September 3, 2010
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Proposed divorce bill stirs controversy in Philippines
A controversial bill to legalize divorces in the Philippines has stirred controversy among congress members in the archipelago.)
Conservapedia calls Theory of Relativity a 'liberal conspiracy'
Conservapedia list 28 "Counterexamples to Relativity" and associates the theory with the philosophy of relativism.)
Scientist studies sound sleepers, spindles
A study conducted by Harvard neurologist Jeffrey Ellenbogen examines the makings of a sound sleeper.)
Engineer paints it blacker than black
This Purdue University electrical and computer engineering professor is undoubtedly running in the black, due to his creation of a blacker-than-black metamaterial that absorbs virtually all light.)
Official: 'We have failed the wild tiger'
The head of an international wildlife organization says it has "failed miserably" to halt the precipitous population decline of tigers in the wild. "How have we let this happen?"
Economy, Environment, Featured, Nation, World
High-speed rail is all the rage: here, there and everywhere
High-speed rail seems to be top of mind among the world's transportation wonks and policy makers, with action in the U.S., Europe and, most of all, China.
Engineer paints it blacker than black
This Purdue University electrical and computer engineering professor is undoubtedly running in the black, due to his creation of a blacker-than-black metamaterial that absorbs virtually all light.
Official: ‘We have failed the wild tiger’
The head of an international wildlife organization says it has "failed miserably" to halt the precipitous population decline of tigers in the wild. "How have we let this happen?"
Shear beams, engineering and the science of the new Bay Bridge
Putting aside mind-blowing cost overruns, along with delays at a Chinese steel fabrication plant, engineers and scientists are following the equally mind-blowing construction feats in the eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.
“The Last Supper” gets supersized
Over the years, artists' depictions of Jesus' last supper have upped the ante on the portions—by a whopper-sized 69 percent.
Featured, Public Health, World
Blame Haiti’s deaths on shoddy construction
The blame for Haiti's staggering death toll from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12—the toll is expected to rise to over 200,000— lies at the feet of that country's c0nstruction industry, says a Berkeley, Calif. engineer.
In California’s high desert, a solar gamble
The California Owens Valley, the scene of decades of intense environmental hostilities and the subject of the famous Roman Polanski film "Chinatown," once more finds itself at center stage. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which turned Owens Lake into a dry wasteland and created one of the most prodigious polluters in America, wants to turn its lake bed into one of largest sources of solar power in America.
Proposed divorce bill stirs controversy in Philippines
A controversial bill to legalize divorces in the Philippines has stirred controversy among congress members in the archipelago.
Conservapedia calls Theory of Relativity a ‘liberal conspiracy’
Conservapedia list 28 "Counterexamples to Relativity" and associates the theory with the philosophy of relativism.
Featured, Nation, Public Health
Scientist studies sound sleepers, spindles
A study conducted by Harvard neurologist Jeffrey Ellenbogen examines the makings of a sound sleeper.
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High-speed rail is all the rage: here, there and everywhere
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Engineer paints it blacker than black
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Official: ‘We have failed the wild tiger’
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Shear beams, engineering and the science of the new Bay Bridge
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“The Last Supper” gets supersized
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Blame Haiti’s deaths on shoddy construction
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In California’s high desert, a solar gamble
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Proposed divorce bill stirs controversy in Philippines
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Conservapedia calls Theory of Relativity a ‘liberal conspiracy’
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Scientist studies sound sleepers, spindles
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Kasun: i think this will be a marvollous invention if it ...
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Justn Fair: This sounds like a rip-off of the DSC technology i...
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Joanne Yeager: Is there a difference between the spindles that bl...
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: Imagine when all windows can be laminated with fil...
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Sandra: Do mothers produce less spindles? I seem to have s...
