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The Medium - Street Smart - Urban Dictionary - NYTimes.com

The unruly, unlexicographical but surprisingly useful offerings of Urban Dictionary.

Producing hydrogen from urine
(PhysOrg.com) -- You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract hydrogen from urine.

The Great American Bubble Machine : Rolling Stone

In Rolling Stone Issue 1082-83, Matt Taibbi takes on the Wall Street Bubble Mafia — investme...

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Cross of the sickle

Last month, Communists from across Canada gathered in a
Montreal classroom to plan revolution. With

Ruins of the Second Gilded Age - The New York Times > Magazine > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 13
What the real estate boom has left behind.

Honduras Withdraws From Group of Nations - NYTimes.com

Honduras withdrew from the Organization of American States before that organization could oust it over a military coup.

In Naples, Ex-Convicts Keep a Close Eye on Tourists - NYTimes.com

After less than a month, a project that enlists ex-convicts to escort tourists through Neapolitan streets with seedy reputations has caused considerable problems for its supporters.

How Much Did Michael Jackson Rock the Web? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

Compete, an analytics firm, crunched some numbers to quantify the demand for Michael Jackson information after his death.

Scientists' Drill Hits Magma: Only Third Time on Record

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists drilling a borehole deep into Iceland’s rocky crust to explore new methods of using geothermal energy hit a major roadblock on Thursday: Their drill ran into molten rock at a depth of 6,900 feet.

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YouTube - That Mitchell and Webb Look: Homeopathic A&E
Hilarious sketch from the fourth episode of series three of 'That Mitchell and Webb Look.'

Recirculating Marine Aquaculture: Farmed Fish Minus the Pollution : TreeHugger

Image credit: UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology Fully Contained, Indoor Fish Farming The dire state of global fish stocks is pretty well known by now - with costs of poor management of fish stocks running to $50 billion a

TROUBLE IN TEHRAN- Blog | VBS.TV

Watch original content on VBS.TV, streaming a mix of domestic and international news, pop and underground culture coverage, and the best music in the world.

Incandescent Bulbs Return to the Cutting Edge - NYTimes.com

New energy standards are causing major innovation in incandescent light bulbs, a family of bulbs that some thought would not survive.

Wind power may have its own environmental problems

Wind power generation is expected to be a clean and environmentally friendly natural energy source, but a new kind of environmental problem has surfaced as infrasonic waves caused by windmills are suspected of causing health problems for some people.

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PICTURES: World Wonders Added to UN Heritage List
The Tower of Hercules, a sacred mountain, and royal tombs are among the sites recognized for their universal value to humanity during a 2009 World Heritage Committee session.