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I'm an engineer, but my true passion is for pure science. First loves are: physics, astronomy, space exploration, Earth sciences, and mathematics. I currently reside in Columbus Ohio and I am a RABID Buckeye fan. Email: capncaveman1@gmail.com

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Planetary line-up excites the sun

Science – Australian astronomers may have found a solution to how far-away Jupiter and Saturn drive the sun's solar cycle.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:06am

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The Pit of Life and Death

Science – Just outside Butte, Montana lies a pit of greenish poison a mile and a half wide and over a third of a mile deep. This pit was a by-product of strip mining and was considered to be too poisonous to sustain life. That was until a scientist saw something unusual in the lake: a small clump of green slime floating on the water's surface.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:01am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / 1 sink

Condemned to single-sex life by climate change

Science – All tuatara could be born male - and thus doomed to extinction - within decades.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:43am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

Fermilab Cancels Layoffs

Science – Since December, scientists, engineers, technicians, and staff at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois, have waited anxiously to find out who will be asked to leave in layoffs forced by an unexpected budget cut. Now they can relax: Fermilab is canceling all impending involuntary layoffs.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:38am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / 2 sinks

Which of These Is Not Causing Global Warming Today?

Science – A. Sport utility vehicles; B. Rice fields; C. Increased solar output.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:13am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / No sinks

United States Has Highest Level Of Illegal Cocaine And Cannabis Use

Health & Fitness – A survey of 17 countries has found that despite its punitive drug policies the United States has the highest levels of illegal cocaine and cannabis use.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2008 02:02pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 19 votes / No sinks

Minimum drinking age of 21 saves lives

Health & Fitness – One of the most comprehensive studies on the minimum drinking age shows that laws aimed at preventing consumption of alcohol by those under 21 have significantly reduced drinking-related fatal car crashes.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2008 01:05pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / No sinks

Super atoms turn the periodic table upside down

Science – Researchers have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals. Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms (clusters of 13 silver atoms, for example) behave in the same way as individual atoms and have opened up a whole new branch of chemistry.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2008 11:12am

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New Texas Law Requires PI License for Computer Repair Shops

Gadgets & Tech – A new Texas law requires every computer repair technician to obtain a private investigator's license. Violators can face a $4,000 fine and one year in jail, as well as a $10,000 civil penalty.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 02:17pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 17 votes / No sinks

Phoenix Scrapes to Icy Soil in Wonderland

Science – NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on Thursday, June 26, confirming that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a single trench.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 01:58pm

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Despite Frustrations, Americans Are Pretty Darned Happy

Science – We're number 16 ... in world happiness. Feel the joy. The United States ranks ahead of more than 80 countries, but below 15 others in happiness levels, according to new study.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 01:48pm

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Royal Society rails against 'simplistic' science exams

Science – Pupils are being set "simplistic" science exam questions in Sats tests when they have been taught to a much higher level, scientists claimed today.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 11:29am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / No sinks

HIV 'locked out' of sabotaged cells

Health & Fitness – Mice have been made resistant to HIV by changing a gene in the blood cells that the virus normally infects - human trials may start this year

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 11:13am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 27 votes / No sinks

Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of Fish

Science – The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said today as the International Whaling Commission opened its 60th meeting.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 10:56am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 23 votes / No sinks

'Deformed wing virus' cause of bee mystery?

Science – Scientists are one step closer to understanding the recent demise of billions of honey bees after making an important discovery about the transmission of a common bee virus.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 10:47am

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