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Court says no exclusive cable rights in apartments

Technology / Telecom

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cable companies cannot have exclusive rights to provide service in apartment buildings that they wire, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.





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Energy savings from airtight buildings

Technology /

created Oct 07, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

U.S. commercial building owners could save substantially on annual heating and cooling energy costs by making buildings more airtight.


The ugly truth about one night stands

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Men are far more interested in casual sex than women. While men need to be exceptionally attractive to tempt women to consider casual sex, men are far less choosy. These findings by Dr Achim Schützwohl, from the Department ...


Pterodactyl-inspired robot to master air, ground and sea

Pterodactyl-inspired robot to master air, ground and sea

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University, aeronautical engineer Rick Lind of the University of Florida, and their students Andy Gedeon and Brian Roberts have reached back in time 115 million ...


Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(AP) -- The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high - more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists ...


Underground lines that bypass monuments

Underground lines that bypass monuments

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of mathematicians from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of the University of Seville has created a method to design underground lines whereby a city's historical buildings are unaffected. The ...


Coyotes thriving in U.S. cities

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created Jan 04, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Coyotes are thriving in some of the largest U.S. cities, despite scientists' belief that these mammals intently avoid urban human populations.


NIST Test Fans the Flames for High-Rise Fire Safety

NIST Test Fans the Flames for High-Rise Fire Safety

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 22, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Reseearchers from NIST, the Chicago Fire Department and the Chicago Housing Authority recently set controlled fires in an abandoned Chicago apartment building to test a new fire-fighting technique -- using ...


Living buildings could mop up carbon dioxide

Living buildings could mop up carbon dioxide

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Architecture could help us tackle climate change, if we start to design our buildings with 'living' materials, according to Dr Rachel Armstrong, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.


Next generation military drones researched

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created Aug 24, 2005 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The military's next generation of airborne drones will be able to silently dive between buildings, zoom under overpasses and land on apartment balconies.


Chinese worker commits suicide over missing iPhone

Technology / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- An employee at a factory that makes iPhones in China killed himself after a prototype went missing, and Apple Inc. responded Wednesday by saying its suppliers are required to treat workers with dignity and respect.



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