Monday, June 9, 2008

Honeybee dance breaks down cultural barrier
PhysOrg news: Honeybee dance breaks down cultural barrier

Holodeck 1.0? Star Trek-style 3-D displays make their debut
PhysOrg news: Holodeck 1.0? Star Trek-style 3-D displays make their debut

Safe Haven | Second Great Depression in Detroit
A financial information site with an emphasis on Gold and Preservation of Capital. -- I've had a minor obsession with Detroit for the past year or so, ever since I learned that one could purchase a single family home there for $5,000 or less. In the world of sky high housing prices in my adopted hometown of Boston ...

Marvin Heemeyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Indonesia will stop announcing bird flu deaths (Update)
PhysOrg news: Indonesia will stop announcing bird flu deaths (Update)

IBM Cools 3-D Chips with Water
PhysOrg news: IBM Cools 3-D Chips with Water

Plastic Brain Outsmarts Experts
PhysOrg news: Plastic Brain Outsmarts Experts

Top 5 Ways to Cause a Man-Made Earthquake | Wired Science from Wired.com
In the first Superman movie, supervillain Lex Luthor plans to trigger a massive, California-detaching earthquake by detonating a couple of nuclear weapons in the San Andreas Fault. Crazy Lex! That

RepRap the self replicating robot | Electricpig
A prototype robot is ready to show off its ability to replicate its own parts at this week's Cheltenham Science Festival. The machine, called RepRap, prints 3D

Physicists have 'solved' mystery of levitation - Telegraph
Levitation has been elevated from being pure science fiction to science fact, according to a study reported today by physicists.

Nan Madol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A New Way to Think About Earth's First Cells
PhysOrg news: A New Way to Think About Earth's First Cells

The Food Chain - Food Is Gold, So Billions Invested in Farming - Series - NYTimes.com
Some private investors are starting to make long-term bets that the world’s need for food will increase.

Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average - NYTimes.com
Across the South, Southwest and the upper Great Plains, low incomes and heavy dependence on pickup trucks and vans is putting an even tighter squeeze on family budgets.

Book Review - 'The Drunkard’s Walk,' by Leonard Mlodinow - Review - NYTimes.com
A mind-bending crash course in probability and statistics.

Experimental Drug Makes the Immune System Revolt Against Cancer | Wired Science from Wired.com
A biotech company, founded by researchers from the University of Munich, has developed a fascinating way to make the immune system fight cancer. On Thursday, Micromet Inc. announced that its

Gasoline thieves adopt a new drill | News | Star-Telegram.com
Gasoline thieves adopt a new drill

Slipstream - Nature Gave Him a Blueprint, but Not Overnight Success - NYTimes.com
A scientist whose discoveries promised great increases in efficiency for a number of technologies found companies showed little interest in redesigning their products.

Pictures From the Sky

Consumed - The Silence Generation - Noise - Cities - Bose QuietComfort Headphones - NYTimes.com
Technology adapts to eliminate the clatter of the city life, one person at a time.

Spanish Truckers Block Border - NYTimes.com
In the latest show of distress over fuel prices, Spanish truckers began a blockade of their country’s border with France, lining up their rigs in a crawling strike.

Report confirms drilling, not earthquake, caused Java mud volcano
PhysOrg news: Report confirms drilling, not earthquake, caused Java mud volcano

'Man-made' Water Has Different Chemistry
PhysOrg news: 'Man-made' Water Has Different Chemistry

Researchers block transmission of malaria in animal tests
PhysOrg news: Researchers block transmission of malaria in animal tests

Boeing Throws its Weight Behind Algae | Autopia from Wired.com
Boeing has become an algae true believer. The company has joined scientists, academics and industry types in founding the Algal Biomass Organization to facilitate commercialization and
market development of microalgae

The Varying Impact of Gas Prices - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
Gas prices are high throughout the country, but how hard they hit individual families depends on income levels, which vary widely.

Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab - life - 09 June 2008 - New Scientist
After more that 44,000 generations, lab bacteria have evolved a radical new ability, demonstrating how evolution proceeds by chance mutations

tt engines - clean air turbine technology

A Whiff of Naples Arrives in Hamburg - NYTimes.com
Having run out of landfill space, Naples, Italy, has found a temporary solution to its trash problem in Germany.

Observatory - New Type of Paper Won’t Let You Just Rip It Apart - NYTimes.com
Researchers have developed a much stronger type of paper that is made from much smaller fibrils of cellulose.

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