Archive for August, 2005
Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence
Over Three Hundred Proofs of God's Existence
Yaaaaahooooooooo!!!!
The terawatt challenge - Richard Smalley’s top 10 problems
The terawatt challenge - Richard Smalley's top 10 problems
WorldChanging: Winning the Great Wager
WorldChanging: Winning the Great Wager Excellent summation of entire sustainability dilemma.
Montana’s governor eyes coal to solve U.S. fuel costs - Yahoo! News
Montana's governor eyes coal to solve U.S. fuel costs - Yahoo! News
Great idea!
LA Weekly: News: Bush’s Energy Disaster
LA Weekly: News: Bush's Energy Disaster
Couldn't have said it better myself.
9 States in Plan to Cut Emissions by Power Plants - New York Times
9 States in Plan to Cut Emissions by Power Plants - New York Times Finally a step in the right direction. Going to be hard to do without ...
FedEx throws switch on California hub’s solar-power energy system - 2005-08-09
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) activated the solar-power system Tuesday during the dedication of the hub at Oakland International Airport. The solar-power system is California's largest corporate solar-power installation and ...
God vs. Darwin: no contest - The Boston Globe
''Intelligent design" boils down to the claim sarcastically summed up by aerospace engineer and science consultant Rand Simberg on his blog, Transterrestrial Musings: ''I'm not smart enough to figure out ...
From Superstition to Savagery
PALANI, India -- At sundown, Pusanidevi Manjhi recalled, nine village men stormed into her house shouting, "Witch, witch!" and dragged her out by her hair as her six small children ...
Chemist Tries to Solve World’s Energy Woes
August 07,2005 | CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Daniel Nocera arrives at his office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by 7 a.m., goes home 13 hours later -- where he often ...
NEC develops organic battery for IT use | InfoWorld | News | 2005-08-04 | By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service
Researchers at NEC have developed a new type of rechargeable battery that is based on organic compounds and could be useful in a wide range of IT-related applications, they said ...
FT.com / Markets / Commodities - Cocktail of concerns push crude to new highs
Crude oil futures hit another record high this week on a series of factors including the death of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, a coup in Mauritania, the death of ...
Carbon copy canine reignites ethical debate over human cloning - Yahoo! News
SEOUL (AFP) - The world's first cloning of a dog has raised concerns that scientists are one step closer to replicating human beings, despite the breakthrough pointing to treatments for ...
ENN: Environmental News Network Grad Student Believes Wood May Replace Oil
MOSCOW, Idaho — A University of Idaho graduate student believes the answer to the world's crude oil crisis grows on trees. Juan Andres Soria says he has developed a process ...
08.02.2005 - Faster carbon dioxide emissions will overwhelm capacity of land and ocean to absorb carbon
BERKELEY 013 One in a new generation of computer climate models that include the effects of Earth's carbon cycle indicates there are limits to the planet's ability to absorb ...
wnbc.com - News - NYPD Officials Reveal Details Of London Bombing
"Initially it was thought that perhaps the materials were high-end military explosives that were smuggled, but it turns out not to be the case," Kelly said. "It's more like these ...
EV World: The Other Side of the ‘Trolley Conspiracy’
In preparing his Op-Ed, "Trolley Folly of Decades Past Still Affects Transit Systems," published July 24th issue of the Salt Lake City Tribune, Roger McDonough has unfortunately failed to fully ...
The Terrorists’ Motivation: Islam by Edwin A. Locke and Alex Epstein — Capitalism Magazine
The continued attacks by Islamic terrorists against the West--most recently, the horrific suicide bombings in London--have led many to ask, what is the motivation of the terrorists? Commentators are eager ...
Wired News | Gay-Marriage Ban Group Sues Calif. AG
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The sponsors of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage sued California's attorney general Tuesday over the summary the state prepared for the group's ...
Redesign Is Seen for Next Craft, NASA Aides Say - New York Times
For its next generation of space vehicles, NASA has decided to abandon the design principles that went into the aging space shuttle, agency officials and private experts say. ...
FOXNews.com - Politics - Bush: Schools Should Teach ‘Intelligent Design’ Alongside Evolution
WASHINGTON 014 President Bush (search) said Monday he believes schools should discuss "intelligent design" (search) alongside evolution (search) when teaching students about the creation of life. ...