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In Search Of River Giants
latimes.com — Hogan, 34, has heard the stories of Cambodian fishermen catching rays that weighed more than 1,100 pounds with wingspans of 14 feetMore… (General Sciences)
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Why Democrats Love the Pickens Plan
greenopolis.com — When anyone invests $300 million dollars into promoting alternative energy sources, the Democrats usually take notice. When that person is an oil tycoon, brother of a "Bush Pioneer", and someone who was a major contributor to the 2004 Swift Boat ads, that person gets an invitation from Nancy Pelosi to speak before the House Democratic Caucus. More… (Environment)
oboyAll Wet? Astronomers Discover Most Earth-like Planet Ever
sciam.com — A team of astronomers announced they have discovered the smallest and potentially most Earth-like extrasolar planet yet. Five times as massive as Earth, it orbits a relatively cool star at a distance that would provide earthly temperatures as well, signaling the possibility of liquid water.More… (Space)
Babblin5Testing quantum weirdness on a large scale
sciencenews.org — Signals from space to Earth using quantum technology could establish the reality of Einstein's worst fear, that the theory of relativity cannot be made compatible with quantum requirements. It is an open issue whether quantum laws, originally established to describe nature at the microscopic level of atoms, are also valid at the macroscopic level.More… (General Sciences)
tomboy501MIT Students Develop Solar Dish Hot Enough to Melt Steel
insidetech.com — The MIT team believes that their lightweight, inexpensive device holds the promise of revolutionizing the power industry and providing solar power to even remote regions.More… (Environment)
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10 Greatest Major-Impact Craters on Earth!
environmentalgraffiti.com — A look at the biggest craters on earth ... in images! There are some great ones here I wasn't aware of previously. Some of these are huge!More… (General Sciences)
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Rumor Solved: Physicists Did Not Flip-Flop on Global Warming
livescience.com — Claims are floating around the blogosphere that the American Physical Society, the leading professional organization for physicists, has reversed its position on global warming. But on its website, the APS has reaffirmed that it supports the consensus view that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet.More… (Environment)
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Human blood vessels grown in mice
news.bbc.co.uk — Scientists have used human cells to grow new blood vessels in a mouse for the first time, a US journal reports. It could eventually help patients who had suffered heart attacks, they said.More… (General Sciences)
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Insomnia? You might be a mutant
dailygalaxy.com — Scientists discover a mutation that causes sleeplessness in flies. Turns out, your insomnia might be a genetic abnormality. More… (General Sciences)
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Scientist: Our Human Speech is Traced Back to Talking Fish
livescience.com — Researchers say real fish can communicate with sound, too. And they say (the researchers, that is) that your speech skills and, in fact, all sound production in vertebrates can be traced back to this ability in fish. (You got your ears from fish, too.) The new study was led by Andrew Bass (we did not make this up) of Cornell University.More… (General Sciences)
Gore Sets Alternative Energy Challenge
livescience.com — Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, an audacious goal he hopes the next president will embrace. More… (Environment)
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Who Owns Most of the Land in the West? The US Government
strangemaps.wordpress.com — The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) - nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and indian reservations, or are leased to the private sector for commercial exploitation.More… (Environment)
Cern lab goes 'colder than space'
news.bbc.co.uk — A vast physics experiment built in a tunnel below the French-Swiss border is fast becoming one of the coolest places in the Universe.More… (General Sciences)
tweezAlzheimer's Drug Reverses Cognitive Decline Over 12 Month
sciencedaily.com — A drug once approved as an antihistamine in Russia improved thinking processes and ability to function in patients with Alzheimer's disease in a study conducted there, said an expert at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The findings are published in the journal The Lancet.More… (General Sciences)
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East Coast Getting Tidal Energy Projects
ecogeek.org — Two fair-sized tidal energy projects are on their way to the east coast. First up is the Edgartown-Nantucket Tidal Energy Plant Water Power Project. Edgartown and Nantucket would be the beneficiaries of the 2 MW of peak output.The second project contains clusters of underwater turbines each with the ability to put out between 1 and 3 MW during peakMore… (Environment)
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