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Tell the FCC: Take the First Step Toward Public Wi-Fi for All
Science & Tech  (tags: wifi, internet, technology, computers, FCC, consumers )

Nancy
- 87 days ago - campaigns.dailykos.com
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a proposal to open up a wider share of the high-quality wireless spectrum for public use. This would be an important first step toward making fast, free, public Wi-Fi available to everyone.
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Report: Last 3 Decades of 20th Century Hotter Than Anytime in 1,400 Years
Science & Tech  (tags: Climate change, discovery, environment, habitat, health, history, investigation, NewTechnology, research, safety, science, scientists, society, technology )

Kit
- 25 days ago - commondreams.org
New research confirms dramatic shift in long-term cooling trend "correlates directly" with human induced carbon emissions.
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Retired Lecturer Is 'Grandfather of Everyone in Britain' After DNA Test Reveals He Is Direct Descendant of World's First Woman
Science & Tech  (tags: humans, interesting, science, research )

Vivien
- 321 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Ian Kinnaird, 72, discovered he is effectively the 'grandfather of everyone in Britain' after he paid £200 to take the test to trace his ancestry
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How Aaron Swartz Helped Build the Internet and a Sad Loss to Us All
Science & Tech  (tags: Aaron Swartz, prosecutorial overreach, intimidation, internet, open access )

Dandelion
- 123 days ago - cnn.com
Aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach.
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Angry Words -- Noam Chomsky Fights Ideas From Daniel Everett
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, environment, history, humans, habitat, investigation, language and linguistics, research, scientists, society )

Kit
- 349 days ago - chronicle.com
A Christian missionary sets out to convert a remote Amazonian tribe. He lives with them for years in primitive conditions, learns their extremely difficult language, risks his life battling malaria, giant anacondas, and sometimes the tribe itself.
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For He's a Jolly Good Scoundrel
Science & Tech  (tags: American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Sanford Weill, banker, Glass Steagall, economic collapse, Citigroup, Travelers, Citibank, President Clinton, John S. Reed, Weill-Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Republican Rep. James Leach, Republican Sen. Phil Gramm )

Dandelion
- 328 days ago - truthdig.com
Sanford Weill, the banker most responsible for the nation's economic collapse, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. So much for the academy's proclaimed "230-plus year history of recognizing some of the world's most accomplished."
46 comments
Giant Squid Filmed in Pacific Depths, Japan Scientists Report
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, scientists, research, study, oceans, science, news, interesting, habitat )

Carrie
- 131 days ago - phys.org
Scientists and broadcasters said Monday they have captured footage of an elusive giant squid roaming the depths of the Pacific Ocean, showing it in its natural habitat for the first time ever.
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Top 10 Ways Algae Boost Science, Energy and Medicine
Science & Tech  (tags: Israel, environment, science, health, discovery, research, medicine )

Beth
- 191 days ago - israel21c.org
Israeli scientists find novel approaches to tap into the potential of this slimy plantlike organism for fuel, nutrition and innovative medical therapies.
20 comments
Albert Einstein: Radical Citizen and Scientist
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, concept, discovery, energy, history, investigation, NewTechnology, research, science, scientists, society, space, study, technology )

Kit
- 326 days ago - truth-out.org
Einstein also represented science's potential to change the world itself - to enlist rational thinking and technology to improve the conditions in which we live. Conversely, he also represented science's potential, as in the case of advanced weapons->
26 comments
Solar Plane Takes Off on Historic Coast-to-Coast Flight
Science & Tech  (tags: concept, design, discovery, energy, investigation, NewTechnology, research, scientists, solar plane )

Kit
- 15 days ago - livescience.com
A solar-powered airplane that can fly day and night without using a single drop of fuel embarked on an unprecedented flight across the United States today (May 3).
29 comments
Finding the Lost Da Vinci -- With Slide Show
Science & Tech  (tags: art, computers, concepts, discovery, investigation, NewTechnology, research, science, technology )

Kit
- 339 days ago - nationalgeographic.com
Could one of Leonardo da Vinci's lost works of art be hidden between a wall of an ornate building and another masterpiece? It's a captivating theory that has had one prominent scientist chasing a legend for more than 30 years.
19 comments
"New McCarthyism" Described By Climate Scientist Michael Mann
Science & Tech  (tags: scientist Michael Mann, interview, climate science, climate change deniers, target of discredited "climategate", “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: , disinformation, history of climate science )

Judy
- 314 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Interview with scientist Michael Mann, author of 'The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From the Front Lines,' and the latest of many to describe efforts to intimidate climate scientists and create confusion about their findings.
29 comments
Bill Moyers: Why U.S. Internet Access Is Slow, Costly and Unfair
Science & Tech  (tags: access, americans, business, government policies, Internet, technology, science )

Kit
- 97 days ago - alternet.org
BILL MOYERS: You've heard me before quote one of my mentors who told his students that "news is what people want to keep hidden; everything else is publicity."
24 comments
What Did Google Earth Spot in the Chinese Desert? Even An Ex-CIA Analyst Isn't Sure
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, investigation, Google Earth, space, study, interesting )

Carrie
- 128 days ago - wired.com
Late last month, former CIA analyst Allen Thomson was clicking through a space news website when he noticed a story about a new orbital tracking site being built near the small city of Kashgar in southwestern China. Curious, he went to Google Earth...
32 comments
First Animal to Survive in Space   video
Science & Tech  (tags: water bears, tardigrades, space, Mike Shaw, naturalist )

Dandelion
- 240 days ago - youtube.com
Tardigrades or "Water Bears" are the only creatures that can survive the extreme conditions in the vacuum of outer space. Interesting questions and thoughts come from this video.
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