A day after a federal judge lifted the lockout, some players were allowed to work out at their teams facilities. (April 26)
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A UN team is due to arrive in Tripoli to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Libya since the start of the conflict in February. The team was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council following the Libyan…
Continue reading …A new report in California shows a troubling rise in deaths related to pregnancy, with Caesarean sections and obese mothers blamed in part for the spike. Maternal deaths rose from 8 per 100,000 live births in 1999 to 14 per 100,000 births in 2008, reports the Bay Citizen…
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Police say almost 300 firefighters and the army on Tuesday were battling strong headwinds and dry conditions to extinguish a huge forest fire in southern Switzerland. The exact cause of the fire remains unknown. (April 26)
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Not even a pool of water can put out these fire ants. Scientists in Georgia have filmed incredible video showing how South American fire ants link together to form living-life rafts and avoid mass drownings in their natural rain forest habitat. According to National Geographic, Georgia Institute of Technology engineering professor David Hu and graduate student Nathan J. Mlot, along with Georgia Tech systems-engineering professor Craig Tovey, collected fire ants and dropped them in water to test the ants’ acclaimed survival skills. “They’ll gather up all the eggs in the colony and will make their way up through the underground network of tunnels, and when the flood waters rise above the ground, they’ll link up together in these massive rafts,” Mlot said. In under two minutes, the insects spread across the water’s surface, joining together to form a single drowning-resistant unit. Even the ants at the bottom survive by using their tiny body hairs to form a thin layer of air. The findings are published in the April 25 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. WATCH:
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Not even a pool of water can put out these fire ants. Scientists in Georgia have filmed incredible video showing how South American fire ants link together to form living-life rafts and avoid mass drownings in their natural rain forest habitat. According to National Geographic, Georgia Institute of Technology engineering professor David Hu and graduate student Nathan J. Mlot, along with Georgia Tech systems-engineering professor Craig Tovey, collected fire ants and dropped them in water to test the ants’ acclaimed survival skills. “They’ll gather up all the eggs in the colony and will make their way up through the underground network of tunnels, and when the flood waters rise above the ground, they’ll link up together in these massive rafts,” Mlot said. In under two minutes, the insects spread across the water’s surface, joining together to form a single drowning-resistant unit. Even the ants at the bottom survive by using their tiny body hairs to form a thin layer of air. The findings are published in the April 25 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. WATCH:
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Johnny McEntee has inspired another young football player. Gunnar Legas, a 7th grader from Provo, Utah, recently posted his own trick shot video on YouTube to show off his accuracy as a quarterback. Legas hits all of the targets, some from as long as 50 yards, and even practices rolling out of the pocket. He also performs some tricks while blindfolded and ends the video by throwing a laser, knocking off his partner’s hat off his head. Scroll down to watch the trick shot video. WATCH:
Continue reading …Johnny McEntee has inspired another young football player. Gunnar Legas, a 7th grader from Provo, Utah, recently posted his own trick shot video on YouTube to show off his accuracy as a quarterback. Legas hits all of the targets, some from as long as 50 yards, and even practices rolling out of the pocket. He also performs some tricks while blindfolded and ends the video by throwing a laser, knocking off his partner’s hat off his head. Scroll down to watch the trick shot video. WATCH:
Continue reading …Amarok’s P1 electric motorocycle prototype is fast, light, and ready to race
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What’s fast, electric, and made in Canada? No, not the latest Rush record, it’s the P1, a new electric motorcycle prototype from Quebec-based Amarok Consultants. The company — named after the Inuit word for wolf — unveiled the bike this week, announcing plans to enter it in this year’s TTXGP , an international racing series for electric vehicles. The 75 horsepower two-wheeler was designed with a laser-focus on lightweight construction, squeezing a 7.5-kilowatt-hour battery and two Agni 95 electric motors into a bantam 325 pound body — making for one of the lightest electric racing motorcycles around. The company’s not stopping there, however, shooting for 275 pounds for the second generation of the bike, putting it more on-par with gas-powered counterparts. Amarok’s P1 electric motorocycle prototype is fast, light, and ready to race originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Not knowing enough about basic health information may be deadly for people with heart failure.
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