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Feed Subscription‘EBay for Science’ Could Enable Outsourcing of Experiments
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Read More »Canada Moves Ahead with New Coal-Fired Power Rules
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada moved ahead on Friday with new regulations for cutting emissions from coal-fired power plants as environmental groups decried one project that they said won a speedy approval just in time to avoid the tighter rules. Environment Minister Peter Kent said the regulations, aimed at gradually phasing out coal-fired power generation as a way to meet the federal government's greenhouse gas commitments, will force developers to reduce emissions to levels that are comparable to high-efficiency gas-fired plants. [More]
Read More »Ancient Egyptians Used ‘Hair Gel’
By Jo Marchant of Nature magazine The ancient Egyptians styled their hair using a fat-based "gel," an analysis of mummies has found. [More]
Read More »GOP Candidate Jon Huntsman Makes Waves with Tweet on Evolution and Climate Change
Jon Huntsman posted a statement on his official Twitter account yesterday that is sure to endear the Republican presidential hopeful to the scientific community: The statement was retweeted widely, along with a few warnings that many people would, indeed, call Huntsman crazy for holding those beliefs. [More]
Read More »The Top 10 Cities for Technology
Top 10 Most Tech-Friendly [More]
Read More »From Country Bumpkin to City Dweller: Urban Wildlife
“Maybe I’m not cut out for city life the smell of exhaust, the smell of strife” - Lou Reed Not everyone adjusts well to living in a city.
Read More »Mystery Goo in Alaska Is Made of Fungal Spores
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that collected on shorelines in a village in Alaska is made up of fungal spores, according to scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Read More »MIND Reviews: The Compass of Pleasure
The Compass of Pleasure by David J. Linden
Read More »Case Studies on Urban Revitalization
In the September issue of Scientific American , Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser describes how education and entrepreneurship can make or break cities.
Read More »Solar Blares: Listening to the Sun May Improve Space Weather Forecasts
Peering deep into the sun's churning plasma, solar physicists have discovered a way to forecast the emergence of sunspots before they reach the solar surface.
Read More »How Optical Illusions Can Build a Better Bulb
At the SciFoo conference last weekend, brain scientist and illusionmeister Steve Macknik elevated a basic principle of energy conservation--turn off the lights when you don’t need them--to a whole new level. [More]
Read More »What’s New Inside IBM’s Cognitive Computing Chip?
By Geoff Brumfiel of Nature magazine Today IBM unveiled a new "cognitive computing" microchip that, according to the company, emulates some of the brain's abilities. [More]
Read More »Human Fecal Waste Is Coral Killer
By Pascal Fletcher MIAMI (Reuters) - A human fecal bacterium kills coral, new research shows, and U.S.
Read More »The Top 10 Cities for Air Quality
Top 10 Most Polluted Air [More]
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