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MIT student ingenuity plus high-tech batteries yields advanced all-electric Porsche

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A Great Lakes mystery: The case of the disappearing species
PhysOrg news: A Great Lakes mystery: The case of the disappearing species

The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds - NYTimes.com

A small red berry called miracle fruit temporarily rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors, rendering lemons as sweet as candy.

U.S. Files Complaint Over European Tariffs - NYTimes.com

The United States has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over European tariffs on high-tech goods like computer monitors and printers.

May 28, 585 B.C.: Predicted Solar Eclipse Stops Battle

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'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws - life - 28 May 2008 - New Scientist

Hairy frogs from the Cameroon have revealed a remarkable mechanism that causes thorn-like claws to burst through the skin when it is threatened

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Could Methane Trigger a Climate Doomsday Within a Human Lifespan? | Wired Science from Wired.com
A new paper published appearing Thursday in the prestigious scientific journal Nature presents the worst-case scenario for runaway climate change that could leave the Earth entirely ice-free within a generation.

Natural Gas in Pause Mode - Huge New Terminals and Empty Tankers Await an Energy Answer That May Not Come - NYTimes.com

Companies have been building capacity to import natural gas, but much of it is idle as imports have fallen.

19,000 Workers Accept Buyout at G.M. - NYTimes.com

The buyouts add up to a quarter of a unionized work force at General Motors that already has been dramatically pared down.

Keeping Chlorine Out of the Pool - NYTimes.com

There are several ways to eliminate chlorine or significantly reduce the use of it, although the pool industry remains skeptical of their effectiveness.

5 Countries Agree to Talk Over the Arctic - NYTimes.com

The United States, Canada, Russia, Norway and Denmark aimed to defuse tensions over the likelihood that global warming will open northern waters to shipping, energy extraction and other activities.

Where man boldly goes, bacteria follow -- Are we contaminating space?

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Researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials
PhysOrg news: Researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials

Amazonian indigenous culture demonstrates a universal mapping of number onto space

PhysOrg news: Amazonian indigenous culture demonstrates a universal mapping of number onto space

DNA Offers Clues to Greenland’s First Inhabitants - NYTimes.com

The earliest inhabitants of the New World’s northern extremes were the descendants of eastern Asian populations, researchers say.

Making Renewable, Carbon-Neutral Oil - From Algae | Autopia from Wired.com

A San Diego start-up says it is using algae to make oil that can be refined into gasoline and other fuels that are both renewable and carbon-neutral, and it plans

Incredible pictures of one of Earth's last uncontacted tribes firing bows and arrows | Mail Online

They are members of one of Earth's last uncontacted tribes, who live in the Envira region in the thick rainforest along the Brazilian-Peruvian frontier, and are thought never to have had any contact with the outside world.

Stonehenge Used as Cemetery From the Beginning - NYTimes.com

With the help of radiocarbon dating, scientists may now have solved at least part of the mystery of Stonehenge.

Researchers develop nanowire 'paper towel' for oil spills
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Clive Thompson on How Man-Made Noise May Be Altering Earth's Ecology

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Living in Britain is now more dangerous than the Balkans, report reveals | Mail Online

Britain is now more dangerous than the Balkans, it was revealed yesterday.

'Heathrow is my home': Meet one of the 100 homeless people who live at the airport | Mail Online

With pink lipstick and freshly brushed hair, an attractive woman queues to buy a cup of coffee at a restaurant overlooking the departure hall of Britain's biggest and busiest airport.

Drilling Down - Fast Food’s Portion of Parents’ Dollars - NYTimes.com

The average mother of a child under 15 spends more on fast food every year than on books, music, movies and video games combined, according to a new report.

Alvin M. Marks, Inventor With 122 Patents, Dies at 97 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
Mr. Marks held patents on polarized film for sunglasses, a 3-D moviemaking process and a generator the size of a grapefruit that could produce enough electricity for a house.

Video: Smart Card Hacker's Tools Include Acid, Red Nail Polish | Threat Level from Wired.com

Satellite TV hacker Christopher Tarnovsky is a controversial figure. The 37-year-old Southern California man was at the center of a legal storm that pitted the Rupert Murdoch-owned NDS Group against

Phoenix Robotic Arm Camera Sees Possible Ice

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Banks' credit crisis solutions have echoes of 1929 Depression - Telegraph

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Warming Leads to Water Shortage and ‘Africanization’ of Spain - NYTimes.com

Spurred on by poorly planned development, swaths of southeast Spain are turning into desert.

Master of Weather Envisions Waterfalls in New York - NYTimes.com

Olafur Eliasson, a Danish-Icelandic artist, plans to create four waterfalls ranging from 90 to 120 feet in height on the New York waterfront.

Global Update - Noninfectious Illnesses Are Expected to Become Top Killers - NYTimes.com
A report from the World Health Organization shows that noncommunicable diseases will become bigger killers than infectious ones over the next 20 years.

House prices | Through the floor | Economist.com

America's house prices are falling even faster than during the Great Depression

An Impossible Dream, the Euro Finds Its Way - NYTimes.com

After the success of the single currency, the European Central Bank faces a new challenge. How will it make monetary policy with some members mired in a slowdown and others stalked by inflation?