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Smarter cars are gaining traction

Smarter cars are gaining traction (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lives can depend on a vehicle's moment-by-moment traction. New European technology promises to make cars as good as experienced, alert drivers at sensing and adjusting to wet, snowy or icy ...


As shuttle's career nears an end, NASA turns focus to satellites

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

NASA heads into 2010 with the bittersweet assignment of retiring the space shuttle after nearly three decades. But that's not all the agency has planned: There are also launches of three new satellites aimed at better understanding ...


The Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude into the sea in 1989

Fuel spill at same Alaska reef as Exxon Valdez

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A tugboat struck the same reef as the Exxon Valdez tanker 20 years ago, spilling diesel into Alaska's Prince William Sound and creating a three-mile-long slick, the US Coast Guard said on Friday.


US Senate votes on landmark health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Senators gave Barack Obama a huge political boost on Thursday by passing a sweeping remake of the US health care system that aims to extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans.


Climate change puts ecosystems on the run, researchers say

Climate change puts ecosystems on the run, researchers say

Space & Earth / Environment

created 17 hours ago | popularity 1.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming is causing habitats to move across the landscape. Can the creatures living there keep up? If they can't, some species may die out, researchers say.



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