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GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal

Technology / Business

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- General Electric Co. has promised to buy at least $345 million in advertising from NBC Universal over five years after selling a controlling stake in the entertainment company to Comcast Corp., according to a regulatory ...


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New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance ...


Why winning athletes are getting bigger

Why Winning Athletes Are Getting Bigger

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 7

While watching swimmers line up during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, former Olympic swimmer and NBC Sports commentator Rowdy Gaines quipped that swimmers keep getting bigger, with the shortest one in ...


Mice run faster on high-grade oil

Biology / Other

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Between the 1932 and 2008 Olympic Games, world record times of the men's 100m sprint improved by 0.6 seconds. Scientists at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology in Austria have shown that an equivalent improvement can ...


Athletes, spectators faced unprecedented air pollution at 2008 Olympic Games

Athletes, spectators faced unprecedented air pollution at 2008 Olympic Games

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Particulate air pollution during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing constantly exceeded levels considered excessive by the World Health Organization, was far worse than other recent Olympic ...