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Ultimate Beer Truck

January 30th, 2006 at 10:23 pm » Comments (0)

Check out this beer truck.  Kinda make you thirsty just looking at it.



Hydrogen Fuel Cells by 2010?

January 30th, 2006 at 5:58 pm » Comments (0)

The Department of Energy’s latest estimate for the beginning of the
fuel cell vehicle era is just 4 years away. According to the just
released Roadmap on
Manufacturing R&D for the Hydrogen Economy (PDF), the challenges in streamlining the production of fuel cell membranes and storing hydrogen can be met soon.



Global Warming Worse than Previously Thought

January 30th, 2006 at 5:55 pm » Comments (0)

The threat posed by climate change may be greater than previously
thought, and global warming is advancing at an unsustainable rate,
Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a report published Monday.



Enron E-Mail a Scientific Goldmine

January 30th, 2006 at 5:51 pm » Comments (0)

In March 2001, just a few months before Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling
resigned, an employee e-mailed him a joke about a policeman pulling
over a speeding driver, whose wife subsequently rats him out to the cop
for other offenses, including being drunk.



Analytic Minds Linked to Autism

January 30th, 2006 at 5:46 pm » Comments (0)

Highly analytical couples, such as scientists, may be more likely to produce children with autism, an expert has argued.



Warner Bros. to Test P2P in Germany

January 30th, 2006 at 5:42 pm » Comments (0)

In a move that shows Hollywood is examining the benefits of a technology it long reviled, Time Warner
Inc.’s Warner Bros. is expected to announce today that it will sell
movies and television shows online in Germany using peer-to-peer
technology.



Obesity a Virus?

January 30th, 2006 at 5:37 pm » Comments (0)

There is a lot of good advice to help us avoid becoming obese, such
as "Eat less," and "Exercise." But here’s a new and surprising piece of
advice based on a promising area of obesity research: "Wash your hands."



Wikipedia Punishes Congress for Bad Behavior

January 30th, 2006 at 5:29 pm » Comments (0)

The
staff of U.S. Rep Marty Meehan wiped out references to his broken
term-limits pledge as well as information about his huge campaign war
chest in an independent biography of the Lowell Democrat on a Web site
that bills itself as the "world’s largest encyclopedia," The Sun has
learned.