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capn_caveman

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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Astronomers cast doubt over date of Caesar's invasion of Britain

Science – Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55BC could not have occurred on the dates stated in most history books, a team of astronomers has claimed.

View Story Discuss (0) (news.bbc.co.uk) 2 days ago by capn_caveman

Voted for on July 02, 2008 11:39am

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Big Oil's prize is America's downfall

Politics – It's getting harder and harder to remain deluded. With each day comes new facts to drag our heads out of the sand.

View Story Discuss (7) (seattlepi.nwsource.com) 2 days ago by ameliog

Voted for on July 02, 2008 11:36am

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Stroke: 'I had to cure myself'

Health & Fitness – In a few hours, I was transformed from a healthy, professional 56-year-old into a lump of flesh on a hospital trolley.

View Story Discuss (0) (telegraph.co.uk) 2 days ago by idyll

Voted for on July 02, 2008 11:35am

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Troubled economy hits women hard

Women – Income inequality, a real estate slump, and exposure to subprime loans play a role.

View Story Discuss (2) (csmonitor.com) 2 days ago by ameliog

Voted for on July 02, 2008 11:35am

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Intel: an expensive many-core future is ahead of us

Gadgets & Tech – Intel has bad news for software developers. It's been hinted at already, but now the company has stated explicitly: it's not enough for software developers to be targeting dual, quad, or eight cores.

View Story Discuss (0) (arstechnica.com) 2 days ago by TheAttacks

Voted for on July 02, 2008 11:24am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 36 votes / 1 sink

Democrats Retain Huge Party ID Advantage

Politics – During the month of June, 41.0% of Americans considered themselves to be Democrats, 31.5% said they were Republicans and 27.5% were not affiliated with either major party.

View Story Discuss (1) (rasmussenreports.com) 2 days ago by TimALoftis

Voted for on July 02, 2008 11:23am

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World's Biggest Solar Farm Proposed For SoCal

News – The 30,000 towering dishes would be spread across 10 square miles of the Imperial County desert. The energy captured from the sun's rays would be converted into electricity for about 500,000 San Diego County homes.

View Story Discuss (0) (knbc.com) 2 days ago by idyll

Voted for on July 02, 2008 11:18am

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Garbage In, Megawatts Out

Gadgets & Tech – Ottawa will build the first gasification facility in North America to make energy from waste.

View Story Discuss (0) (technologyreview.com) 2 days ago by capn_caveman

Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:55am

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Survey of distant galaxies sets limit on cosmic strings

Science – Gravitational lensing measurement suggest that cosmic strings make up no more than 2% of mass of universe

View Story Discuss (0) (physicsworld.com) 2 days ago by capn_caveman

Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:47am

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Supplies of Rare Earth Elements Exhausted By 2017

News – Oil is just an organic substance that was created by natural biological processes; we know that we have a lot of it, but we're using it up very rapidly, no more is being created, and someday it'll be gone. The disappearance of elements, though, that's a different matter.

View Story Discuss (0) (asimovs.com) 2 days ago by idyll

Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:36am

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Saturn mission goes into overtime

Science – The multibillion-dollar Cassini orbiter has officially ended its four-year primary mission to Saturn - ushering in a two-year extended mission that will focus on the ringed planet's mysterious moons.

View Story Discuss (0) (msnbc.msn.com) 2 days ago by capn_caveman

Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:17am

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Cluster listens to the sounds of Earth

Science – The first thing an alien race is likely to hear from Earth is chirps and whistles, a bit like R2-D2, the robot from Star Wars. In reality, they are the sounds that accompany the aurora. Now ESA's Cluster mission is showing scientists how to understand this emission and, in the future, search for alien worlds by listening for their sounds.

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:16am

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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.

View Story Discuss (0) (abc.net.au) 2 days ago by capn_caveman

Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:06am

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

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.

View Story Discuss (1) (damninteresting.com) 2 days ago by capn_caveman

Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:01am