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Without Clean Electricity, Plug-In Vehicles Aren’t So Hot
submitted by chao 880 days ago (via digg.com)
Carnegie Mellon just put out a new study discussing the GHG impact of conventional cars, hybrids, and plug-ins. The most interesting conclusion is that unless we clean up the grid, PHEVs aren't really worth that much. Still beat the pants of standard cars though!
 
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Fear is in the genes
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Fear is partly down to your genes, but this process changes as you grow older.
 
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A Disease That Allowed Torrents of Creativity
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If Rod Serling were alive and writing episodes for “The Twilight Zone,” odds are he would have leaped on the true story of Anne Adams, a Canadian scientist turned artist who died of a rare brain disease last year.
 
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Discovery of Higgs Boson Projected to Occur in 2008
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The "father" of an elusive subatomic particle said...he is...sure it will be discovered in the next year in a race between powerful research equipment in the [U.S.] and Europe....Peter Higgs,…said his visit to a new accelerator…encouraged him that the...Higgs boson will soon be seen.
 
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From Belt to Witch
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The southern part of the constellation Orion has taken on a new look in this unusually deep and wide view .
 
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Rare Quasar Discovered Produces More X-rays Than Thought
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XMM-Newton has been surprised by a rare type of galaxy, from which it has detected a higher number of X-rays than thought possible. The observation gives new insight into the powerful processes shaping galaxies during their formation and evolution.
 
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Do We Have the 'Right Stuff' to Put a Man on Mars?
submitted by chao 880 days ago (via digg.com)
NASA is serious about launching the most difficult mission ever attempted by the human race - putting an astronaut on Mars. The voyage will cover hundreds of millions of miles and take two and half years round trip.
 
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Computer recognizes attractiveness in women
submitted by chao 880 days ago (via digg.com)
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, right? Well, it seems that the beholder doesn't have to be human, at least according to scientists from Tel Aviv University.
 
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Scientists Unveil High-Res Map of the US Carbon Footprint
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A team of scientists has completed a carbon dioxide emissions inventory of the United States plotted down to 100 square kilometer chunks.
 
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Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun [PIC]
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Bright sunlight glints and long dark shadows dramatize this image of the lunar surface taken by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the Moon. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin unfurling a long sheet of foil also known as the Solar Wind Collector.
 
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