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Snow slackers can be found around the world

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The streets were strangely quiet as I walked my daughter to school Tuesday morning. Baby stroller traffic jams are the norm in our south London neighborhood, nicknamed the "Nappy Valley" for its prodigious birthrate. But ...





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Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick

Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The area affected by the Montara oil spill off the Kimberley coast contains a huge amount of marine life, including some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean, according to ...


On gravel roads, people drive at speed they are comfortable with, regardless of posted limit

On gravel roads, people drive at speed they are comfortable with, regardless of posted limit

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Kansas gravel roads have varying speed limits, but a study by Kansas State University researchers shows that instead of abiding by those limits, people are more likely to use their own judgment to gauge how ...


Rural roads dangerous for young drivers

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Results from Australia's largest study of young drivers have shown that they are at significant risk of crash on rural roads. According to researchers from The George Institute, young drivers living in rural areas are more ...


Reserves found to be 'effective tool' for reducing fires in Brazilian rainforests

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rainforest reserves - even those disturbed by roads - provide an important buffer against fires that are devastating parts of the Brazilian Amazon, according to a new study by a trio of researchers at Duke University published ...


solar roadways

Solar Roadways Awarded DOT Contract to Pave Roads with Solar Cells

Technology / Energy

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (52) | comments 68

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a first step toward turning highways into energy-generating solar panels, the Sagle, Idaho-based startup Solar Roadways has recently received a $100,000 grant from the US Department of ...


Noisy roads increase risk of high blood pressure

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Traffic noise raises blood pressure. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health have found that people exposed to high levels of noise from nearby roads are more likely to report suffer ...


Tanker spills oil in San Francisco Bay

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A ruptured fuel line on a Panamanian-registered tanker released oil into San Francisco Bay before dawn on Friday, authorities said.


Driver misjudgment and landscape variations cause collisions at stop sign intersections

Driver misjudgment and landscape variations cause collisions at stop sign intersections

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stop signs are supposed to be traffic safety tools, but how effective are they? According to one Ryerson University researcher, intersections with stop signs can be some of the deadliest places ...


Researchers learn why invasive plants are spreading rapidly in forests

Researchers learn why invasive plants are spreading rapidly in forests

Biology / Ecology

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Invasive plants are advancing into Eastern forests at an alarming rate, and the rapid spread has been linked by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences to forest road ...


Daily traffic clogs the Jal el-Dib highway at the northern entrance to the Lebanese capital Beirut

Google Maps tracking traffic flow

Technology / Internet

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Google has invited US motorists to share their progress -- or lack thereof -- with other drivers through the Internet giant's online mapping service linked to smart phones.



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