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Over $400 M Poured Into Thin-Film Solar Tech In One Week
cleantechnica.com — Don’t think that this is the last you’ll hear about thin film solar funding—the field is projected to produce an estimated $22 billion in revenues by 2015More… (Environment)
ecoHottieNASA to study extending shuttle era to 2015
blogs.orlandosentinel.com — NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has ordered his suborbinates to study how the agency could fly the space shuttle beyond its planned retirement in 2010, according to an internal e-mail obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. The decision signals what could be a huge change in NASA policy.More… (Space)
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How Green is Sarah Palin?
greenopolis.com — I hate to start any blog involving politics off with a bias note, but in this case it's nearly impossible to avoid. In all fairness, Alaskans are different then the rest of the country, they hunt, fish, wear fur and are living in one of the most pristine environments in the country. More… (Environment)
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Now Hear This: Don't Remove Earwax
livescience.com — The gooey, golden stuff that builds up inside your ears should stay there, according to national guidelines on earwax removal released today."[Earwax] is not intrinsically evil stuff, and consequently does not have to be removed merely because it's present,"More… (General Sciences)
MookiBlaylockCure For Deafness Now Within Reach
telegraph.co.uk — Deaf people could one day have their hearing restored through a groundbreaking gene therapy technique, a new study suggests. By Roger Highfield.The approach, which one day could help millions of people worldwide with deafness and inner-ear disease, is made possible by a technique that is demonstrated in the journal Nature by Dr John BrigandeMore… (General Sciences)
optimusprime01Scientists Find Ancient Lost Settlements in Amazon
reuters.com — A vast region of the Amazon forest in Brazil was home to a complex of ancient towns in which about 50,000 people lived, according to scientists assisted by satellite images of the region. The scientists, whose findings were published on Thursday in the journal Science, described clusters of towns and smaller villages connected by complex roadMore… (Environment)
mpind176Scientists discover why flies are so hard to Swat
physorg.com — Using high-resolution, high-speed digital imaging of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) faced with a looming swatter, Dickinson and graduate student Gwyneth Card have determined the secret to a fly's evasive maneuvering....More… (General Sciences)
steve9924New Milky Way map reveals a complicated outer galaxy
spaceflightnow.com — The halo of stars that envelops the Milky Way galaxy is like a river delta criss-crossed by stellar streams large and small, according to new data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II). While the largest rivers of this delta have been mapped out over the last decade, analysis of the new SDSS-II map shows that smaller streams can be found throMore… (Space)
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World record ($100,000) prime number found?
sciam.com — If it checks out, the finding of the 45th Mersenne prime (MP) might qualify for a $100,000 prize offered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for anyone who a prime number having at least 10 million digits. The 44th MP, discovered in September 2006 by two researchers at Central State Missouri University, clocked in at 9.808358 million digits.More… (General Sciences)
lekaheNASA - The Eagle Prepares to Land (Image)
nasa.gov — The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle, in a landing configuration was photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Module Columbia. Inside the module were Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin. The long rod-like protrusions under the landing pods are lunar surface sensing probes. Upon contact with the lunar surface, More… (Space)
SirPopper
Men Want Women To Be Traditional-Women HAPPY To Be Housewife
dailymail.co.uk — Women have abandoned the feminist dream of equality to seek a more traditional role - and want men to be more 'retrosexual' than 'metrosexual', according to research.More… (General Sciences)
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Giant Clams Fed Early Humans
livescience.com — Giant clams two feet long might have helped feed prehistoric humans as they first migrated out of Africa, new research reveals. The species, Tridacna costata, once accounted for more than 80 percent of giant clams in the Red Sea, researcher now say.More… (General Sciences)
MakiMaki
Study says eyes evolved for X-Ray vision
[Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate]physorg.com — The advantage of using two eyes to see the world around us has long been associated solely with our capacity to see in 3-D. Now, a new study from a scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has uncovered a truly eye-opening advantage to binocular vision: our ability to see through things.More… (General Sciences)
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Man Heats 4,000 Sq. Ft Home for Just $2.50 Per Day
cleantechnica.com — Why spend lots of money heating your house when nature can do it for you?More… (Environment)
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Another Airline Joins Race for Alternative Jet Fuel
cleantechnica.com — Add another contender to the alternative aviation fuel race: Swift Enterprises. The company, which is based in Indiana, has developed a renewable jet fuel made from landfill waste, sorghum, algae, woodchips, and other feedstocks.More… (Environment)
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