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Problems Without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at USC Dornsife–Why Palau?

In the previous blog entry my colleague Jim Haw gave the rationale for our work on Guam. After a week on Guam we will make the two-hour flight to Palau. The highest level of species biodiversity occurs in the Indo-West Pacific region, with nearly 2 percent of the world’s reefs distributed throughout Micronesia

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David Toms leads at rainy Colonial

David Toms topped the leaderboard at 12 under with seven holes left when in his second round when play resumed late Friday afternoon after a 2½-hour rain delay.

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Thornton leads Madeira Islands Open

Ireland's Simon Thornton shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over France's Francois Delamontagne after the second round of the Madeira Islands Open.

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In 1892 Live Music Was Just a Phone Call Away

Between cds, mp3s, live streams, satellite radio, and even conventional am/fm radio, it’s hard to imagine being without near-instantaneous access to music. While it may seem like only recently that we’ve been able to listen to music via our phones, it turns out people were doing just that over 100 years ago

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Why We’re Suckers for Stories of the Apocalypse

For rational people, dismissing the silliness around the supposed end of the world on May 21 is all too easy. In case you haven't heard, Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping has done some questionable math based on Biblical writing to determine that the faithful will be "raptured" tomorrow and that nonbelievers will be left behind to fester to death over the next few months

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Why Electric Cars Will Fail… And Have Already Triumphed

To press the "accelerator" on a Tesla Roadster 2.5 is to get an intimation of life as a race car driver. In perhaps the signature display of an electric car's appeal to gearheads, the Roadster instantly applies more than 300 amps of electric current to deliver 288 horsepower worth of acceleration--it's called instant torque, 273 pound-feet of it to be specific, and it's something that fossil fuel engines cannot provide due to the demands of combustion. That allows even an unprofessional driver to go from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in seconds

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The Ebook Effect: Barnes & Noble Worth Over $1 Billion

Liberty Media's offered $1 billion to buy Barnes & Noble. But it's not because of the bookseller's massive, inviting physical locations--the proposed purchase is most appealing because of one item the store offers: the Nook. Just another sign that the era of the ebook truly has arrived

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