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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.

Magazine Preview - Malwebolence - The World of Web Trolling - NYTimes.com

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.