Visual artists Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg analyzed over 10,000 songs to find out which parts of the human body were mentioned the most and broke down the resulting data
Monday, August 25, 2008
HowStuffWorks "Can you fight allergies with local honey?"
Fighting allergies with honey is a tasty cure for sniffles and watery eyes, but does it work? Investigate how honey could fight allergies.
Art - Public Art, Eyesore to Eye Candy - NYTimes.com
Over the past 15 years public sculpture has become one of contemporary art’s more exciting areas of endeavor and certainly its most dramatically improved one.
Antibody Engineering Cuts the Collateral Damage of Cancer Drugs | Wired Science from Wired.com
Killing cancer cells, while leaving normal tissue unscathed, is almost impossible. Nanotechnology may do the trick, but big pharmaceutical companies are far from embracing that strategy. In the meantime, highly-engineered
Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
PhysOrg.com: (AP) -- The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad.
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How Fast Can Humans Go? - TIME
Bolt annihilated two world speed records at these Olympic Games. Can he go faster? Can anyone?
Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims - Security- msnbc.com
Wealthy Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car.
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There Are No Points for Style in the Marathon - NYTimes.com
In Sunday’s men’s marathon , there will be no way to tell by looking at a runner whether he will win, place or come in last in a race.
Medieval Churches: Solar-Powered Nanotech Pioneers : CleanTechnica
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Indonesia's 'Tree Man' goes home after wart surgery
PhysOrg.com: An Indonesian villager dubbed 'Tree Man' for massive bark-like warts on his body returned home Monday after doctors removed six kilograms (13.2 pounds) of the growths.
Future for clean energy lies in 'big bang' of evolution
PhysOrg.com: Amid mounting agreement that future clean, 'carbon-neutral', energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun's light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ancient groups of organism, the cyanobacteria. Dramatic progress has been made over the last decade understanding the fundamental reaction of photosynthesis that evolved in cyanobacteria 3.7 billion years ago, which for the first time used water molecules as a source of electrons to transport energy derived from sunlight, while converting carbon dioxide into oxygen. The light harvesting systems gave the bacteria their blue ('cyano') colour, and paved the way for plants to evolve by 'kidnapping' bacteria to provide their photosynthetic engines, and for animals by liberating oxygen for them to breathe, by splitting water molecules. For humans now there is the tantalising possibility of tweaking the photosynthetic reactions of cyanobacteria to produce fuels we want such as hydrogen, alcohols or even hydrocarbons, rather than carbohydrates.
Lebbeus Woods Remains an Architect Unbounded by the Status Quo - NYTimes.com
These are lonely times for Lebbeus Woods, the irreverent architect whose dark and moody renderings made him a cult figure among students and academics.
Q and A - Is It True That “The Hotter the Night, the Louder the Crickets? - Question - NYTimes.com
Is it true that “the hotter the night, the louder the crickets?”
Most Sung-About Body Part? The Eyes Have It | Listening Post from Wired.com
Visual artists Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg analyzed over 10,000 songs to find out which parts of the human body were mentioned the most and broke down the resulting data
Analog Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema's Ultrahigh-Res Camera
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How the Soviets Drilled the Deepest Hole in the World
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Aussie has answer to save Earth from asteroid attack | The Register
Global Update - Virus That Infects Mosquitoes Could Lead to Weapon Against Disease - NYTimes.com
A new virus that infects the world’s most dangerous mosquito could one day be manipulated to kill it or prevent it from transmitting malaria.
Observatory - In Salmonella Attack, Taking One for the Team - NYTimes.com
New research on salmonella illustrate how even simple organisms appear to cooperate for the greater good of their species.
Visual artists Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg analyzed over 10,000 songs to find out which parts of the human body were mentioned the most and broke down the resulting data
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Economic View - Finding the Mess Behind the Mess - NYTimes.com
The fundamental problem in the American economy is that, for years, people treated rising asset prices as a substitute for personal savings.
U.S. and Global Economies Slipping in Unison - NYTimes.com
The integrated market spreads prosperity — linking cotton farmers in Texas to textile mills in China — but it also spreads hurt when times go bad.
U.S.S. Oriskany, Sunk by Navy, Used as Artificial Reef - NYTimes.com
The U.S.S. Oriskany was sunk by the Navy in May 2006 under a pilot program to convert decommissioned vessels into artificial reefs.
Maine Conservationists Reach Milestone in Plan to Buy 3 Dams - NYTimes.com
A planned removal of two of the three dams, and the building of a fish run around the third, will serve the goal of helping to restore the struggling Atlantic salmon population.
How the Nose Sniffs Danger in the Air - NYTimes.com
Researchers have discovered that you may be able to sniff out danger.
Creating Landscapes That Balance Beauty and Sustainability - NYTimes.com
A number of designers have begun to champion an environmentally conscious approach to landscape and garden design.
The Easiest Marks of All - The New Old Age Blog - NYTimes.com
New Zealand's colossal squid defies legends: scientists
PhysOrg.com: New Zealand's mysterious colossal squid, the largest of the feared and legendary species ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests.
Algae: Biofuel of the future?
PhysOrg.com: University of Virginia researchers have a plan to greatly increase algae oil yields by feeding the algae extra carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas) and organic material like sewage, meaning the algae could simultaneously produce biofuel and clean up environmental problems.
Eco-architecture could produce 'grow your own' homes
PhysOrg.com: A bus stop that grows its own foliage as shade? A children's playground, made entirely from trees? A shelter made from living tree roots that could provide natural protection against earthquakes in California?
Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system
PhysOrg.com: Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.
Student study unmasks sushi scandal in New York
PhysOrg.com: A fourth of the fish for sale in New York City markets and sushi restaurants is mislabeled, a study launched by two high school students has found.
Unmanned Drone On L.I. Sparks Terror Investigation - News Story - WNBC | New York
NEW YORK -- Exclusive: A drone being built by an engineer on Long Island sparked a large counter-terrorism investigation across the New York area, officials tell WNBC.com. Saturday, August 23, 2008.
Half-ton woman indicted in slaying of nephew, 2 - CNN.com
Prosecutors are trying to decide how to jail and bring to court a nearly half-ton, bedridden woman accused of killing her 2-year-old nephew.
FOXNews.com - Residents Warned of Alligators in Florida's Fay-Flooded Streets - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
Residents Warned of Alligators in Florida's Fay-Flooded Streets, Floridians were warned to beware of alligators in their flooded streets as Tropical Storm Fay poured more rain on the Sunshine State's central Atlantic coast.
Death by Volcano
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A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash - NYTimes.com
A passionate educator takes Florida’s mandate to teach evolution to students raised to take the biblical creation story as fact.
A number of designers have begun to champion an environmentally conscious approach to landscape and garden design.
PhysOrg.com: A fourth of the fish for sale in New York City markets and sushi restaurants is mislabeled, a study launched by two high school students has found.
Monday, August 18, 2008
The 1920s satnav ... and other weird and wonderful gadgets that never quite took off | Mail Online
A 1920s satnav wristwatch is the one of the crazy contraptions in a new exhibition of Victorian and Edwardian inventions at the British Library.
Consumed - The Sole of a Worker - Ospop sneaker - NYTimes.com
A simple shoe popular among Chinese laborers gets a style makeover for the Western consumer.
Export Boom Helps Farms, but Not American Factories - NYTimes.com
A surge in U.S. commodity exports is a relief in an otherwise bleak economy, but it is an unreliable prop for an industrial power.
In Rural New York, Windmills Can Bring Whiff of Corruption - NYTimes.com
The wind industry has arrived in force in upstate New York, but some residents say the companies have brought with them an epidemic of corruption and intimidation.
Observatory - Razzle Dazzle Markings Can Confuse Predators - NYTimes.com
New research suggests that prey with dazzle markings were also difficult to catch, particularly when they moved at higher speeds.
Observatory - In Lake, Photosynthesis Relies on Arsenic - NYTimes.com
Researchers have discovered bacteria that use the toxic element arsenic in photosynthesis in the absence of oxygen.
Recalling a Mission to Capture the Depression’s Misery - ‘Documenting the Face of America’ - NYTimes.com
The PBS film “Documenting the Face of America” shows how a small federal agency’s New Deal project to document poverty helped shape modern documentary photography.
After Glory of a Lifetime, Asking ‘What Now?’ - NYTimes.com
Many athletes who surged to worldwide glory in Beijing will soon be engulfed by the fog known as ordinary life.
A Conversation With Nina V. Fedoroff - Nina Fedoroff, Advocate for Science Diplomacy - Interview - NYTimes.com
Nina V. Fedoroff is science adviser to the secretary of state and contends that genetically modified foods help the environment.
Researchers discover technology that silences genes
PhysOrg.com: Mount Sinai researchers have developed a new gene silencing technology that could be used to target genes that can lead to the development of certain diseases. This technology could pave the way for preventing diseases where gene dysfunction plays a role.
Novel fungus helps beetles to digest hard wood
PhysOrg.com: A little known fungus tucked away in the gut of Asian longhorned beetles helps the insect munch through the hardest of woods according to a team of entomologists and biochemists. Researchers say the discovery could lead to innovative methods of controlling the invasive pest, and potentially offer more efficient ways of breaking down plant biomass for generating biofuels.
Re-enact Bullitt With GPS Maps | Autopia from Wired.com
So you've driven to San Francisco in your 2008 Bullitt Edition Mustang. You have the Garmin plugged into the cigarette lighter, an iPod full of Lalo Schifrin and you're not
Injured? Horsing Around With Stem Cells May Get You Back in the Saddle
Read about the latest medical technology, pharmaceuticals and biotech trends including diets, drugs, genetics, stem cells, medicine, health, and cloning from Wired.com.
Antibodies Resurrected from 1918 Flu Pandemic That Killed 50 Million
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I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop. - NYTimes.com
As image-editing software grows in sophistication and ubiquity, alterations go far beyond removing red-eye and whitening teeth.
The Most Polluted City on Earth - thedailygreen.com
The truth about Linfen, China, the world's most polluted city.
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Dr. Doom - Profile - Nouriel Roubini - Predicting Crisis in the United States Economy - NYTimes.com
Two years ago, Nouriel Roubini predicted the current economic crisis. Now he sees things becoming far worse.
Researchers have discovered bacteria that use the toxic element arsenic in photosynthesis in the absence of oxygen.
So you've driven to San Francisco in your 2008 Bullitt Edition Mustang. You have the Garmin plugged into the cigarette lighter, an iPod full of Lalo Schifrin and you're not
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Artist puts a happy face on Olympics | The Japan Times Online
Pictured on umbrellas paraded at the event, the happy faces of more than 1,000 children from around the world adorned Friday's opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium, otherwise known as the Bird's Nest.
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For a Recently Plumbed Neighborhood, Validation in a Verdict - NYTimes.com
A federal jury cited a violation of civil rights law and ordered an Ohio city and county to pay damages for failing to provide water to a mostly black neighborhood.
Scientist at Work - Diana Beresford-Kroeger - Scientist Advocates Role for Trees in Human and Environmental Health - Biography - NYTimes.com
Diana Beresford-Kroeger brings together Western medicine and botany to advocate for the planting of trees with beneficial properties.
Observatory - The Greater the Threat, the Hotter the Chili - Question - NYTimes.com
The same things that make a chili pepper attractive to animals also draw bacteria and funguses that can kill its seeds.
Vital Signs - Childbirth - Highway Proximity Linked to Birth Weight - NYTimes.com
Mothers living near highways in wealthy neighborhoods are more likely to give birth to preterm or low-birth-weight babies.
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Questions Swirl After Death of China’s Food Safety Chief - NYTimes.com
Wu Jianping, the head of China’s food safety watchdog, died after jumping from a building a day after being questioned by prosecutors about his financial assets.
After Computer Glitch, Riders Ponder Ethics of Free Ticket - NYTimes.com
The ethical quandaries of the free ride were spotlighted by the disclosure of a computer glitch that allowed hundreds of people to get free rail tickets and MetroCards.
Prescriptions for Health, the Environmental Kind - NYTimes.com
Dr. Natalie Jeremijenko caters to those who want to know more about what they can do to clean up their personal environment.
Visual Science - The Genetic Map of Europe - NYTimes.com
Researchers have created a genetic map showing the relatedness between the populations of Europe.
Bumps on the Road to a Greener City - NYTimes.com
Enterprising attempts at living green in the city can sometimes lead to messy or frustrating blowback.
In the Sahara, Stone Age Graves From Greener Days - NYTimes.com
The first complete report from the largest known graveyard of Stone Age people reveals 200 graves, some filled with ornaments and pottery.
Northwestern chemists take gold, mass-produce Beijing Olympic logo
PhysOrg.com: Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad A. Mirkin has mass-produced the 2008 Summer Olympics logo -- 15,000 times. All the logos take up only one square centimeter of space.
Computer users are digitizing books quickly and accurately with Carnegie Mellon method
PhysOrg.com: Millions of computer users collectively transcribe the equivalent of 160 books each day with better than 99 percent accuracy, despite the fact that few spend more than a few seconds on the task and that most do not realize they are doing valuable work, Carnegie Mellon University researchers reported today in Science Express.
Slipping through cell walls, nanotubes deliver high-potency punch to cancer tumors in mice
PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- The problem with using a shotgun to kill a housefly is that even if you get the pest, you'll likely do a lot of damage to your home in the process. Hence the value of the more surgical flyswatter.
Plastics suspect in lobster illness
PhysOrg.com: The search for what causes a debilitating shell disease affecting lobsters from Long Island Sound to Maine has led one Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) visiting scientist to suspect environmental alkyphenols, formed primarily by the breakdown of hard transparent plastics.
Trees, forests and the Eiffel tower reveal theory of design in nature
PhysOrg.com: What do a tree and the Eiffel Tower have in common? According to a Duke University engineer, both are optimized for flow. In the case of trees, the flow is of water from the ground throughout the trunk, branches and leaves, and into the air. The Eiffel Tower's flow carries stresses throughout the structure without collapsing under its own weight or being downed by the wind.
Lotus Omnivore Runs on Anything Even Southern Comfort | Autopia from Wired.com
Sometimes we feel it necessary to remind our readers that we really love cars. Honest, we do. We love cars that are fun to drive, and we especially love cars
Bush Faces Rare Audience Challenge in N.C. - washingtonpost.com
CHARLOTTE, April 6 -- Harry Taylor got the chance Thursday to do what frustrated liberals across the country have wanted to do for a long time: He stood up and told off the president.
'Garbage Warrior' Turns Trash Into Green-Built Houses - Gaiam Life
Renegade architect Michael Reynolds transforms beer cans, tires and soda bottles into beautiful modern homes with tiny power bills. The subject of the Earth Cinema Circle film 'Garbage Warrior,' Reynolds talked with Gaiam about how green homes can help the fight against global warming.
For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time - WSJ.com
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Pictured on umbrellas paraded at the event, the happy faces of more than 1,000 children from around the world adorned Friday's opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium, otherwise known as the Bird's Nest.
The first complete report from the largest known graveyard of Stone Age people reveals 200 graves, some filled with ornaments and pottery.
Sometimes we feel it necessary to remind our readers that we really love cars. Honest, we do. We love cars that are fun to drive, and we especially love cars
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Media Outlets Losing Money From a Lack of Auto Ads - NYTimes.com
The flight of advertising dollars to the Internet is one explanation for the pain felt by traditional media. Another culprit that is increasingly to blame is Detroit.
Tropical Warming Tied to Flooding Rains - NYTimes.com
Rising temperatures around the globe are linked to extreme downpours and flooding, researchers said on Thursday.
Fingerprint Test Tells What a Person Has Touched - NYTimes.com
A new analytical technique could be used to identify substances like drugs, explosives or poisons on fingerprints.
A Tall, Cool Drink of ... Sewage? - NYTimes.com
In the world’s driest places, the future of drinking water may flow from a wastewater-recycling plant.
Who Lives There - Clingstone - The Old House and the Sea - NYTimes.com
Clingstone, a faded, shingled, 103-year-old mansion set on a rock in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, is one family’s labor of love.
Dutch town tests 'air-purifying' concrete (Update)
PhysOrg.com: A road in the small Dutch town of Hengelo is to be paved with air-purifying concrete in a trial that could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against rising pollution, scientists said Wednesday.
Compressor-free refrigerator may loom in the future
PhysOrg.com: Refrigerators and other cooling devices may one day lose their compressors and coils of piping and become solid state, according to Penn State researchers who are investigating electrically induced heat effects of some ferroelectric polymers.
Iconic stone arch collapses in southern Utah park
PhysOrg.com: (AP) -- One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed.
Researchers Crack Medeco High-Security Locks With Plastic Keys | Threat Level from Wired.com
Marc Weber Tobias and two colleagues discovered that they could create plastic keys to open Medeco's M3 high-security locks, despite key control measures designed to thwart key duplication. Photo: Dave
What bandwidth addiction will cost
Tim Wu, guest columnist: Americans today spend almost as much on bandwidth – the capacity to move information – as we do on energy. A family of four likely spends several hundred dollars a month on cell phones, cable television and Internet connections, which is about what we spend on gas and heating oil.
Amazon.com: loosenut's review of Playmobil Security Check Point
Spanish shopkeeper finds Homer Simpson euro | Oddly Enough | Reuters
MADRID (Reuters) - A one euro coin has turned up in Spain bearing the face of cartoon couch potato Homer Simpson instead of that of the country's king, a sweetshop owner told Reuters on Friday.
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In the world’s driest places, the future of drinking water may flow from a wastewater-recycling plant.
Tim Wu, guest columnist: Americans today spend almost as much on bandwidth – the capacity to move information – as we do on energy. A family of four likely spends several hundred dollars a month on cell phones, cable television and Internet connections, which is about what we spend on gas and heating oil.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Secret to Towering Rogue Waves Revealed | LiveScience
Deadly rogue waves 100 feet tall or higher could suddenly rise seemingly out of nowhere from the ocean.
Trading Places
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Eramosa Karst
The Eramosa Karst is one of the Hamilton Conservation Authority's newest and most unique conservation areas.
BBC NEWS | Health | 'DIY' kidney machine saves girl
A baby dying from kidney failure was saved when her doctor built her a dialysis machine from scratch in his garage.
Sexual assault in military 'jaw-dropping,' lawmaker says - CNN.com
A congresswoman said Thursday that her "jaw dropped" when military doctors told her that four in 10 women at a veterans hospital reported being sexually assaulted while in the military.
Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence - Yahoo! News
A farmer has erected a backyard fence made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his property.
Courthouse Confessions
Don't Know Much About History
The Pentagon looks back to four great empires for tips on how to rule the world.
Magnetic stripe card spoofer
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Human brains pay a price for being big
PhysOrg.com: Metabolic changes responsible for the evolution of our unique cognitive abilities indicate that the brain may have been pushed to the limit of its capabilities. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology adds weight to the theory that schizophrenia is a costly by-product of human brain evolution.
Instant messaging world confirms six degrees of separation
PhysOrg.com: A social graph derived from billions of instant messages validates folklore that there are about six degrees of separation between any two strangers on the planet.
Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say
PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look either trustworthy or fearsome. In doing so, they have also found that the program allows them to construct computer-generated faces that display the most trustworthy or dominant faces possible.
Research reveals why some smokers become addicted with their first cigarette
PhysOrg.com: New research from The University of Western Ontario reveals how the brain processes the 'rewarding' and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their first smoke. The research, led by Steven Laviolette of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry could lead to new therapies to prevent nicotine dependence and to treat nicotine withdrawal when smokers try to quit. The paper is published in the August 6th Journal of Neuroscience.
U.S. Cyclists Arrive in Beijing Wearing Masks - NYTimes.com
The cyclists were the first athletes to be seen wearing masks or doing anything proactive to combat the effects of pollution.
Basics - Sniff, and a Memory Is Evoked - The Emotional Might of the Nose - NYTimes.com
Olfaction is an ancient sense and in many ways our sense of smell stands alone.
Huashan Trail - World’s Most Dangerous Hiking Trail
Huashan Trail is considered to be the deadliest hiking trail in the world. Reaching the summit of mount Huashan offers great beauty but involves greater risks
Q. Sakamaki’s Relics of the East Village Before the Gentry Arrived - NYTimes.com
A book of photography documents a lost time and place: Tompkins Square Park in the 1980s.
New Textbook for Surgeons in the Battlefield Makes It Past the Army's Censors - NYTimes.com
A new textbook is the first guidebook of new techniques for American battlefield surgeons to be published while the wars it analyzes are still being fought.
Cases - Isolation Fights Drug-Resistant Organisms, but at a Price - NYTimes.com
The emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms is an unintended consequence of our use (and overuse) of antibiotics.
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Diesel-Producing Grass? Researcher Thinks it’s Possible : Gas 2.0
Daniel Nocera describes new process for storing solar energy
In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a ...
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The Pentagon looks back to four great empires for tips on how to rule the world.
PhysOrg.com: New research from The University of Western Ontario reveals how the brain processes the 'rewarding' and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their first smoke. The research, led by Steven Laviolette of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry could lead to new therapies to prevent nicotine dependence and to treat nicotine withdrawal when smokers try to quit. The paper is published in the August 6th Journal of Neuroscience.
A new textbook is the first guidebook of new techniques for American battlefield surgeons to be published while the wars it analyzes are still being fought.
Monday, August 4, 2008
They’ll Take Manhattan, in Cash - NYTimes.com
With the yen and euro rampant, it’s hard for New Yorkers to feel cosmopolitan.
Stinging Tentacles Offer Hint of Oceans’ Decline - NYTimes.com
The explosion of jellyfish populations reflects overfishing, rising sea temperatures and pollution, scientists say.
In Germany, a City’s Famed Industry Now Helps Keep It Afloat - NYTimes.com
With their low fuel consumption, zeppelins are enjoying renewed attention in an era of high fuel prices.
This Land - In the Hills of Nebraska, Change Is on the Horizon - NYTimes.com
In the agricultural town of Ainsworth, the newest crop is hard to miss: wind turbines, 36 of them, sprouting improbably from the hills beside ruminating cattle.
Observatory - Fossils Add More Proof of Global Climate Shift - NYTimes.com
Fossils uncovered from the Antarctic form the basis for further understanding of global cooling that occurred during the mid-Miocene epoch.
Saving our bees: Ecologists assess the impact of people on pollinators
PhysOrg.com: Most of the world's plant species rely on animals to transfer their pollen to other plants. The undisputed queen of these animal pollinators is the bee, made up of about 30,000 species worldwide, whose daily flights aid in the reproduction of more than half of the world's flowering plants. In recent years, however, an unprecedented and unexplained decline in bee populations across the U.S. and Europe has placed the health of ecosystems and the sustainability of crops in peril.
Undersea 'black smokers' found off Arctic: Swiss scientists
PhysOrg.com: Jets of searingly hot water spewing up from the ocean floor have been discovered in a far-northern zone of the Arctic Ocean, Swiss-based scientists announced Monday.
Study uses genetic evidence to trace ancient African migration
PhysOrg.com: Stanford University researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced civilization.
Gallery: San Francisco Cable Cars Still Humming on 19th-Century Tech
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Welcome to the Age of Air Rage | Autopia from Wired.com
Safety violations, nakedness, violence, sexual assault, dead amphibians and general nastiness: welcome to the 2008 summer travel season. We warned you that flying this summer was going to be hell,
Will Iran help doom $100B space station? -- OrlandoSentinel.com
The international space station, a $100 billion symbol of global cooperation, might become a casualty of U.S. opposition to Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Sea unearths secret Nazi bunkers that lay hidden for more than 50 years | Mail Online
Four Nazi bunkers have been discovered on a beach following violent storms.
Author of Disaster Preparedness Book Stocks Up - NYTimes.com
Kathy Harrison, who believes in home preparedness, has readied her own home for a worst-case scenario -- be it a flood or a nuclear or bioterrorist attack.
The explosion of jellyfish populations reflects overfishing, rising sea temperatures and pollution, scientists say.
PhysOrg.com: Stanford University researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced civilization.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Detroit’s Losses Mount on Leasing Operations - NYTimes.com
With consumers flocking to smaller cars, Detroit’s automakers are taking huge losses on the leases that once fueled the boom in trucks and S.U.V.’s.
Inside the world of online trolls, who use the Internet to harass, humiliate and torment strangers.
British Museum buys medieval astronomy tool
PhysOrg.com: (AP) -- A rare astronomy tool that helped medieval scientists tell time will remain in Britain after the British Museum scrambled to come up with the money to buy it.
Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'
PhysOrg.com: A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells.
Researchers fuel the next generation of hybrid cars
PhysOrg.com: Monash University scientists have revolutionised the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build.
Researchers Produce Best-Yet Dye-Based Solar Cells
PhysOrg.com: In work that may help solar panels become a more viable source of mainstream power, a research group has created a dye-based solar cell with a high efficiency and high stability, and that lacks the volatile chemicals used in similar cells. This is a combination so far lacking in the newest solar-cell prototypes.
Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system
PhysOrg.com: In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.
Teenager hacks together hardware for controlling your car via phone - Engadget Mobile
BookMooch: exchange books and trade them, like a book swap or book barter
Citizens use YouTube to keep gov't in check - Public Sector - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
Watching the watchers. Citizens are used to CCTV surveillance but a parliamentary group says that cameras are being turned
World's First Computer Displayed Olympic Calendar | Wired Science from Wired.com
The world's first known scientific instrument plotted the positions of celestial bodies nineteen years into the future -- and as an added bonus, it kept track of upcoming Olympics. The
A Dance of Environment and Economics in the Everglades - NYTimes.com
In a plan to save the Everglades, Florida officials and a family-run sugar company are seeking a delicate balance.
PhysOrg.com: In work that may help solar panels become a more viable source of mainstream power, a research group has created a dye-based solar cell with a high efficiency and high stability, and that lacks the volatile chemicals used in similar cells. This is a combination so far lacking in the newest solar-cell prototypes.
In a plan to save the Everglades, Florida officials and a family-run sugar company are seeking a delicate balance.
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