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GM Teases Us With Sneak Peeks of the Volt
For all the hype surrounding the Chevrolet Volt and General Motors' willingness to share every detail of its development no matter how minute, we still don't know what the car will look like. We've caught glimpses of early prototypes and everyone's seen ... 		Aug 14, 2008
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One in Eight High School Biology Teachers Still Teach Creationism
25% said they devoted classroom time to creationism or intelligent design. Of these, about one-half -- 12% of all teachers -- called creationism a "valid scientific alternative to Darwinian explanations for the origin of species," and the same number ... 		May 19, 2008
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Robot Cannon Kills 9, Wounds 14
many advanced military weapons are essentially robotic -- picking targets out automatically, slewing into position, and waiting only for a human to pull the trigger. Most of the time. Once in a while, though, these machines start firing mysteriously on ... 		Oct 18, 2007
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The Route Coast to Coast
On October 7, 2006, Alex Roy set out from the Classic Car Club on Hudson Street in New York City. His self-assigned mission: Beat the record for a cross-country drive to Los Angeles. That record, set in 1983, is 32 hours and 7 minutes. To achieve his ... 		Oct 18, 2007
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Clinton Assails Bush's 'War on Science'
Clinton focused mostly on policy proposals, but she also drew laughs for paraphrasing the faux right-wing fury of Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, saying "this administration doesn't make decisions on facts, it makes facts based on decisions."From Wired ... 		Oct 4, 2007
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spiderman's fingers
A team of Italian scientists says their latest nanotech discovery is the secret to the wall-scaling Spiderman suit. From Wired Science - Wired Blogs Yet more proof that nanotech and biotech are going to make the future really weird. This leads ... 		Sep 1, 2007
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Fungi Make Biodiesel Efficiently at Room Temperature
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology have found a much better way to make biodiesel. Their new method could lower the cost and increase the energy efficiency of fuel production. Instead of mixing the ingredients and heating them ... 		Aug 22, 2007
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Robots with guns in Iraq
Robots have been roaming the streets of Iraq, since shortly after the war began. Now, for the first time -- the first time in any warzone -- the machines are carrying guns. From Danger Room - Wired Blogs As much as I might appreciate the use of ... 		Aug 6, 2007
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Americans Remain Woefully Ill-Informed
More than a decade after the Internet went mainstream, the world's richest information source hasn't necessarily made its users any more informed. A new study from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press shows that Americans, on average, are ... 		Jul 23, 2007
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Astronaut Photography of Earth
Google has rolled out some spectacular new layers for Google Earth. “Astronaut Photography of Earth” is filled with images from the last 40 years of NASA Earth exploration, and “Earth City Lights” has stunning views of our home planet at night, as ... 		Jul 23, 2007
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Steel Wallet
New York designer Theo Stewart-Stand created the steel wallet from the same finely woven, industrial steel that is used in aerospace applications, petroleum processing and metal doors and windows. Stewart-Stand tightened the weave of the steel so ... 		Jul 22, 2007
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The Solar Powered Amish
What community has the highest per-capita use of solar energy in Ohio? None other than the Amish. It might sound strange to people who think of the Amish as 19th century holdovers, but that's an oversimplification. Instead, after considering the impact ... 		May 18, 2007
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Go Birding With Craigslist's Craig Newmark
The webcam is a remote-controlled bird-watching cam, and it can be manipulated by thousands of virtual bird watchers simultaneously. ... Players vie for spots on the top watchers' list by photographing and classifying the most birds. They snap stills of ... 		Apr 24, 2007
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hair dye for that hair
I used to joke that this would be the fad that replaced the Brazilian. 		Dec 28, 2006
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Experimental AI Powers Robot Army
This is well beyond the capability of any existing system, but the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is putting its hopes on new software that lets robots learn, walk, see and interact far more intelligently than ever before. From Wired ... 		Sep 14, 2006
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bandoliers
Bandoliers are comfortable, have very masculine overtones, and Chewbacca wore one. I could totally see dropping my miniature bleeping possessions into the pouches of a bandolier, cheerfully strapping it on, heading out into the world, and getting shot ... 		Apr 12, 2006
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Brain Teasers
but it made me wonder: If games can inadvertently train your brain, why doesn't someone make a game that does so intentionally? From Wired News: Brain Teasers I keep thinking that playing Suduko will eventually develop my mental skills to the point ... 		Mar 28, 2006
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playsh
Now, thanks to a new software-collaborati... 		Mar 17, 2006
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Brokeback Bunnies
Brokeback Mountain in thirty seconds re-enacted by bunnies. It was bound to happen. From Wired 		Mar 3, 2006
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Gear Factor
If we've learned anything from the ongoing influence of steroids and other performance enhancing substances on the world of modern athletics, it's that human achievement alone is not enough. To be the best, an athlete needs a little something extra. ... 		Feb 27, 2006

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