Gore sets energy goal for next president to heed July 17, 2008 | User rating: 1.8 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(AP) -- 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 ... | |
 Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ... | |
 Advance brings low-cost, bright LED lighting closer to reality July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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Researchers at Purdue University have overcome a major obstacle in reducing the cost of "solid state lighting," a technology that could cut electricity consumption by 10 percent if widely adopted. | |
Natural selection may not produce the best organisms July 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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"Survival of the fittest" is the catch phrase of evolution by natural selection. While natural selection favors the most fit organisms around, evolutionary biologists have long wondered whether this leads to the best possible ... | |
 Toyota to equip Prius with solar panels: report July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. plans to add solar panels to its popular Prius hybrid early next year to power the vehicle's air conditioning, a newspaper report said on Monday. | |
FCC chief says Comcast violated Internet rules July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation's largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet. | |
 Unknown molecule opens the door to quantum computing June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors. | |
 More Evidence for a Revolutionary Theory of Water June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 146 vote(s)
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The traditional picture of how liquid water behaves on a molecular level is wrong, according to new experimental evidence collected by a collaboration of researchers from the Department of Energy's Stanford ... | |
 Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web (Update) July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web. | |
An American life worth less today July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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(AP) -- It's not just the American dollar that's losing value. A government agency has decided that an American life isn't worth what it used to be. The "value of a statistical life" is $6.9 million in today's dollars, the ... | |
 Mystery insect bugging experts at London museum July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The experts at London's Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to identify species from around the globe, from birds and mammals to insects and snakes. Yet they can't figure out a tiny ... | |
Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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A new publication answers centuries' old questions regarding the mechanism and function of humour, identifying the reason humour is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and ... | |
 Maverick scientists probe Siberian forest mystery July 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Was it a gigantic meteorite? A tremendous bolt of lightning? Perhaps the crash of a UFO the size of Tokyo? No one is certain of the answer to one of the 20th century's greatest scientific mysteries -- the ... | |
 Moon water discovered: Dampens Moon-formation theory July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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Using new techniques, scientists have discovered for the first time that tiny beads of volcanic glasses collected from two Apollo missions to the Moon contain water. The researchers found that, contrary to ... | |
 NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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(AP) -- By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative ... | |
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