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Great for a Quick Bite: Salt Lick Bar-B-Que

Check out the famous BBQ chain of Austin, Texas, Salt Lick Bar-B-Que , while waiting for your flight at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The menu reads like a Southern comfort food Bible: beef, pork, sausage, and turkey. Choose from sandwiches or full plates—and don't forget the sides, which include baked beans, coleslaw, and potato salad

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International Panel Calls for Tougher "Stress Tests" of Nuclear Power Safety Systems

A group of nuclear power experts and former regulators from 11 nations, responding to Japan's nuclear disaster, is calling for "stress tests" on the world's reactors to determine their ability to withstand extreme earthquakes, flooding or other natural disasters that strike singly or in combination.

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Cell Phones, Cancer and the Dangers of Risk Perception

May 31, 2011, was a bad day for a society already wary of all sorts of risks from modern technology, a day of celebration for those who champion more concern about those risks, and a day that teaches important lessons about the messy subjective guesswork that goes into trying to make intelligent choices about risk in the first place, for policy makers or for you and me. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) says radiation from cell phones might cause cancer. OMG!!! Your phone is ringing! Now what?

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Global CO2 Emissions in 2010 Hit Highest Level Ever

By Muriel Boselli PARIS (Reuters) - Global emissions of carbon dioxide hit their highest level ever in 2010, with the growth driven mainly by booming coal-reliant emerging economies, the International Energy Agency's Chief Economist said on Monday. [More]

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Big Plans for Nanotechnology in Russia

MOSCOW, RUSSIA. “As has often happened in Russia, we have had the priority in scientific invention, but completely lose the market,” Anatoly Chubais, chief executive of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies, Rusnano[www.rusnano.com], told members of the Scientific American international editions during a visit today

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Ebb and Flow of Wind and Solar Power Are Surmountable: Report

By Barbara Casassus of Nature magazine Variable energy sources such as wind and solar power could provide 19-63% of required electricity in many countries if the technical and market hurdles are overcome, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). [More]

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How to Build an Empire

David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim stuck to a positive message, and made Uglydolls into a household name. The story of Pretty Ugly begins with two people who never wanted to work at a toy company. When David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim met at Parsons School of Design in 2001, the pair quickly bonded over their love for design and their hope to create toys with a meaningful message.

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Vile: Illegal Trade in Bear Bile Flourishes throughout Asia

The sale of bear bile for use in traditional medicine is rampant throughout 12 Asian countries, despite national and international laws banning or limiting the practice, according to a new report from TRAFFIC International, the wildlife trade monitoring network. Bile, also known as gall, is a fluid produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder to help with digestion.

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