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Landfill to Restore Wildlife Habitat for Threatened Species view story
32 votes- Submitted by Kronich
- about 15 hours ago
- (http://www.thinkgreen.com/pointof...)
- Became popular about 8 hours ago
At first glance, a landfill is unsuitable for wildlife habitat. The Audubon Society doesn’t agree. In fact they recently announced a partnership with Waste Management to restore wildlife habitat at Two Pine Landfill in North Little Rock, AR.
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Curiousity killed the horse view story
29 votes- Submitted by DirectTulip
- about 16 hours ago
- (http://www.bogd.ro/fun/ce-i-se-in...)
- Became popular about 10 hours ago
Funny photos about horse curiousity. I really hope the horse was alright at the end...
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Project "Orion": Rocket Powered by an Atomic Machine Gun | DRB view story
21 votes- Submitted by sh0rtstak
- about 21 hours ago
- (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2...)
- Became popular about 5 hours ago
The Ultimate 1950s Space Technology, which almost made it to Saturn which apparently NASA still has "small secret contingency plan division" which is dedicated to preserving "Orion" nuclear propulsion technology - and possible reviving it.
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Astronomers Get Best View Yet of Infant Stars at Feeding Time view story
17 votes- Submitted by cosmikdebris
- about 24 hours ago
- (http://www.eso.org/public/outreac...)
- Became popular about 1 hour ago
Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer to conduct the first high resolution survey that combines spectroscopy and interferometry on intermediate-mass infant stars.
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SkyFuel Unveils World’s Lowest Cost Utility-Scale Solar Power System : CleanTechnica view story
15 votes- Submitted by sh0rtstak
- about 19 hours ago
- (http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/...)
The SkyTrough, cuts the cost of its parabolic trough concentrator by 35 % compared to other commercially available systems, largely because of a breakthrough mirrored polymer which replaces heavy glass used in all other solar parabolic trough collectors.
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Researchers discover how infectious bacteria can switch species view story
19 votes- Submitted by insaincain02
- about 7 hours ago
- (http://www.physorg.com/news142764...)
Scientists from the Universities of Bath and Exeter have developed a rapid new way of checking for toxic genes in disease-causing bacteria which infect insects and humans. Their findings could in the future lead to new vaccines
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Mushroom Enzyme Could Make Clean Fuel Cells view story
24 votes- Submitted by insaincain02
- about 13 hours ago
- (http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/...)
Even the most environmentally-conscious among us use batteries containing toxic heavy metals on a daily basis
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Planet or "Failed Star"? view story
12 votes- Submitted by cosmikdebris
- about 24 hours ago
- (http://www.obspm.fr/actual/nouvel...)
The object, named CoRoT-Exo-3b, has approximately the same size as Jupiter, but more than 20 times the mass, it is therefore twice as dense as lead. Its mass is bigger than a planet, but smaller than a star.
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Russia Leads Way in Space Tourism With Paid Trips Into Orbit view story
12 votes- Submitted by ecopolitologist
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11...)
The Russian space program has found ways to make space pay and has shown that it is leading the way toward the commercialization of space travel.
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Local biochemist had hand in Nobel view story
10 votes- Submitted by mkr
- about 13 hours ago
- (http://www.al.com/news/huntsville...)
If you've ridden in Bill Penney Toyota's courtesy van lately, you probably remember driver Douglas Prasher as a nice guy who likes to chat. But Prasher, 57, has a fascinating past that might have earned him this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry ...

