Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction

"Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction photo credit: laffy4k New York Times called the possibility of an AIG liquidation “as close to an extinction-level event as the financial markets have seen since the Great Depression.” We keep hearing that the current...

6 arms and 2 legs

A while back I highlighted a story about how a marine zoo in Weymouth UK was trying to find out if Octopuses were left or right handed by getting them to play with Rubik's Cubes and other toys now that research...

Faces of Bali - Goa Gajah

"Located in a steep valley just outside of Ubud near the town of Bedulu. Built at least 700 years ago, the cave was rediscovered in the 1920s and fully excavated 30 years later. Literally means ‘Elephant...

Gianyar - The Mother of Ubud

"Gianyar Regency is located at central Bali , with Ubud as one of the district in Gianyar regency became a famoust tourist destination in the world. Until the fourteen century Bali was ruled Bali by the Warmadewa...

NO REASON WE CAN'T GET CHEAPER OIL - JUST DRILL!

" AMERICANS don't like paying $4 for a gallon of gasoline or $5 for a gallon of diesel. Not one bit. Nearly 1 million Americans have signed our "Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less." petition at...

Beauty Basics - Eight Tips For Naturally Beautiful Skin

"Not sure what to look for when choosing cosmetics? Need some advice on taking care of your skin? Here are eight tips to help your skin look and feel its best."

Chevron Backs Solazyme’s Algae Biodiesel Production Process (+Video)

Another big biofuel announcement this week. Check it out:"It’s been a big week for biofuel breakthroughs and new partnerships. While photographing the algae biodiesel cars outside Fields of Fuel yesterday,...

Gen. Butt Naked confesses to killing thousands

You know based on just the name, I would have put this in the entertainment section if not for the fact that depite the Hilarious name, General Butt Naked stands accused of one of the most atrocious crimes against...

That biofuel may not be as green as you think it is

" While nearly all crop-derived biofuels emit less greenhouse gases than fossil fuels, whether or not they are better for the environment is still open for debate. Some studies have suggested that corn-derived ethanol consumes more energy than it produces, others have found...

Warning From NSIDC: Arctic Sea Ice Melting Fast

"Sea ice extent continues to decline, and is now at 4.24 million square kilometers (1.63 million square miles), falling yet further below the previous record absolute minimum of 5.32 million square kilometers...

Montreal, by Wikipedia

"Formerly the largest metropolis of Canada (a distinction acquired by Toronto in the mid-1970s), it is the second-largest French-speaking city in the Western world after Paris. As of the 2006 Canadian Census,...

Hear This! Converting Waste Heat Into Electric Power :: Oblate Spheroid

"It sounds like magic but it is really science. The University of Utah Physics Department has developed a way for devices to take wasted heat derived from everyday processes and through converting the heat to...

Britain's DNA Database to Span Most of Population

When I first moved to the UK (1994), I had to "register with the police", which involved fingerprinting and a brief bit of paperwork. What now, do long-term residents have to give a mouth swab? What about short-term visitors, are they next? This is what they call "the thin...

Science - Making Sex Sexier.

"The race is on to find new treatments for sexual dysfunction. Since the dawn of time, people have looked toward elixirs and potions to improve their sex lives. Why else, after all, would one consume ground tiger penis, horny goat weed and Spanish Fly? Perhaps because nearly...

Which Way the Wind Blows: Stem Cell Bill Sails Through the House

Even if Bush vetoes the current bill, this vote proves that he will be unsuccessful in squashing stem cell research."The vote, 253 to 174, was not enough to overturn a likely presidential veto of the measure, which would authorize federal support for research using stem cells...

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