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END WORLD 2012
In 2012 the Mayan calendar ends, in what some say is their prediction of the end of the world. The big question is: what exactly does this mean? In other words, what did the Mayans really intend by ending their world calendar on December 21, 2012... ...
Tags: END WORLD, Earth, New Age, Planetary science, Eschatology, Galaxy, millenarianism, Environment, Maya calendars, science, Technology Internet
Hacked e-mails expose possible climate change fraud
University of East Anglia's climate research unit(Hadley CRU) acknowledged that 61Mb of e-mails were hacked from their database. The files were then posted on a Russian site by someone going by the name "FOIA". The information posted...
Tags: NEWS, CLIMATE, GLOBAL WARMING, SCIENCE, MEDIA, CAP AND TRADE
How will California’s new TV energy standards affect you?
On Wednesday, the California Energy Commission approved new energy-efficiency standards to regulate how much electricity television sets sold in the state can consume. When do the standards take effect? Jan. 1, 2011, with more stringent rules...
Tags: California, University of California, television set, tvs set, science, Los Angeles, Environment, Display technology, Arthur Rosenfeld, California Energy Commission
Californian Bison to go under BIRTH CONTROL
Southern California's only herd of wild buffalo has been put on birth control. A conservation authority seeking to protect unique plant life on Santa Catalina Island, where buffalo have roamed since 14 of them were shipped out for a silent film in...
Tags: Southern California, wild buffalo, Bison, birth control, Santa Catalina Island, contraceptives, injection, conservation, Los Angeles, Cuisine of the Western United States, California, Calf, Manjampatti White Bison, Beef, American Bison, science
Swine Flu Mutation Worries Norwegian Scientists
Norwegian scientists say they've discovered a mutated version of swine flu in two patients who died and another who is severely ill. The mutation "could possibly make the virus more prone to infect deeper in the airways and thus cause more severe...
Tags: Swine Flu, H1N1, Flu, Pig Flu, Swine Flu Mutation, swine flu deaths, death, Norwegian government, Norwegian scientists, Norwegian, Norway, Oslo, Health in the United States, Animal virology, Swine influenza, flu pandemic, Influenza, Pandemics, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Influenza pandemics, science
Future lies in cheaper electric cars!
A few days back when I drove my car on the city roads I fumed within me seeing the traffic jams and the snail speed at which the vehicles were moving. My mind started calculating the cost involved on account of wastage of fuels, health hazards...
Tags: Automobile, Carnegie Mellon University, Electric car, Research, Robotics Institute, Technology, Traffic congestion, Transportation, cost effective, science, Commuting, Alternative propulsion, Electric vehicles, Technology Internet, Electrification, Environment, electric cars
Samsung SGH i450 Beat DARK BLUE
Out of the box, Samsung phones often struggle to impress. Maybe it's the egg-carton packaging that Samsung uses, or perhaps it's the gun-metal grey plastic bodies of recent Samsung phones, but the G600 and i450 have both made poor first impressions, defying...
Tags: Samsung SGH i450 Beat DARK BLUE, samsung sgh i450, samsung sgh, samsung, i450, samsung deals, samsung phones, unlocked cell phone, cell phones, latest phone, cell phone, New York City, Chaebol, Samsung Group, Samsung mobile phones, Technology Internet, science
Nokia N900 first look - Gadget Inspectors
The Gadget Inspectors take a first look at the Maemo-powered Nokia N900 and find out how it compares with the iPhone and the HTC Hero. he new Nokia N900 is the latest effort from the Finnish company to break Apple's dominance of the smart...
Tags: nokia n900, gadget inspectors, science, San Francisco, Maemo, Smartphone, Touchscreens, Mobile computers, Technology Internet, Nokia
The web shows us as we are
The World Wide Web shows us how we're all connected It’s been a few years since anyone has raised the uncomfortable idea that the World Wide Web is not and never will be the global bear hug that its West Coast liberal forefathers and mothers...
Tags: science, Washington, Peace, World Wide Web, English inventions, Gullah, Kumbaya, web shows
Google Chrome OS computers will be available in 2010
Google has announced that its much-anticipated web based operating system, Chrome OS, will be available within a year The first netbooks carrying the technology giant's "lightweight" alternative to Microsoft Windows will be available in the second...
Tags: science, Washington, Cloud, Google, Netbook, Malware, Computer virus, Technology Internet, Cloud clients, Sundar Pichai, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, Google Crome
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