Two years ago we slowed it down to 38 miles an hour; now we've been able to park it then bring it back up to full speed.” Lene Hau isn't talking about a used motorbike, but about light – that ethereal, life-sustaining stuff that normally travels 93 million miles from the sun in about eight minutes. added by: kurthsb27 2 responses
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Researchers now able to stop, restart light
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For some folks in Texas, the prospect of a universal health care scheme isn't just cause for protest and debate — it's reason enough to secede from the United States altogether. Some 200 people rallied at the State Capitol in Austin on Saturday, a small but vocal crowd that set itself in opposition to pro-health care reform protesters. Larry Kilgore, a Christian activist that the Texas Observer says has advocated execution for homosexuals, “drew some murmurs of disapproval” when he told the crowd: “I hate that flag up there.
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‘We hate the United States’: Secessionists rally in Texas
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“As exaggerated as many popular depictions of psychopaths often are, many nevertheless do pose a genuine danger to others. So what makes psychopaths the way they are? Scientists are now working toward uncovering the roots of this disorder in the brain
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What Makes a Psychopath?
This lightweight, inflatable solar panel concept brings renewable energy access to any building and without that pesky renovation. Each eye-shaped piece has a white foam shell that measures 4 feet by 2.5 feet. Inside the foam housing is an inflatable polymer lined with thin-film solar cells printed on mylar.
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Inflatable solar panels zip together to power most anything
Two Los Angeles County firefighters were killed Sunday when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side amid the intense flames of a wildfire that threatened 12,000 homes. Gov.
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2 firefighters killed while fighting a California wildfire
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Changing dietary habits have turned Mexico into the fourth fattest country in the world. Mexico consumes more Coca Cola products per capita than anywhere else in the world.
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Solution to Mexico’s growing obesity problem includes large ‘Thriller’ performance
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Nearly 60% of black and African people living in Russia's capital Moscow have been physically assaulted in racially motivated attacks, says a new study. Africans working or studying in the city live in constant fear of attack, according to the report by the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy.
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Africans ‘under siege’ in Moscow
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The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family.
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Disney Buying Marvel Entertainment for $4 Billion
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Downing Street today came under further pressure to explain the circumstances surrounding the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing amid reports that a decision that could have paved the way for him to serve his sentence in Libya was approved by No 10.
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Lockerbie Bomber freed for oil deal….?
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If I Ran the Zoo, published in 1950, is the first recorded instance of the word “nerd.” …interesting… added by: TheCatalystPoet 0 responses
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10 stories behind Seuss’ Stories
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