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Google Maps meets 'Grand Theft Auto' | Tech news blog - CNET News.com view story
4 votes- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3...)
New horizons in interactive use of Google geographic tools: Drive a little car around Google Maps, or fly an airplane with the Google Earth browser plug-in.
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Second Life: Disability charity sets up virtual advice service view story
2 votes- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society...)
A charity that helps the parents of disabled children contact each other and access services has set up an office in the virtual world of Second Life.
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Out of the Zone: Jet-Lagged Baseball Teams Suffer Disadvantage view story
2 votes- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?...)
New research shows that long commutes affect a team's chances of winning
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Winfield's brainchild thrills Negro Leaguers view story
1 vote- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?...)
Thirty living players as old as 102 will be drafted by MLB teams in Orlando before the amateur draft begins.
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Antioxidant Supplements Will Help You Live Longer? view story
4 votes- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?...)
It makes sense that antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E, and other antioxdiant compounds found in carrots and other vegetables, are good for you. But those findings didn't hold up for antioxidant supplements.
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Blogging--It's Good for You view story
7 votes- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?...)
From Scientific American - The therapeutic value of blogging becomes a focus of study
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In Google we trust - but should we? view story
9 votes- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol...)
A question increasingly asked is whether Google is becoming a dangerous monopoly. It is a very serious question. If we end up with one company controlling search - the gateway to information - it could be catastrophic if it abused its position.
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Randolph bares his pain view story
4 votes- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.northjersey.com/sports...)
Mets Manager Willie Randolph talks about the pressures of managing in NY, and even discusses how race may come into play.
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Surging Food Prices Mean Global Instability: Scientific American view story
5 votes- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?...)
The recent surge in world food prices is already creating havoc in poor countries, and worse is to come. Food riots are spreading across Africa, though many are unreported in the international press.
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Shark Technology -What Can We Learn from Nature's Most Perfect Flesh-seeking Creation? view story
3 votes- Submitted by Mkterp
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_web...)
Synthetic shark skin might sound like the ultimate in faux-fashion disasters, but work at the University of Florida by materials engineer Tony Brennan and colleagues has allowed us to coat boats and even Olympic swimmers in this material.

