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Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market

Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market

Technology / Energy

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (46) | comments 5

A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves.


Report documents the risks of giant invasive snakes in the US

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Five giant non-native snake species would pose high risks to the health of ecosystems in the United States should they become established here, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released today.


Neuroscientists find different brain regions fuel attention

Neuroscientists find different brain regions fuel attention

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 30, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 0

If you spotted an anaconda poised to strike, the signal to pay attention would originate in a different part of your brain than if you gazed at an anaconda in the zoo, neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute ...


National ads urged enthusiastic consumers to visit copper mines

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Today's tourists may stop by the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Mont., to see how large-scale mining resulted in a Superfund site, but Americans in the 1950s had different reasons for visiting the mine, says Montana State University ...


A 12-foot (3.65m) Burmese python that was captured in the backyard of a home in south Miami, Florida

Florida grapples slippery giant snake invasion

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate.


Small steps can improve your health and wealth

Small steps can improve your health and wealth

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as a team can achieve more than an individual, so can resolutions to improve your health and to improve your finances reinforce each other, say Montana State University Extension specialists.