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Say Goodbye to Corn -- Microalgae Could Be the Next Biofuel

Posted 5 hours 21 minutes ago

Hydrogen Fuel From Urine To Power Cars Tomorrow

Posted 5 hours 22 minutes ago

Inflatable Tower Promises Easy Access to Outer Space

Posted 5 hours 22 minutes ago

Stephen Hawking: "Humans Have Entered New Stage of Evolution

Posted 5 hours 23 minutes ago

A Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory

Posted 5 hours 23 minutes ago

Inexpensive Thin Printable Batteries Developed

Posted 5 hours 26 minutes ago

Blind man sees after having a TOOTH implanted in right eye

Posted 5 hours 27 minutes ago

Alzheimer's Symptoms Reversed With Stem Cells

Posted July 2, 2009 02:37 pm

‘Solar Ivy’ Photovoltaic Leaves Climb to New Heights

Posted July 2, 2009 02:37 pm

See Like a Dolphin: How Humans Can Learn Echolocation

Posted July 2, 2009 02:37 pm

NASA finds lost tapes of first moon landing

Posted June 30, 2009 05:45 pm

2 Augmented Technologies That Will Change The World

Posted June 29, 2009 01:42 am

Aussie Scientists Kill Cancer with 'Trojan Horse' Nano Cell

Posted June 29, 2009 01:40 am

Man Modifies Pickup To Run On Wood, Waste

Posted June 29, 2009 01:37 am

After 5 years, Mars rovers carry on despite age, ailments

Posted June 29, 2009 01:37 am

Logic Of Sudoku Used To Vastly Enhance Genome-sequencing

Posted June 25, 2009 12:15 pm

San Francisco Signs Mandatory Recycling & Composting Laws

Posted June 25, 2009 12:14 pm

Sears Tower to Undergo $350M Bio-Friendly Remodel

Posted June 25, 2009 12:14 pm

A robot displaying human emotion has been unveiled

Posted June 25, 2009 12:14 pm

World’s 4th Largest Beef Trader Boycotts Deforestation

Posted June 25, 2009 12:14 pm

Buzz Aldrin to NASA: U.S. Space Policy is on the Wrong Track

Posted June 25, 2009 12:13 pm

Iranian clerics defy ayatollah, join protests

Posted June 25, 2009 12:11 pm

US couple to have world's first wedding at Zero Gravity

Posted June 19, 2009 10:35 pm

Dads Are Key to Making Us Human

Posted June 19, 2009 10:34 pm

Weird Salamander May Yield Hope for Amputees

Posted June 19, 2009 10:34 pm

MIT Patterns New Super-Antenna After Human Ear

Posted June 19, 2009 10:34 pm

Pixar grants 10 yr olds dying wish with home viewing of Up

Posted June 19, 2009 10:26 pm

Cykel: A Plug-in Electric Bike Sharing Concept

Posted June 15, 2009 03:41 pm

Planet 'spotted' in Andromeda galaxy

Posted June 15, 2009 03:40 pm

Top 25 Green Energy Leaders

Posted June 15, 2009 03:40 pm

Can Gene Mutations Generate Immortality? Experts Say "Yes"

Posted June 15, 2009 03:40 pm

Search for life on distant planets gets boost

Posted June 15, 2009 03:40 pm

The Revolution Will Be Twittered

Posted June 15, 2009 03:38 pm

In China, Bicycles Are Back; Now They're Battery Powered

Posted June 12, 2009 11:11 pm

Peculiar, Junior-Sized Supernova Discovered by New York Teen

Posted June 12, 2009 11:11 pm

Colon cancer now possible to diagnose in real time

Posted June 12, 2009 11:08 pm

11 Year-Old Graduates from College with 4.0 GPA

Posted June 9, 2009 12:56 pm

Obama wants ''immediate'' Mideast talks: Mitchell

Posted June 9, 2009 12:51 pm

Nuclear Fusion Power Project To Start In SlimmedDown Version

Posted June 9, 2009 12:43 pm

Drinking Water From Air Humidity

Posted June 9, 2009 12:42 pm

Rainforest is worth more standing

Posted June 9, 2009 12:42 pm

World Wildlife Fund Builds Carbon Neutral Headquarters

Posted June 6, 2009 01:48 pm

HOME - Amazing documentary about Earth and our future (HD)

Posted June 6, 2009 01:48 pm

Soap-sniffing Tech Can Reduce Hospital-acquired Infections

Posted June 6, 2009 01:48 pm

Quote of the week

"Ask yourself this question: 'Will this matter a year from now?'"
- Richard Carlson, writing in Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

Spring Forward!

Daylight Saving Time just pushed most of the U.S. from 2 - 3am Sunday morning. But before you set your clock like a Lemming, check out this cool Daylight Savings Website to understand the rationale for implementing DST and Summer Time.

A few positives:
  • fewer traffic accidents and violent crimes
  • energy conservation
  • increased voter turnout
  • safer trick-or-treaters
Along with the ongoing complaints:
  • lost productivity
  • sleep disturbances
  • disrupted mornings and religious practices
  • inconvenience
  • assault on logic
There's also an historical timeline and breakdown showing specifically how your region is affected. If you've never delved into the logic of this tradition before, it's worth a look.

Extraordinary speaker addresses high school students

Happy Blog Action Day!


Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.

Today is Blog Action Day 2008, and this year's theme is POVERTY. CThings is joining thousands of other sites to help raise awareness and inspire a global conversation on poverty. Join the movement by educating yourself, talking with the people around you, and writing about poverty or Blog Action Day on your own blog. What if everyone did that one thing today? What would be possible?

Accept the Challenge!

Oct. 6-12 you can join your peers from around the country for a concentrated week of special events and community outreach activities designed to raise awareness and build support for service learning in the National Learn and Serve Challenge. The org's ambitious and admirable goals for 2010 include engaging 5 million college students in service and ensuring that 50 percent of America's K-12 schools incorporate service-learning into their curricula. Check out the site's Activity Ideas page for a long list of activities that educators, students, families, and community groups can do to get involved. You can also make a short video about what you're doing to share with the world on YouTube, and watch other videos for inspiration.

Quote of the Week

"If you are coming to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you are coming because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."

- Indigenous Saying

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