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French Engineer Wants To Tug Icebergs To Parched Saudi Arabia

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Go, go gadget iceberg.

The man who can sell icebergs to eskimo may be a great salesman, but the guy who can tug icebergs to Saudi Arabia will be remembered as an engineering genius.

French engineer Georges Mougin may be that man.Fast Company reports that ever since the 1970s, he’s been working on a method to tow freshwater icebergs across the Arctic. Now, with 3-D tech, declassified satellite data, and tugboats, he might have cracked the way to quench the world’s thirst…

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Forerunner of Egyptian Pyramids Found in Romania?

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Archaeologists claim to have found a forerunner to the pyramids not in Egypt – but in southern Romania.

The discovery being hailed as a sensation has been dated as being over 4,500 years old after it was unearthed in Aricestii Rahtivani, in Prahova county in southern Romania.

Archaeologist Alin Franculeasa, from the History and Archeology Museum in Prahova, said: “If we take the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen – he reigned between 1333 – 1323 BC, but this tomb is even older – from a man who obviously also had great wealth and importance but who would have lived 4,500 years ago.

“There are clearly similarities between the tomb we are looking at and that of the pyramids…

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Sex-Selective Abortion Becoming More Common and Widespread in India

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A government’s advertisement billboard in support of baby girls in Morena, India.

The practice of aborting female fetuses if they don’t yet have a male child is becoming more common and widespread among couples in India, according to a new study.

 

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Top 10 Photos of the Week

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To me its far less about the photo and far more
about where the photographer was sitting
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” – – Sir Winston Churchill

To me its far less about the photo and far more about where the photographer was sitting

“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” – – Sir Winston Churchill

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Woman Makes Mummies for Bereaved Pet Owners

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Exactly how long do you want your pet to stay around?

Grieving pet owners are turning to a US woman to give their lost loved ones eternal life by making them into mummies. PD Cagliastro is one of few in the US offering animal mummification services based on the ancient Egyptian art It took her 20 years to perfect her formula by studying embalming, consulting with chemistry students and reading the few scraps of ancient Egyptian texts available on the subject.

“It was a sick fascination,” said Ms Cagliastro, who works and lives in her “house of death” with her teenage daughter and her husband, an exterminator…

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Busuu: A Language That Only 8 People Speak

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Help keep the Busuu language alive.

Busuu is a language that is only spoken by eight people in the world (according to Wikipedia this may be as low as three people as of 2005) in Cameroon. To help save this dying language the folks at Busuu.com have created  a music video in the Busuu language.

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6 Reasons Why Tablets Are Ready for the Classroom

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Are tablets for education?

Since the debut of the iPad, tablets have captured the imagination of consumers. In just one year, the iPad surpassed even the most optimistic of projections to define a brand new product category and become the best-selling gadget of all time, and Forrester analysts project that in 2011, tablet sales will more than double.

But are tablets ready for the classroom? Though tablets have caught on with consumers, the higher education market has been slower to adopt, and understandably so. From grades to degrees to job placement after graduation, the devices that are used in classrooms are tied to important outcomes…

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The 11 Most Walkable Cities in the U.S.

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Just a walkin’.

The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center has release its list of the most pedestrian-friendly cities in the US, with 11 getting rankings from Platinum to Bronze and 8 more getting ‘honorable mentions’. Only one city received the highest honor. Find out which one below…

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Top 10 Photos of the Week

“It`s good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.” – – Gary Busey

“It`s good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.” – – Gary Busey

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