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Home heating efficiencies offer 'hat trick' of savings: study

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improving the energy efficiency of Maryland homes heated by natural gas would generate a "hat trick" of economic and environmental benefits over the next 10 years, including more than 80,000 new jobs, savings of hundreds ...


Computing with a wave of the hand

Computing with a wave of the hand (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone’s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, ...


Vermicompost from pig manure grows healthy hibiscus

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vermicomposting, the practice of using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. During vermicomposting, earthworms and microorganisms stabilize organic ...


You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner (AP)

You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike in the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet ...


Greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ramps up aspen growth

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 6

The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy.


Ted Turner gets OK for Yellowstone bison on ranch (AP)

Ted Turner gets OK for Yellowstone bison on ranch

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The head of Montana's wildlife agency has given preliminary approval to a plan calling for 74 bison from Yellowstone National Park to go to billionaire Ted Turner's private ranch.


Yahoo plugs into Facebook to become more popular

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. will lean more heavily on Facebook's popularity as it tries to give people more reasons to stay on its Web site.


Mammography may increase breast cancer risk in some high-risk women

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low-dose radiation from annual mammography screening may increase breast cancer risk in women with genetic or familial predisposition to breast cancer, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...


First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3

The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The review - Antarctic ...


GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.



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