Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) regularly hypes the threat posed by Iran, saying they are ?intent on acquiring nuclear weapons? and even attacking Democrats for allegedly not recognizing ?the threat posed by an Iran with nuclear ambitions.?
Read McCain Admits He Doesn't Know Nature of Threat From Iran (Links)
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
Now you?re getting full-featured commercials and highly produced movie shorts pitching products for minutes on end. And it doesn?t stop with the theaters simply bringing in revenue from outside businesses. They?re in on the game as well...
Read Marketing at the Movies: 'From Distraction to Infraction' (Links)
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
Read A beaver can cut down 200 trees a year (Links)
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
Ausra, a developer of utility-scale solar thermal power, has opened the first US solar thermal power factory, and the highest capacity plant in the world, in brightly lit Sin City. As if you needed another great reason to visit, right?
Read Viva Las Vegas? Solar Thermal Power Factory ? A US First (Links)
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
The only female athlete on Afghanistan's team for the Beijing Olympics has gone missing from a training camp in Italy and apparently is seeking political asylum in Norway.
Read Lone Afghan Olympic Female Missing, May Be Seeking Asylum (Links)
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
After all sites potterianos have denied that he was with The Knight of Darkness, to bring you the news first hand: the teaser, 15 seconds really will be presented before the premiere of The Dark Knight in IMAX theaters...
Read Harry Potter Teaser Coming with Dark Knight! (Confirmed) (Links)
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
If there's one thing most people know about solar cells, it's that they are too expensive. Now, MIT researchers think they may have found a way to increase the double the performance of solar arrays with cheap dyed glass and some tricks borrowed from fiber optics.
Read Major Breakthrough: Dyes Could Double Solar Panel Efficiency (Links)
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
Will scientists ever create the perfect athlete?
Read Bioengineering The Perfect Athlete (Links)
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:34 am, Over one day old
MIT engineers say they?ve created a new approach to harnessing the sun?s energy that also provides windows with a clear view and illuminate rooms at the same time without the need for tracking devices.
Read New, Inexpensive MIT Solar Panels Could Hit Markets by 2011 (Links)