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Long May You Run: Neil Young's Eco-Lincoln
Science & Tech  (tags: Green Cars, CO2 emissions, Global Warming )

Ben
- 13 days ago - nytimes.com
Neil Young has assembled a team to turn a nearly 20-foot-long, 5,000-pound 1959 Lincoln Continental into a vehicle that will run on natural gas, electricity or some other form of clean energy.
Unlimited Range Electric Car
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Science & Tech  (tags: Electric Cars, Environment, CO2emissions )

Ben
- 18 days ago - youtube.com
The future? -Why not?
Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions!
Science & Tech  (tags: Sustainability, Zero CO2 emissions, Environment, Global warming )

Ben
- 17 days ago - popularmechanics.com
India's largest automaker is set to start producing the world's first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions...
Little Brown Bat Die-Off Traced to Fungus
Science & Tech  (tags: little brown bats, fungus, white-nose syndrome, hibernation )

Ombretta
- 29 days ago - nytimes.com
The massive die-off of little brown bats in the northeast US has been linked to a fungus by the National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin. Researchers say they think the fungus invades the bats' bodies during hibernation and they starve to death.
The Resurgence of Nuclear Power
Science & Tech  (tags: nuclear power, nuclear plants, contamination, energy, nuclear waste, France, Northrop Grumman )

Ombretta
- 35 days ago - nytimes.com
Thirty years have passed since a nuclear plant has been built in the US, and during that time many older plants have been decommissioned. But that's about to change: according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 21 companies want to build 34 new plants.
The Global Viral Forecasting Initiative: Keeping New Diseases at Bay
Science & Tech  (tags: viruses, pandemics, bushmeat, blood, disease, HIV, Ebola. Africa, Nathan Wolfe )

Ombretta
- 40 days ago - nytimes.com
Dr. Nathan Wolfe & his team devote their time trying to identify & contain potential pandemics before they can wreak worldwide havoc. He's examining primate-to-human & other animal transmissions, because 60% of new human pathogens originate in animals.
Dracula's Children
Science & Tech  (tags: vampire bats, leeches, taxonomy, hematophagy )

Ombretta
- 40 days ago - nytimes.com
Wildly interesting story of the lives and hardships of a variety of creatures that have evolved to live on the blood of other beings. Great info on how they are equipped to get their nourishment and how their bodies are adapted for it.
Embarrass Yourself No Longer!
Science & Tech  (tags: Mail Goggles, Google, gmail, indiscretions, embarrassment )

Ombretta
- 40 days ago - nytimes.com
Drunken phone calls to ex-spouses, old lovers, and other bothersome entities have morphed into drunken emails and text messages. Now there's a way to help you avoid sending those 2 AM emails you wish you hadn't.
The Intriguing Science of Word Analysis: Counting & Categorization
Science & Tech  (tags: words, language, analysis, meaning, emotions, psychology, writing, research )

Ombretta
- 45 days ago - nytimes.com
Professor James W. Pennebaker, a psychology professor at the University of Texas, says the message is not only in the what ut also the how. Read about how he parses language to identify meaning and emotion.
Bald? Don't Blame Mom, Necessarily
Science & Tech  (tags: baldness, genetics, genetic research, bald men )

Ombretta
- 47 days ago - online.wsj.com
For decades the received wisdom on baldness has been that it is genetically linked to the mother. New scientific research by two independent research teams debunks this myth.
 
 
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