Monday, March 19, 2012

Spring Arrives With Equinox Tuesday

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This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface taken on January 4, 2012. Image: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norm...

Hebrew University To Post Albert Einstein's Complete Archives Online

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Albert Einstein's Complete Archives To Be Posted Online -- The Guardian Hebrew University releases initial 2,000 documents including uns...

New Apple iPad (Verizon) Comparison With iPad 2, Android Tablets

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Global Sea Level Likely To Rise As Much As 70 Feet

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Sea levels won't get as high as depicted in this fanciful image for a long time. But a substantial rise is inevitable, Rutgers scientist...

Pentagon Accelerates It's Cyber Weapons Program

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Pentagon creating new-generation cyberweapon. ( Reuters / Rick Wilking ) U.S. Accelerating Cyberweapon Research -- Washington Post The Penta...

Is Warm Weather Key To Evolution?

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An illustration of Neanderthals at the cave site of Trou Al'wesse in Belgium, clinging on as the climate deteriorated. Credit: Digital P...

New Zealand Police Made 'Errors' During Raid On Megaupload Boss

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Web domains belonging to Megaupload have been seized and shut down Police Made 'Errors' During Raid On Megaupload Boss -- BBC A poli...

How Snails Are Generating Electrical Power Via Through A Tiny Biofuel Cell Implant

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Cyborg Snails Generate Electrical Power From Their Blood-Like Fluid -- National Geographic Just a few weeks ago we wrote about scientists wh...

Another Version Of The Supersonic Jet Of The Future

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Supersonic Biplane This biplane concept is based on a design by engineers at Tohoku University. MIT/Christine Daniloff The Supersonic Jet Of...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

The End Of Windpower?

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Broken promises: The rusting wind turbines of Hawaii Broken Down And Rusting, Is This The Future Of Britain's 'Wind Rush'? -- Da...

The Computer’s Next Conquest: Crosswords

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Matthew Ginsberg with a puzzle from The New York Times that Dr. Fill, the computer program he created, is solving. Dr. Fill will compete thi...

Health Risks Associated With White Rice

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(Credit: istockphoto) Eating White Rice Daily Ups Diabetes Risk, Study Shows -- CBS (CBS News) White rice is a dietary staple for more than ...

Is The U.S. Navy's Biofuels Program A Boondoggle?

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Last month, the U.S. Navy deployed the Paul F. Foster - a decommissioned destroyer now used for experimental purposes - on a 17-hour voyage ...

What Top Secret NSA Data Center?

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NSA Keeping Details About Data Center Quiet -- KSL.com BLUFFDALE — The $1.5 billion spy complex being built for the National Security Agency...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Spotify Will Overtake iTunes In Two Years

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Spotify now has 10 million signed-up users and 2.5 million paying subscribers. CEO Daniel Ek points out that subcribers pay £120 a year, whe...

Want To Live Longer .... Make Friends

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You Want To Live To 1,000? Start Making Friends -- The Guardian Loneliness is the worst enemy for the health of old people. This week, to a ...

Smokers Likely to Quit Because of Social Disapproval

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Smokers Likely to Quit Because of Social Disapproval, Not Fear -- Scit Tech Daily A new study based in the UK shows that fear provoked by gr...

An Insider's Look At The 'Climate Wars'

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Michael Mann. CREDIT: Tom Cogill The Hockey Stick Chronicles: An Insider's Look At The 'Climate Wars' -- Live Science An Insider...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Technological Advances Are Surpasing George Orwell's Vision Of 1984

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A Sony internet TV: The rise of 'connected' devices in the home offers spies a window into people's lives - CIA director David P...

Is Cell Phone Radiation Linked To Behavior Problems?

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video platform video management video solutions video player Cell Phone Radiation Linked to Behavior Problems In Mice -- ABC News A new stud...