photo: Soil Science / Creative Commons There’s been lots of back and forth in the past year on biochar , ranging from research showing it has huge potential for absorbing carbon emissions on one side, to uncertainty about its potential, to outright hostility towards the enthusiasm shown towards it–and all from people with good environmental credentials. A new report fr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The so-called “love hormone” oxytocin may reinforce loving as well as not-so loving memories of mom for men, according to a new study. Researchers found the hormone amplified pre-existing memories of motherly love in adult men who took a dose of the hormone.
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Photo: Willamor Media , Flickr, CC There’s been plenty of talk and a lot of testing when it comes to various kinds of biofuel-powered airplanes. So far, biofuels have been relegated to the runways for experimental flights. But in 2011, the German airliner Lufthansa plans to launch the world’s first biofuel passenger flight. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman says organization will take up issue ‘with our US counterparts on various levels’. White House: Stealing of classified information a crime, Obama ‘not pleased’
Continue reading …SHORTER David Broder : “If President Obama wants New START badly enough, he’ll give Sen. Kyl everything he wants.” Yeah… except Kyl was already offered a robustly funded nuclear weapons budget and promises that the treaty wouldn’t hurt the US national missile defense program, everything he asked for. Kyl just doesn’t like arms control treaties, which I can understand better than the false acts of these so-called moderate Republicans pretending that they don’t know which side to take . Consider Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). She thinks that it would help to get either Bush 41 or Bush 43 to publicly support the treaty, while ignoring
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Walking a little over three-fourths of a mile a day may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report.
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In his latest bid to chip away at our nation’s trillion-dollar deficit, President Obama announced a new proposal Monday to freeze civilian federal employees’ salaries for the next two years, pointing to the need for all Americans to “sacrifice” … Related Entries November 29, 2010 The Pentagon Gets What It Wants November 29, 2010 White House Proposes Federal Pay Freeze
Continue reading …Graphene Supercapacitor Breakthrough Offers Energy Density Comparable to NiMH Battery!
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Photo: Wikipedia , CC But With all the Advantages of Supercapacitors As you can see above, graphene is a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms, very similar to carbon nanotubes , except for the “tube” part. This wonder-material has very interesting electrical properties that have allowed researchers to create a graphene-based supercapacitor that exhibits a “specific energy density of 85.6 Wh/kg at room temperature and 136 Wh/kg at 80 … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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They call it Cyber Monday, but a name like Tuesday or Wednesday would suit it just the same.(Nov. 29)
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Pediatricians play a key role in preventing and treating food-related allergic reactions among school-aged children, and can help implement plans concerning the way food allergies are managed in the school setting, according to a clinical report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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