"Polling this week in Florida and Ohio shows little net change from the previous week with McCain holding a very modest advantage in each state. McCain and Obama both increased their level of support slightly in each as the number of undecided/third party voters declined by...
"The former Google engineers roll out Cuil, which they say will index a larger portion of the Web than Google, and more quickly and at less cost.MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - A start-up led by former star...
created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 285 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Growing evidence indicates that exposure to irregular patterns of light and darkness can cause the human circadian system to fall out of synchrony with the 24-hour solar day, negatively affecting human health — but scientists have been unable to effectively study the...
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This is a great interview with John Holdren, a professor of environmental policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and lawyer Stephen Susman who is representing Kivalina islanders, Native Alaskan people who have to be moved, because of global warming, to the...
created by kferaday | 1 year ago 221 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
The name quilt refers to a coverlet which is made up of up to three layers and the act of stitching all the three layers together as one. Likewise, the term quilter refers to a person who does or makes the quilt.
created by socialmarking08 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 131 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
I know where I am and what I am doing - most of the time. Here's a look at the findings of this study..."The study concludes that humans are creatures of habit, mostly visiting the same few spots time and...
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Tracking demographic movement through cell phone usage can potentially curtail spread of communicable diseases, researchers found." Scientists searching for patterns in seemingly random human movements have found that people, in the aggregate, go about their daily lives with...
"Latinos have received significant attention during the 2008 presidential campaign. Democratic and Republican contenders have made numerous efforts to persuade Latinos to vote for them, while issues of importance to many Latinos—e.g., immigration reform, anti-immigrant...
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These guys are pretty adamant that ethanol is great for the country. I'd appreciate your input:"The ethanol industry seems to be on the warpath against bad press (maybe that’s just my impression), which it’s...
created by claybodie | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 488 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
Tapestries, gypsies, and cross-stitching at Gucci? I'm still stuck on the big gold glam of interlocking G's and sleek, svelte silhouettes. Recycle them rock clichés!"The vast Ukrainian-patterned carpet said it all about the boho-deluxe theme at Gucci on Wednesday. The...
"So you are probably wondering if a rabbit can really be “smart”? Well this bunny can teach you tai chi, read your e-mail, report the weather or stock market, pull RSS feeds and tell you the time. We’d...
created by Integrame | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 616 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment
Most scientists have dismissed the idea of reading minds using technology as pure science fiction, but Carnegie Mellon University researchers have moved a step closer to doing so. Not only have they been able to...
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First Nations had a similar legend about Lake Agassiz and the rising waters around central Canada, so similar to Greeks and Turks legends about the Black sea's earthen dam separating the mediterranean breaking way...