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Super-Concrete to Store Solar Power in Works : TreeHugger

photo by billaday Researchers at the University of Arkansas are working to develop a new way of storing thermal energy in concrete. They were given an award from the U.S. Department of Energy in the sum of $770, 000

Doubt (2008)
Directed by John Patrick Shanley. With Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams. Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussions, Taglines, Trailers, Posters, Fan Sites

In Defense of Teasing - NYTimes.com

Why sticking your tongue out, mocking your parents, going for the punch line — or giving a noogie — really does make you a better person.

News Analysis - In Washington, Some Optimism About a Big Three Bankruptcy - NYTimes.com

Supporters of the Big Three bailout contend that Lehman Brothers’ failure shows that there can be unanticipated consequences of allowing a major company to go under.

Eye Spy: Filmmaker Plans to Install Camera in His Eye Socket | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

Rob Spence looks you straight in the eye when he talks. So it's a little unnerving to imagine that soon one of his hazel-green eyes will have a tiny wireless

Op-Ed Columnist - A Killer Without Borders - NYTimes.com

Americans don’t think much about tuberculosis, just as we didn’t think much of AIDS in the 1980s. The risk is that our myopia will catch up with us.

The FBI hero who joined the Mafia - Americas, World - The Independent

Sitting in an unmarked sedan car in South Boston, John Connolly had his binoculars trained on a scene just a block away. It was a gruesome spectacle: a man who had just delivered guns and ammunition to the IRA by ship, was being tortured to death by Boston's most notorious gangster on suspicion of being a snitch for the FBI.

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On the Road - Tempting the Thieves With the Pocketables - NYTimes.com

Thw Transportation Security Administration has fired 465 officers for theft since the spring of 2003.

Researcher finds link between aggression, status and sex

PhysOrg.com: Have you ever wondered why it seems like the littlest things make people angry? Why a glance at the wrong person or a spilled glass of water can lead to a fist fight or worse? University of Minnesota researcher Vladas Griskevicius has three words to explain why people may be evolutionarily inclined to make a mountain out of molehill: aggression, status and sex.

Synthetic e. coli could build a better biofuel: study

PhysOrg.com: US researcher have engineered a synthetic version of the common e. coli bacteria that could help build a better biofuel, according to a study published Monday.

Could Males Really Become The Weaker Sex? - Science - redOrbit

Scientific research from around the world suggests that the male gender is in danger, with incalculable consequences for both humans and wildlife.

SUVs at altar, Detroit church prays for a bailout | Markets | Markets News | Reuters

By Kevin Krolicki and Soyoung Kim
DETROIT, Dec 7 (Reuters) - With sport-utility vehicles at
the altar and auto workers in the pews, one of Detroit's
largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for

reportonbusiness.com: Chrysler turns up the heat on Canada
The most authoritative news in Canada featuring articles from The Globe and Mail, breaking news coverage, national news, international news, sports, weather, Report on Business.

First Arctic Ice-Free Summer Will be in 2015 : TreeHugger

Image from NASA It's hard sometimes to make heads or tail of all these gloomy predictions -- what with the projected year always changing (just scan through our previous posts on the subject to see what I mean) --

YouTube - Cadillac Records (2008) Trailer

First Summit on Building Integrated Sustainable Agriculture : TreeHugger

Image credit: Sky Vegetables Vertical Farming Innovators Convene for Two-Day Summit Vertical farming, or building-integrated sustainable agriculture – call it what you will – the idea of commercial or residential buildings that can produce a significant proportion of their

Bank of Canada Cuts Rate to 50-Year Low - NYTimes.com

The central bank unexpectedly cut its key rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 1.5 percent and declared the Canadian economy to be in a recession.

Scorpios Get More Asthma, but Astrology Isn’t to Blame - NYTimes.com

How, when and where a child is born may all play a role in lifetime asthma risk, new studies suggest.

Researchers Put a Microscope on Food Allergies - NYTimes.com
An international study is searching for causes of food allergy by looking at hundreds of families in Boston, Chicago and Anhui Province in China.

Researchers Plan to Simulate Movements of 300 Million Americans

PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Virginia Tech are developing a computer simulation that matches the movements of all 300 million people in towns across the US. The team hopes that the model will help them understand the spread of contagious diseases, fads, and traffic flows.

Fire-Ant Invasions Are Ecological Karma | Wired Science from Wired.com

If humans didn't make it so easy for them, invasive fire ants wouldn't invade. So concludes one of the first experimental tests of the hypothesis that invasive species are not

Complex Medical Test Made From Paper and Tape for Three Cents | Wired Science from Wired.com

A sophisticated medical test that checks for dozens of diseases at the same time can be made from little more than paper and double-sided tape, bringing the cost within reach

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