

Brain Scanners Can See Your Decisions Before You Make Them

Scientists using brain scanners prove a long-standing theory that your brain makes decisions long before you are aware of them -- as much as seven seconds before.

AFP: Kenyan president names opposition chief prime minister

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Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Stolen Military Equipment Found on EBay - washingtonpost.com

WASHINGTON -- Stolen and sensitive U.S. military equipment, including fighter jet parts wanted by Iran and nuclear biological protective gear, has been available to the highest bidder on popular Internet sales sites, according to congressional investigators.

Cellphones - Third World and Developing Nations - Poverty - Technology - New York Times

Why a corporate “user anthropologist” is spending so much of his time in the shantytowns of the world.

BBC NEWS | Business | World Bank echoes food cost alarm

The rise in food prices could push 100m people deeper into poverty, says the head of the World Bank.

Laser triggers electrical activity in thunderstorm for the first time
PhysOrg news: Laser triggers electrical activity in thunderstorm for the first time

Forecast: Big Quake Likely in Calif.

PhysOrg news: Forecast: Big Quake Likely in Calif.

Would you steal a buck? How about a can of soda?

PhysOrg news: Would you steal a buck? How about a can of soda?

Physicists model how we form opinions

PhysOrg news: Physicists model how we form opinions

Citing Ethics, Some Doctors Are Rejecting Industry Pay - New York Times

The decisions of a small group of scientists to stop accepting payment from food, drug and medical device companies repudiate decades of industry influence.

New Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and Cloudy Days - New York Times

Solar thermal systems are built to gather heat from the sun and then store the heat for hours or even days, like water behind a dam.

Technology Smooths the Way for Home Wind-Power Turbines - New York Times
Wind turbines are attracting homeowners with their ease of use, financial incentives and low environmental effects.

Coming of Age on Antidepressants - Mental Health - SSRIs - Medicine and Health - New York Times

We know a lot about the course of untreated depression, probably more than we do about very long-term antidepressant use in this population.

In Weak Rivets, a Possible Key to Titanic’s Doom - New York Times

A team of scientists has uncovered new evidence that the ship’s builder used substandard rivets and rushed the project.

Recycling That Harms the Environment and People - New York Times

The dismantling of electronic circuit boards, which contain lead, zinc, copper and other metals can be dangerous to human health, a new study suggests.

Cancer Therapy Without Side Effects Nearing Trials

A promising new cancer treatment that appears to be 100 percent effective for many cancers — with no toxic side effects — is getting closer to human trials.

Nuked coral reef bounces back - earth - 14 April 2008 - New Scientist Environment

Half a century after being subjected to more than 20 nuclear tests, Bikini Atoll boasts a flourishing coral reef – but the coconuts are radioactive

Deutsche Bank Loves Shai Agassi's Plan to Bring Us EVs | Autopia from Wired.com
Bean counters at Deutsche Bank absolutely love Shai Agassi's plan to sell electric vehicles like cell phones and think it could be a paradigm shift that causes massive disruption to

residential

Interesting way to boost AC efficiency

Cholera Epidemic in New York City in 1832 - New York Times

A cholera outbreak in New York in 1832 led to broad efforts to clean up the city and others like it.

Monsanto's Harvest of Fear: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

Sorry about the slim link list this post they will be that way for awhile exam season is upon us. I have quite a few movie lined up for a few of my readers to be delivered on my return to zero city, I'll give a list of a few of them next post.

How strong is a hurricane? Just listen

PhysOrg news: How strong is a hurricane? Just listen

Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

PhysOrg news: Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Just like penguins and other primates, people trade sex for resources

PhysOrg news: Just like penguins and other primates, people trade sex for resources

Industrial Control Systems Killed Once and Will Again, Experts Warn | Threat Level from Wired.com
A control-system station screen at Olympic Pipeline the day of a deadly 1999 pipeline break. Image: NTSB On June 10th, 1999 a 16-inch diameter steel pipeline operated by the now-defunct

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ancient serpent shows its leg

Scientists use X-rays to find the lost rear limb of a fossil snake locked in 92-million-year-old Lebanese limestone.

Increase in Trade Deficit Raises Concern: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

Increase in Trade Deficit Raises Concern. - WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly increased for a second straight month in February, raising concerns that the economy's one standout performer could be starting to flag.

Ben Stein's Expelled: No Integrity Displayed: Scientific American

A shameful antievolution film tries to blame Darwin for the Holocaust

Experts hack power grid in no time - Network World

Cracking a power company network and gaining access to supervisory, control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that could shut down the grid is simple, security expert and penetration-testing consultant Ira Winkler told an RSA audience, and he has done so in less than a day.

Cognitive Dissonance in Monkeys - The Monty Hall Problem - New York Times

Some experiments that purport to show cognitive-dissonance effects might be explainable by statistics alone.

What Emancipation Didn’t Prevent: Douglas A. Blackmon’s ‘Slavery by Another Name’ - New York Times
Douglas A. Blackmon's book eviscerates one of our most basic assumptions: that slavery in America ended with the Civil War.

Technology Review: Self-assembling Nanofibers Heal Spinal Cords

Injected directly into the spinal cords of paralyzed mice, a new material restores use of the animals' hind legs.

As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation Program - New York Times
Farmers are taking their fields out of a government conservation program that pays them not to cultivate.

A Cleaner, Leaner Jet Age Has Arrived - New York Times

To save fuel and cut greenhouse gas emissions, aviation manufacturers are developing all-composite fuselages and geared turbojets.

Death Looms for a Flood-Control Project - New York Times

A debate is taking place over the lower Mississippi Delta’s transformation from wetlands to dry fields.

Latest College Reading Lists: Menus With Pho and Lobster - New York Times

As students’ palates grow more sophisticated and admissions become more competitive, many top colleges are making their dining halls more gourmet.

Why the dating game is taken at face value

PhysOrg news: Why the dating game is taken at face value

Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study

PhysOrg news: Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study

Money for Indias Ultra Mega Coal Plants Approved - Dot Earth - Climate Change and Sustainability - New York Times Blog
Andrew C. Revkin on climate change and sustainable living.

April 9, 1806: I.K. Brunel Is Born, a Giant Among Engineers

The greatest civil engineer of his day built railroads, bridges, tunnels, docks and ships ... at enormous scale.

Los Angeles' Future in Mobility: Many Goals But Many Obstacles | Autopia from Wired.com

Los Angeles' population will grow by 2.4 million by 2030, resulting in a total of 7 million cars on the roads each day. Already, congestion in Los Angeles is one

IMF says US crisis is 'largest financial shock since Great Depression' | Business | guardian.co.uk

Fund says there is now a one-in-four chance of a full-blown global recession over the next 12 months

NASA's Top Climate Scientist Says Big Oil is Hiding a "Planet in Crisis" | The Daily Galaxy: News from Planet Earth & Beyond

The Daily Galaxy -News from Planet Earth & Beyond, is an eclectic text and video presentation of fascinating news and original insights on science, space exploration, technology, and their reflections in popular culture (film, books, events).

3D printer to churn out copies of itself - tech - 18 March 2005 - New Scientist
A self-replicating 3D printer that spawns new, improved versions of itself - and a wealth of useful household objects - moves closer to reality

Harnessing Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods - New York Times

Researchers are looking for new ways to use renewable sources like corn and switchgrass instead of petroleum as the raw ingredient in plastic.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Breakthrough' at Stonehenge dig

Archaeologists say they have broken through to a layer which could help to explain why Stonehenge was built.

Algae: the future of biofuels? Advantages of algae biofuel. | Renewable Energy Sources

Algae are some of the fastest growing plants in the world. Oil is Almost 50 percent of algae weight. That oil lipis can be used to make biodiesel fuel for all

The New York Times > Business > Image > The Impact of the Subprime Mortgage Squeeze Across the U.S.

110 best books: The perfect library - Telegraph

Find the latest arts and entertainment news from the Telegraph. Your source for art news, entertainment news, books, film and music

Growing Pains for a Deep-Sea Home Built of Subway Cars - New York Times

Delaware’s novel use of submerged New York subway cars to revive a stretch of ocean floor has been so successful it is now competing with other states for a limited supply of cars.

Increasing Obesity Requires New Ambulance Equipment - New York Times

As obesity rates increase, fire departments and emergency medical workers are purchasing more expensive ambulances that can carry heavier patients.

Scientists develop safe 'green' decontamination method

PhysOrg news: Scientists develop safe 'green' decontamination method

Kurt Vonnegut | Salon Books

Kurt Vonnegut's new posthumous collection reveals the seeds of a modern masterpiece.

For Seattle Shoppers, Paper or Plastic Could Come with a ‘Green Fee’ - New York Times

Seattle consumers may face a 20-cent per bag fee under a new proposal, which also would include the banning of foam food containers.

Texans Beat Big Coal, and a Film Shows How - New York Times
“Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars” spotlights a coalition of ranchers, big-city mayors and environmentalists that spurred the record $45 billion takeover of Texas’s biggest electric company, TXU.

Duck and Cover: It’s the New Survivalism - New York Times

Faced with a confluence of diverse threats, people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated with the social fringes.

In Massachusetts, Universal Coverage Strains Care - New York Times

An influx of newly insured patients is widening the gap between the supply of primary care physicians and the demand for their services.

Appian Way - Vandalism - Illegal Developments - New York Times

The Appian Way, dotted with historical sites like the Villa of the Quintili, is facing chronic traffic congestion, vandalism and, some of its guardians grumble, illegal development.

Aztec Math Decoded, Reveals Woes of Ancient Tax Time

An ancient Aztec system of arithmetic, including symbols of hearts, hands, and arrows, has been deciphered, revealing a painfully meticulous tax code perhaps familiar to many today.

First comprehensive carbon tax in North America | ES&T Online News

British Columbia's new tax on all fossil fuels promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions with little negative impact on the economy and competitiveness

Scientific American: How Stereotyping Yourself Contributes to Your Success (or Failure)

Deadliest Catch - Dutch Harbor - Unalaska - Alaska - Television - New York Times

A show on the Discovery Channel turns the boring, repetitive and sometimes brutal job of crab fishing into popular entertainment.

Study Finds Abuse in One of 43 Babies - New York Times

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its first report on maltreatment of babies up to age 1 that 91,278 of them were physically abused or neglected in 2006.

Sun Is Part of the Plan for Greener Hempstead - New York Times

The town government views itself as a leader in reducing pollution, but critics say its use of solar power to deliver electricity is not worth the cost to taxpayers.

A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming - New York Times

Emissions caps are not enough, say advocates of radically new technologies.

The Fed Gets a New Job Description - New York Times

The Treasury’s plan to overhaul the financial system includes the proposal to transform the Fed into a “market stability regulator.”

Meteorites delivered the 'seeds' of Earth's left-hand life
PhysOrg news: Meteorites delivered the 'seeds' of Earth's left-hand life

Nuclear scientists eye future landfall on a second 'island of stability'

PhysOrg news: Nuclear scientists eye future landfall on a second 'island of stability'

Charlton Heston, Epic Film Star and Voice of N.R.A., Dies at 84 - New York Times

Mr. Heston appeared in some 100 films in his 60-year acting career, but he is remembered chiefly for his monumental, jut-jawed portrayals of Moses, Ben-Hur and Michelangelo.

Press Your Luck

CBC News In Depth: Energy

Peak oil

Let Computers Compute. It’s the Age of the Right Brain. - New York Times

Now that we’re hip-deep in what has been called both the “Creative Economy” and the “Conceptual Age,” no one can afford to ignore the right hemisphere of the brain.

Amazon’s ‘Forest Peoples’ Seek a Role in Striking Global Climate Agreements - New York Times
Leaders of hundreds of indigenous groups in 11 Latin American countries sought consensus on a conservation plan for tropical forests like the Amazon.

2 Outcomes When Foreigners Buy Factories - New York Times

Two cities offer competing narratives for a nation uneasy about being on the selling end of the global economy.

Thieves Mine Church Roofs as Lead Prices Rise - New York Times

The near record price that lead — the stuff many old church roofs are made of — is fetching on commodity markets has led to an accelerating crime wave.

Alligator blood may put the bite on antibiotic-resistant infections

PhysOrg news: Alligator blood may put the bite on antibiotic-resistant infections

Found: First lungless frog

PhysOrg news: Found: First lungless frog

Newly discovered 'superinsulators' promise to transform materials research, electronics design

PhysOrg news: Newly discovered 'superinsulators' promise to transform materials research, electronics design

The not-so-digital future of digital signal processing
PhysOrg news: The not-so-digital future of digital signal processing

Wired News - AP News

Read the latest AP Technology News and how the digital world is shaping business, entertainment, communications and culture on Wired.com.

'Ruthlessness gene' discovered : Nature News

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

In Remote Eskimo Villages, Pockets of Third-World Problems - New York Times

Alaskan villagers without running water have high rates of lung and skin infections, according to a study released last week.

YouTube - Blue Gold : World Water Wars
Feature documentary based on the groundbreaking book. It's not about saving the environment. It's about saving ourselves.

Rote Baron, Der (2008)

Directed by Nikolai Müllerschön. With Matthias Schweighöfer, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussions, Taglines, Trailers, Posters, Fan Sites

As Fight for Water Heats Up, Prized Fish Suffer - New York Times

Western fisheries are fast showing effects of climate change as the competition for water intensifies.

The Ancient Mechanics and How They Thought - New York Times

The Archimedes Project studies the history of mechanics and how people turned their thoughts about simple machines into theories and principles.

Change Blindness - Natalie Angier - New York Times

Our visual system’s inability to detect alterations to something staring us straight in the face is known as change blindness.

Inside the Black Budget - New York Times

In patches decorated with rockets, bombs and dragons, a photographer and author, Trevor Paglen, finds a coded guide to a secret world of military research.

UCLA researchers design nanomachine that kills cancer cells
PhysOrg news: UCLA researchers design nanomachine that kills cancer cells

Time Is Right for Linux PCs to Emerge

PhysOrg news: Time Is Right for Linux PCs to Emerge

Want to Drive In Manhattan? That'll Be $8, Please | Autopia from Wired.com

The Big Apple believes charging motorists $8 a pop to enter much of Manhattan is the best way to deal with the city's atrocious congestion, get a handle on greenhouse

YouTube - Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir - SWEET HOME ALABAMA

The Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish rock and roll band famous for its humorous songs and concerts featuring the Soviet Red Army Choir.Currently, the band has ...

Hybrid Merri-Go-Round Water Pump Saves Lives in Africa : TreeHugger

Tell a kid to do some work, like clean their room or take out the garbage, and they roll their eyes and run in the other direction. If you’re living in a rural village in Africa, Mom might ask

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Darwin told us so: Researcher shows natural selection speeds up speciation

PhysOrg news: Darwin told us so: Researcher shows natural selection speeds up speciation

Coming to New York, a Science Event for the Masses - New York Times

A panel of university presidents, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein of New York, the actor Alan Alda, the Columbia physicist Brian Greene and a Muppet announced plans on Wednesday for a World Science Festival to be held in New york.

Tooth Regeneration May Replace Drill-and-Fill

A dental researcher is working on a technique for regenerating the minerals in teeth -- which may eliminate the need for patching cavities with metal fillings.

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Unsold Homes Tie Down Would-Be Transplants - New York Times

The housing crisis is distorting the job market, restricting workers’ ability to pursue better career opportunities.

Bug-Eating Bats Help Plants, Studies Say - New York Times
Bug-eating bats in the tropics are a boon to farmers because they reduce the need for insecticides.

Harmful algae taking advantage of global warming

PhysOrg news: Harmful algae taking advantage of global warming

Germs in Soil Find Antibiotics Tasty

PhysOrg news: Germs in Soil Find Antibiotics Tasty

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