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. Continue Reading →
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Engineer paints it blacker than black
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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. Continue Reading →
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Shear beams, engineering and the science of the new Bay Bridge
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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. Continue Reading →
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In California’s high desert, a solar gamble
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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. Continue Reading →
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Conservapedia calls Theory of Relativity a ‘liberal conspiracy’
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Conservapedia list 28 "Counterexamples to Relativity" and associates the theory with the philosophy of relativism. Continue Reading →
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Scientist studies sound sleepers, spindles
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A study conducted by Harvard neurologist Jeffrey Ellenbogen examines the makings of a sound sleeper. Continue Reading →
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There’s wind in their (renewable) sales
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Zotos International, Inc., of Geneva, N.Y., a company begun years ago as a maker of hair dyes, in July announced plans for a $7 million, 3.3 MW on-site wind power project, 30 percent of which is to be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Continue Reading →
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By God, Australia’s PM is an atheist
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While "God bless America" is a seemingly requisite speech-closer for politicians in the United States, citizens Down Under just elected their first atheist prime minister. Continue Reading →
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‘Conservative feminism’ trademark of election rhetoric
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The term "feminist" has been preceded by countless qualifiers since its debut in France in the late 1800's, but leading up to the November 2010 midterm elections, it has been paired increasingly with a word many believe to be its antithesis: conservative. Continue Reading →
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Big whales appear in great numbers in Northern California
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An influx of huge krill swarms has drawn an unprecedented number of blue whales to the Monterey, Calif. coast, delighting boatloads of whale watchers. Continue Reading →