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76 percent of American middle-class households not financially secure

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (17) | comments 1

As the economy continues to reel, a new report finds that 4 million American households lost economic security between 2000 and 2006, and that a majority of America's middle class households are either borderline or at high ...





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Tropical depression 2 on shaky ground, 3 other areas to watch on weekend

Tropical depression 2 on shaky ground, 3 other areas to watch on weekend

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The Atlantic Ocean's second Tropical Depression has been on shaky ground since it formed early in the week of August 11. It meandered westward from the African coast and maintained its tropical depression ...


Geological Faults Pose Threat in Houston, Say UH Researchers

On shaky ground: UH Prof finds geological faults threaten Houston

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0

After finding more than 300 surface faults in Harris County, a University of Houston geologist now has information that could be vitally useful to the region’s builders and city planners.


Shaky financial ground awaits many American retirees

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 16, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The burden of long-term economic security in the United States is moving away from employers and the government onto the shoulders of workers - a transformation that Yale University political scientist Jacob Hacker calls ...


New buffer resists pH change, even as temperature drops

Chemistry /

created Jan 14, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Researchers at the University of Illinois have found a simple solution to a problem that has plagued scientists for decades: the tendency of chemical buffers used to maintain the pH of laboratory samples to lose their efficacy ...


Shaky Ground

Shaky Ground

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 14, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

University of Arkansas researchers have used measurements of tiny movements in the Earth's crust to gain a better understanding of earthquake dynamics in Nicaragua, where a large quake devastated the city of ...


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (54) | comments 15

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


High-energy Electrons Could Come from Pulsars -- or Dark Matter

High-energy Electrons Could Come from Pulsars -- or Dark Matter

Physics / General Physics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Something in our galactic neighborhood seems to be producing large numbers of high-energy electrons, according to new data gathered by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The electrons could ...


EPA's new green parking lot allows scientists to study permeable surfaces that may help the environment

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paved parking lots and driveways make our lives easier, but they often create an easy pathway for pollutants to reach underground water sources and alter the natural flow of water back into the ground. The U.S. Environmental ...


Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.


White House, hospitals reach deal on health care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The nation's hospitals will give up $155 billion in future Medicare and Medicaid payments to help defray the cost of President Barack Obama's health care plan, a concession the White House hopes will boost an overhaul ...



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