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What Solar Energy is and How it Works
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What Solar Energy is and How it Works

Do No Evil – A simple explanation of what solar energy is, its different forms, and how it works. Written in simple English for everyone to understand.

Voted for on July 11, 2008 11:51am

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Sweden turning sewage into a gasoline substitute

Science – Taking a road trip? Remember to visit the toilet first. This city is among dozens of municipalities in Sweden with facilities that transform sewage waste into enough biogas to run thousands of cars and buses.

Voted for on May 29, 2008 05:37am

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The last F-117A Night Hawk Retired

Science – Not everyone missed out on Tuesday s top-secret passing of one of the world s most mysterious aircraft.Gareth Goetz, an Anaheim mortgage broker, was one of 100 cheering aviation buffs who gathered in Palmdale at a makeshift viewing spot just outside the gates of Lockheed Martin Corp. s defense plant.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 04:48pm

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iTWire - NASA's supernova hunt in Milky Way ends with discovery of G1.9 0.3

Science – Using data from the space-based NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ground-based NRAO Very Large Array, astronomers just found a supernova within our Milky Way galaxy that exploded about 140 years ago. NASA scientists took fifty years to find it.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 04:27pm

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IBM's Answer to the Food Crisis

Science – Big Blue's World Community Grid and a University of Washington team are using PCs globally to develop better strains of rice.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 04:14pm

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Calif. Awards $45M in Stem Cell Grants

Science – California's stem cell agency on Friday doled out nearly $45 million in research grants to about 20 state universities and nonprofit research laboratories, far exceeding the federal government's annual outlays for the controversial work.

Voted for on May 10, 2008 04:58pm

NPD Reports Nintendos Solid US Sales For February
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NPD Reports Nintendos Solid US Sales For February

Video Games – The latest video game industry sales figures reported by the independent NPD Group show that Nintendo DSÃ;¢ââ;¬Å¾Ã;¢ and WiiÃ;¢ââ;¬Å¾Ã;¢ topped the U.S. charts for February

Voted for on March 16, 2008 05:44pm

Is it Better to Drink Unpasteurised Milk?
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Is it Better to Drink Unpasteurised Milk?

Food – Raw milk is packed with vitamins and it's kinder to the planet. So why is an unpasteurised pint seen as such a risk?

Voted for on March 16, 2008 05:44pm

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Vatican recants with a statue of Galileo

Science – Four hundred years after it put Galileo on trial for heresy the Vatican is to complete its rehabilitation of the great scientist by erecting a statue of him inside the Vatican walls.

Voted for on March 06, 2008 05:44am

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Scheme to protect 1.8m acres of rainforest

Science – A world-first rainforest conservation project which will lock up 100 million tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of 50 million flights from London to Sydney, has been agreed in Indonesia.

Voted for on March 06, 2008 05:44am

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Beautiful Pics of "Extreme Earth"

Science – [Nat Geo] Some stunning shots -- of iceberg, gorge, variety of earth's natural dramatic beauty.

Voted for on March 06, 2008 05:43am

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German troops fatter than civilians, report says

News – Germany's Defense Ministry said that it would take very seriously a parliamentary report indicating that the nation's soldiers are more overweight than average civilians, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Voted for on March 06, 2008 05:42am

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Announcing the Netscape Archive

Gadgets & Tech – The Netscape Archive has been created to preserve a final resting place for client side Netscape applications, given that official support is ending March 1, 2008. The archive is now available at archive.netscape.com.

Voted for on February 26, 2008 04:38pm

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Atlantis closes in for docking

Science – HOUSTON - Atlantis closed in on the international space station on Saturday, bringing a new $2 billion lab that European scientists can't wait to see installed. The space shuttle was due to pull up at the space station around lunchtime, ending a two-day, high-speed chase around the world.

Voted for on February 09, 2008 05:11pm

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Babies reveal natural gift for numbers

Science – They may seem to just eat, cry, sleep and poo, but 3-month-old babies may already be aware of how many animals are dangling from their mobiles.

Voted for on February 09, 2008 05:11pm