Fuel Subsidies Overseas Take a Toll on U.S. - NYTimes.com

To understand why fuel prices in the U.S. have soared over the last year, it helps to get an idea of how foreign governments are subsidizing energy prices.

Gas Rush Is On, and Louisianians Cash In - NYTimes.com

A no-holds-barred, all-American gold rush for natural gas is underway in a forgotten corner of the South.

DIY 3D Controller - Instructables - DIY, How To, tech - The Instructables Book Contest Entry

Make a 3D interface using an six resistors, aluminum foil, and an Arduino. Take that, Wii.
The basic goal here was to make a 3D hand-position sensing...

'Sun-eating dragon' returns to China
PhysOrg.com: Earth, the Sun and the Moon will align in a celestial ballet on Friday, rewarding China, where the first record of an eclipse was made more than 4,000 years ago, with a dazzling show. Longingly awaited, the first total solar eclipse since March 2006 kicks off at 0923 GMT, when the lunar shadow touches down on the fringes of Nunavut province in northern Canada.

Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search

PhysOrg.com: (AP) -- Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She believes her latest invention is even more valuable - only this time it's not for sale.

British scientist hopes for 'yeti hair' breakthrough

PhysOrg.com: A British scientist said Monday he was anxiously awaiting the results of DNA tests on hair claimed to be from a yeti after initial examinations showed it had human and ape-like characteristics.

New biomass technology dramatically increases ethanol yield from grasses and yard waste

PhysOrg.com: University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass—and even yard waste.

Mini-Microscope Could Lead to Cell-Sorting Implants | Wired Science from Wired.com

Imagine a microscope implanted into your body that could automatically sort out cancerous cells based on how they looked. That's the long-term promise of a lensless microscope that Caltech researchers

How to Do Business With a Blacklisted Russian Weapons Company | Danger Room from Wired.com

We now know that the U.S. Army handed out a sole-sourced deal to sell nearly two dozen Russian Mi-17 helicopters to Iraq. But the lingering question is, how?

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Trying to Build a Greener Britain, Home by Home - NYTimes.com

Through a host of small efforts by residents, the seaside town of Hove has become a prototype of a green village.

Lyall Watson, 69, Scientific Polymath and Explorer - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com

Mr. Watson was a maverick scientific polymath and explorer who wrote the best-selling book “Supernature” and introduced the “hundredth monkey” theory.

Observatory - Icebergs Digging Deep, With Implications for Life on the Bottom of the Sea - NYTimes.com

Close to the coast the seafloor can take a pounding as icebergs are moved around by currents, wind and tides.

Vital Signs - Risks - High PCB Levels, Fewer Births of Boys - NYTimes.com
Women exposed to high levels of polychlorinated biphenyl are significantly less likely to give birth to boys, according to a new study.

Vital Signs - Having a Baby - Infant’s Smile Works on Mom’s Brain - NYTimes.com

A picture of a mother’s own smiling baby activates reward-processing regions of her brain much more strongly than seeing a picture of an unknown baby, a new study shows.

Rise in Tuberculosis Is Linked to Loans From International Monetary Fund - NYTimes.com

The rise in tuberculosis cases in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union is associated with the receipt of loans from the fund, a new study has found.

'Snow flea antifreeze protein' could help improve organ preservation

PhysOrg.com: Scientists in Illinois and Pennsylvania are reporting development of a way to make the antifreeze protein that enables billions of Canadian snow fleas to survive frigid winter temperatures.

Amazon powers tropical ocean's carbon sink

PhysOrg.com: Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study.

Researchers find key to saving the world's lakes

PhysOrg.com: After completing one of the longest running experiments ever done on a lake, researchers from the University of Alberta, University of Minnesota and the Freshwater Institute, contend that nitrogen control, in which the European Union and many other jurisdictions around the world are investing millions of dollars, is not effective and in fact, may actually increase the problem of cultural eutrophication.

Beijing's smog takes shine off Olympic gold - Scotsman.com News
Beijing's smog takes shine off Olympic gold - Lung-busting pollution may mean few records are broken at this year's Games, writes <strong>Fiona MacLeod</strong>

Crude Reporting: Ask the Tough Questions About Oil

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Stoooopid .... why the Google generation isn’t as smart as it thinks - Times Online

On Wednesday I received 72 e-mails, not counting junk, and only two text
messages.

S.F. officials locked out of computer network

The Truth About Plastic - TIME

If you know where to find a good plastic-free shampoo, can you tell Jeanne Haegele? Last September, the 28-year-old Chicago resident resolved to cut plastics out of her life. The marketing coordinator...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Getting tourists to Afghanistan's 'Grand Canyon'
The BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from Afghanistan's first national park, beautifully tucked within the Hindu Kush mountains.

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New Interest in Vertical Farms for Urban Areas - NYTimes.com

The idea of a “vertical farm” has captured the imagination of several architects and city planners who envision skyscrapers as farms.

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In the Garden - Poison Ivy - NYTimes.com

The proliferation of poison ivy has created a business opportunity for horticulturists who help people get rid of the itchy vine.

Problems Persist With Red Cross Blood Services - NYTimes.com

Despite $21 million in fines and repeated vows to improve its methods, the American Red Cross is still falling short.

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Only Little War Criminals Get Punished - by Paul Craig Roberts

The Food Chain - As Price of Grain Rises, Catfish Farms Dry Up - Series - NYTimes.com

Unable to cope with feed costs, southern catfish farmers are draining their ponds and wondering what comes next.

Economic View - What if the Candidates Pandered to Economists? - News Analysis - NYTimes.com

Imagine that those running for office tailored their economic positions to attract the experts in the field. What would it take to put the nation’s economists solidly behind a candidate?

Warning - Habits May Be Good for You - NYTimes.com

Social scientists have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising.

Group Apologizes for Its Racial Bias - NYTimes.com
The American Medical Association formally apologized on Thursday for more than a century of policies that excluded blacks from the group, long considered to be the voice of American doctors.

Idea Lab - Too Fat and Pregnant - Bariatric Obstetrics - Idea Lab - NYTimes.com

The maternal risks of obesity.

Room temperature superconductivity: One step closer to the Holy Grail of physics

PhysOrg.com: Scientists at the University of Cambridge have for the first time identified a key component to unravelling the mystery of room temperature superconductivity, according to a paper published in today's edition of the scientific journal Nature.

Pill-Popping Pets - Dogs, Cats, And Mood-Altering Drugs - NYTimes.com

Americans are spending millions on mood-altering drugs for their cats and dogs. Is it because we’ve driven them mad?

Report: Rare Metal Fueled African "PlayStation War" | GamePolitics

At MIT, low-tech inventions with a high impact | csmonitor.com

The Environmentalism of Wall-E | Wired Science from Wired.com
The decade's most powerful environmental film doesn't star Al Gore or Greenpeace activists, but a trash-compacting, Hello Dolly-loving robot with a cockroach for a best friend. Backdropping the Chaplin-esque romantic

Iran and The Economist | Silent no more | Economist.com

An Iranian student protester, sentenced to death for appearing on our cover, has escaped to America

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Global Warming Talks Leave Few Concrete Goals - News Analysis - NYTimes.com

The sobering reality behind the G-8 summit was that it ended without an agreement on firm targets.

Researchers open new 'window' on solar energy: Cost effective devices expected on market soon
PhysOrg.com: Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that could allow just that.

Wilkins Ice Shelf hanging by its last thread

PhysOrg.com: The Wilkins Ice Shelf is experiencing further disintegration that is threatening the collapse of the ice bridge connecting the shelf to Charcot Island. Since the connection to the island in the image centre helps to stabilise the ice shelf, it is likely the break-up of the bridge will put the remainder of the ice shelf at risk.

Control switches found for immune cells that fight cancer, viral infection

PhysOrg.com: Medical science may be a significant step closer to climbing into the driver's seat of an important class of immune cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report in Nature Immunology.

A third of reef-building corals face extinction

PhysOrg.com: A third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive global assessment to determine their conservation status. The study findings were published today by Science Express.

Big babies and small families make evolutionary sense

PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- Macquarie University researchers have discovered and modelled the key factors responsible for offspring and family size.

Can microorganisms be a solution to the world's energy problems?

PhysOrg.com: Microorganisms once reigned supreme on the Earth, thriving by filling every nook and cranny of the environment billions of years before humans first arrived on the scene. Now, this ability of microorganisms to grow from an almost infinite variety of food sources may play a significant role in bailing out society from its current energy crisis, according to the Biodesign Institute's Bruce Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, and Rolf Halden.

Weldon's Firm Made Defective-Tank Deal With Iraq | Danger Room from Wired.com

If, someday, there are T-shirts sold in Iraq that read, the United States invaded our country and all we got were these crappy tanks, here is the explanation for what

New legal threat to teaching evolution in the US - opinion - 09 July 2008 - New Scientist

Religious groups hostile to the idea of evolution have adopted a cynical new tactic in Louisiana, says Amanda Gefter

In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog

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Whales & Dolphins Inspire a Novel Design for Wind Turbines

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Hybrid Medical Animation | Demo Reel 2008
High-end 3D medical illustration and medical animation for marketing professionals engaged in the fields of healthcare, biotechnology & medicine

Crawling the Internet to track infectious disease outbreaks

PhysOrg.com: Could Internet discussion forums, listservs, and online news outlets be an informative source of information on disease outbreaks? A team of researchers from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School thinks so, and it has launched a real-time, automated data-gathering system called HealthMap to gather, organize and disseminate this online intelligence. They describe their project in this week's PLoS Medicine.

Matsushita Electric Works says it has developed eco-friendly lamp

PhysOrg.com: Japan's Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. said Tuesday it had developed a fluorescent lamp that does not use mercury or a gas-discharging process.

New study finds that some plants can adapt to widespread climate change

PhysOrg.com: While many plant species move to a new location or go extinct as a result of climate change, grasslands clinging to a steep, rocky dale-side in Northern England seem to defy the odds and adapt to long-term changes in temperature and rainfall, according to a new study by scientists from Syracuse University and the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) published online in the July 7 issue of the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Male cyclists risk sexual problems if they don't choose the right bike
PhysOrg.com: Men who take up cycling in an effort to stay fit, do their bit for the environment or avoid spiralling motoring costs, could be harming their health if they don't choose the right bicycle. That's the stark warning from consultant urological surgeon Mr Vinod Nargund from St Bartholomew's and Homerton Hospitals, London, in the urology journal BJU International.

How intense will storms get? New model helps answer question

PhysOrg.com: A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth's surface.

Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life in Brazil

PhysOrg.com: Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. The newly discovered area is also far more abundant in marine life than the previously known Abrolhos reef system, one of the world's most unique and important reefs.

Researchers Track Disease With Google News, Google.org Money | Wired Science from Wired.com

When the next salmonella or avian flu outbreak hits, the internet will have the news first. But good luck finding that news amid the chatter about Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise

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PC Pro: News: Internet cable-laying boom

Dozens of new undersea internet cables to be laid across the world, in bid to boost capacity

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Can WALL-E Win Best Picture? - TIME

No animated movie has ever won the coveted Oscar, but Hollywood is already abuzz with talk that Pixar's smash-hit post-apocalyptic robot could change that

Mystery of the meat-eaters' molecule - Telegraph

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Large Solar Energy Array Set for G.M. in Spain - NYTimes.com

The solar electric system on the roof of a G.M. assembly plant in Spain will be the largest in the world, a thousand times larger than most projects.

Europeans Reconsider Biofuel Goal - NYTimes.com

European officials proposed scaling back drastically on their goal of increasing Europe’s use of biofuels, a major about-face on a central environmental and energy issue.

New Supercomputer Is Intended to Aid Scientific Research - NYTimes.com

A special-purpose supercomputer is intended to offer more than a thousandfold increase in performance for complex molecular simulations.

Corals, Already in Danger, Face New Threat in Algae Grown by People - NYTimes.com

Efforts to spread seaweed cultivation across the Pacific have backfired and are putting coral reefs at risk.

Super strong antimicrobial coatings for medicine, defense

PhysOrg.com: One of the world' strongest materials meets one of Nature's most powerful germ killers in a new research project that produced incredibly tough anti-bacterial surfaces with multiple applications in home appliances, medicine, aerospace, and national defense. A report on this long-awaited genre of stronger disinfectant surfaces is scheduled for the July 9 issue of ACS' Nano Letters.

Scientists discover chemical cues that stimulate egg laying by pregnant mosquitoes
PhysOrg.com: North Carolina State University scientists have figured out one reason why pregnant yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti), one of the most important disease transmitters worldwide, choose to lay their eggs in certain outdoor water containers while eschewing others.

Are We in the Peak of an Oil Bubble?

PhysOrg.com: Since 2003, worldwide oil prices have quadrupled. According to a new study, the price of oil is rising at a faster-than-exponential rate, and cannot be sustained. In other words, we’re in the midst of an oil bubble, say researchers Didier Sornette and Ryan Woodard of ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Wei-Xing Zhou of the East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China.

Montauk Struggles With Growing Influence of the Hamptons - NYTimes.com

The monied spirit and the allure of the Hamptons flow east. Some locals of “The End” hope to stem the tide.

After 40 Years, Moon Rocks Still in Demand for Research - NYTimes.com

Decades after the Apollo astronauts brought the first moon rocks back to Earth, they are still providing scientists with new secrets.

July 7, 1936: Get a Grip — Phillips Screws Up the Toolbox

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Chinese bloggers evade censors by writing backwards

By Mark O'Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] You have to hand it to Chinese bloggers - they are determined to get the truth out, no matter what. OK,

Drug-Infused Nanoparticles Stop Cancer From Spreading | Wired Science from Wired.com
By using tumor-targeting nanoparticles filled with chemotherapy drugs, scientists kept kidney and pancreas cancers from spreading through the bodies of mice. In an experiment described today in the Proceedings of

Chess boxers slug it out | NEWS.com.au

A RUSSIAN man has been crowned world champion in the novelty sport of chess boxing, a game that requires equal skill at moving pawns and throwing punches.

Human Mirror at Improv Everywhere

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GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO - BIGGER AND RUSSIANER on Vimeo

I did this video for a Russian Metal Band called ANJ. It is pretty crazy. When I saw the lyrics it seemed to be an earnest tribute to Mikael Gorbachov (that's how the Russians spell it), so I was a bit confounded about what the video concept should be, but then I had a brainstorm to take it way over the top and I think it was just the thing. Suffice to say it's half Russian History allegory as told through an old zombie movie made in the Soviet Union, and half animated Soviet Propaganda posters. It's in HD, so let it load a bit before you play it and then click the little "four arrows" symbol on the lower right part of the viewer to see it in true HD.

Asleep at the Spigot - NYTimes.com

Americans have seen the current oil crisis coming for 30 years. But analysts say chances to head it off were ignored, missed or blocked.

Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma - Series - NYTimes.com
Avastin, which can cost as much as $100,000 a year, has become one of the most popular cancer drugs, but studies show it prolongs life by only a few months.

Why Fly When You Can Float? - NYTimes.com

As the cost of fuel soars and the pressure mounts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, several schemes for a new generation of airship are being considered.

As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid - NYTimes.com

With fuel costs rising, agencies that provide meals or transportation for senior citizens are struggling.

Japanese sailor first to cross Pacific in wave-powered boat

PhysOrg news: Japanese sailor first to cross Pacific in wave-powered boat

Immune to Critics, Secret-Spilling Wikileaks Plans to Save Journalism ... and the World

The net's foremost document leaking site spent the last year publishing senstive military and political documents, causing changes, angering the powerful and drawing criticism from open government advocates. Wikileaks now plans to remake investigative journalism.

Secrets of Stradivarius Explained | Wired Science from Wired.com

Scientists may finally have discovered the secret of Stradivarius violins. In a study published yesterday in Public Library of Science ONE, Dutch researchers ran five of the peerless instruments, made

Attacking Iran? How Does $300 Oil Sound? - Yahoo! News
The Nation -- Last week the Middle East Policy Council held an interesting and important discussion of what to do about Iran.

Lost footage of Metropolis surfaces in Argentina | Entertainment | Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - Film historians had doubted they would ever find the missing portions of Metropolis -- until three reels of the science fiction film made in Germany a long time ago, were discovered

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.

Pictures of the day: 4 July 2008 - Telegraph

Pictured today: Fires in California, a volcano in Chile, Eddie Murphy's big
head, and a statue made of cheese.

Tomatoes: After $500 million in losses, the FDA appears wrong | The News is NowPublic.com

Africa and Coca-Cola | Index of happiness? | Economist.com

A bottle of Coke tracks change in Africa

Top 10 Disappearing Natural Wonders

US housing slump creating 'ghost towns' - Telegraph

Welcome to the new

"Super Cells"! Single Celled Organisms that can Make Oil, Cure Cancer, and Build a City

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Japan Sees a Chance to Promote Its Energy-Frugal Ways - NYTimes.com
Japan’s single-minded dedication to reducing energy use, which dates to the 1970s, has given it the potential to play a rare leadership role on a pressing global issue.

Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

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Hot future shock: Heat wave temperatures to soar

PhysOrg news: Hot future shock: Heat wave temperatures to soar

Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report

PhysOrg news: Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report

Firedoglake » Rabble Rousers Post Subversive “Declaration” in NYT

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AFP: Iran says any attack on its nuclear sites means war

RussiaToday : SciTech : Extinction 100 times closer than expected

The Electronics Junkyard Dismantlers of Guiyu : Environmental News Blog | Environmental Graffiti

image via Ink Solutions Guiyu was once a peaceful rice-growing village located in the eastern province of Guangdong, southern China – that is - until ...

Can a cow hormone help save the environment? - earth - 30 June 2008 - New Scientist Environment

A controversial hormone lets cows make more milk using less energy, according to a new study – environmentalists criticise it as greenwashing

YouTube - John Stockwell: The Third World War

How 6 million People Were killed in CIA secret wars against third world countries. Original video posted: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article406...

The Nature of Things: Janine Benyus Biography - CNN.com

"Doing it nature's way has the potential to change the way we grow food, make materials, harness energy, heal ourselves, store information, and conduct business." Janine Benyus

Kinetic Energy for Formula One | Popular Science

An innovative fuel-generating system could bring car racing into the green era Credit:&nbsp;Mike SpinelliPosted 7.3.08 at 12:15 pm 1 CommentsIs Formula One racing out of step with an auto industry whose greatest innovations have been in the area of

The Struggles of Detroit Ensnare Its Workers - NYTimes.com

Detroit automakers will temporarily lay off upward of 25,000 workers this year, but are still obligated to pay them more than half of their take-home wages.

Jobless, and Selling Himself the Old-Fashioned Way - NYTimes.com
Joshua Persky, an out-of-work investment banker, was interviewed by major news outlets as he stood on Park Avenue, handing out résumés and wearing a sandwich board.

On Campus, the ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire - NYTimes.com

Hired during an expansion in higher education, baby boomers are being replaced by a new generation.

A Tempered View of Greenlands Gushing Drainpipes - Dot Earth - Climate Change and Sustainability - New York Times Blog

Andrew C. Revkin on climate change and sustainable living.

China’s Legacy - Let a Million Museums Bloom - Series - NYTimes.com

Most art is an unsettled category in China and museums have complicated uses.

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Study debunks theory Asian students are top notchers in US

PhysOrg news: Study debunks theory Asian students are top notchers in US

Parasite vaccines within reach
PhysOrg news: Parasite vaccines within reach

Acidifying oceans add urgency to CO2 cuts

PhysOrg news: Acidifying oceans add urgency to CO2 cuts

Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-MPG VW | Autopia from Wired.com

With gas prices going through the roof and regulators requiring cars to be ever more miserly, Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term fuel efficiency with a bullet-shaped microcar

Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill | Wired Science from Wired.com

Scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet that the anti-aging benefits of calorically restricted diets can be duplicated -- minus the near-starvation -- by a pill. In a study published

Capture power with your curtains - CNN.com

Imagine every time you closed your curtains, you were capturing enough solar energy to power your laptop. The technology is available, but no one's packaged it up in a handy DIY kit at your local hardware store.

Cases - Trying to Discover the Cause of Eczema - NYTimes.com

Making the effort to understand a medical condition and the details of how best to treat it really pays off.

Political participation is partially rooted in genetic inheritance
PhysOrg news: Political participation is partially rooted in genetic inheritance

Pregnant women get morning sickness to protect fetus

PhysOrg news: Pregnant women get morning sickness to protect fetus

Mind - Years Later, Stanley Milgram's Shock Experiments Still Provide Insight - NYTimes.com

New papers illustrate the continuing power of Stanley Milgram’s shock experiments — and the interpretations they still inspire.

Archaeologists Find Evidence of Workaday World Along the Nile - NYTimes.com

A new excavation sheds light on the living and working spaces of ordinary Egyptians.

Findings - Deep Down, We Can’t Fool Even Ourselves - NYTimes.com

A moral hypocrite convinces himself that he is acting virtuously even when he does something he would condemn in others.

Scientist at Work - David Pritchard - Scientist Studies Whether Hookworms Can Protect Against Allergies - NYTimes.com

Can hookworms protect against allergies? In a quest to find out, David Pritchard infected himself.

Nuclear explosions could be key to spotting fake paintings
A Russian curator says she's developed a foolproof method of determining whether a piece of art was made before or after 1945 in order to sniff out fake paintings.

The Food Chain - Hoarding Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher - Series - NYTimes.com

After at least 29 countries sharply curbed their food exports, impoverished importing countries are finding it more difficult to afford the food they need.

Solution, or Mess? A Milk Jug for a Green Earth - NYTimes.com

A simple change to the design of the gallon milk jug keeps the milk fresher and holds costs down.

A Fuel Supply That Relies on the Rain - NYTimes.com

Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.

Ideas and Trends - Eureka! Where Do I Cash the Check? - Do Cash Prizes Prompt Innovation? - NYTimes.com

Genius: 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. Then there’s the prize money.

Observatory - From a Chameleon With a Short Life, Aging Insights? - NYTimes.com

The chameleon Furcifer labordi has a lifecycle that is more insect than animal.

Germany to start storing carbon dioxide underground
PhysOrg news: Germany to start storing carbon dioxide underground

Watermelon may have Viagra-effect

PhysOrg news: Watermelon may have Viagra-effect

When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same

PhysOrg news: When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same

Can a Million Tons of Sulfur Dioxide Combat Climate Change?

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Gene Editing Could Make Anyone Immune to AIDS | Wired Science from Wired.com

Some people have a mutation that makes them amazingly resistant to HIV -- and now, scientists may have found a way to give that immunity to anyone. Viruses enter cells

The great ocean migration... thousands of majestic stingrays swim to new seas | Mail Online

Like autumn leaves floating in a sunlit pond, this vast expanse of magnificent stingrays animates the bright blue seas of the Gulf of Mexico.

Some Proof that Marijuana is a Powerful Medicine | Wired Science from Wired.com
Marijuana contains an amazing chemical, beta-caryophyllene, and scientists have thoroughly proven that it could be used to treat pain, inflammation, atherosclerosis, and osteoporosis. Jürg Gertsch, of ETH Zürich, and his

10 Buckminster Fuller Inventions – Bucky Fuller Gallery - Popular Mechanics

From super-efficient cars to encapsulated cities, Buckminster Fuller's works made Frank Lloyd Wright look positively normal, and his prescient engineering foreshadowed the current movement toward green design and prefabricated housing.