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Salmon Sperm = Better LEDs?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/salmon_spe...

"DNA has certain optical properties that make it unique. It allows improvements in one to two orders of magnitude in terms of efficiency, li...

Run Any App from a USB Thumb Drive

http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?sssdmh=d...

The software, PowerToGo, lets most existing Windows applications run unmodified from the flash drives, Lexar said. The goal is to let users%...

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Sanctuary bears face increased threat of being hun...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-02-09-bea...

For decades, Larry Aumiller led small groups of people into the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary to watch the largest congregation of brown b...

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Poop-Powered Buses Soon to Cruise Hershey, er, Osl...

http://slate.com/blogs/blogs/humannature/archive/2...

"By going to the bathroom, a person produces the equivalent of eight litres (2.1 gallons) of diesel per year. That may not seem like a%2...

Caught On Radar: Another Egyptian Mystery

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/08/03/...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into Egypt's Valley of the Kings, another ancient puzzle has popped up on the radar screen ...

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Man thwarted in EBay auction of rare record to try...

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/stor...

A disappointed Warren Hill says he's going to try again to sell his fabled acetate of the Velvet Underground's famous first recording, despite%2...

Drunk Teacher Climbs into Trash Bin, gets Crushed ...

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4491864.Tributes_to...

The man crushed to death by a Brighton bin lorry was a respected math teacher and rugby coach.

Cheetahs Kill Zoo-Goer Who Entered Cage

http://salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8N8EUT...

An animal lover was mauled to death by cheetahs after entering their cage at a zoo in northern Belgium, authorities and zoo officials said M...

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What is Hanny's Voorwerp?

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080625.html

One leading hypothesis holds that Hanny's Voorwerp is a small galaxy that acts like a large reflection nebula, showing the reflected light of ...

The "David vs Goliath" Effect in Social Media

http://danzarrella.com/the-goliath-effect.html

The Goliath effect shows up more frequently in social media perhaps than in any other form of communication. On many sites (Digg, Reddit, ...

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