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What astronomy needs is a good road trip movie, and NOVA is happy to oblige with a new series, "The Pluto Files," which makes its debut this Tuesday, March 2, at 8 PM (ET/PT) on PBS. It's based on Neil ...
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A massive dark star voraciously eating matter and dark matter until it is well over 100,000 times the mass of the sun (NASA/Ian O'Neill). Approximately 200 million years after the Big Bang, the universe wa...
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CARE Electric: Hydropower Without Dams
Lifelong inventor Johann Hoffmann has devised a way to harness river power to generate electricity without building expensive, environmentally destructive dams
Rights groups urge govt to reject destructive foreign aid http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=305171
Leaders of two rights groups on Sunday urged the government to reject "destructive" external assistance to protect the nation from being saddled with huge foreign debt.(UNB)
The plea came from the rights groups at a press conference at the National Press Club ahead of the two-day meeting of Bangladesh Aid Club, since renamed as Bangladesh Development Forum, to be held here February 15-16.
The rights groups' leaders said loans and grants of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other international financial institutions are "destructive" for Bangladesh, alleging that the multilateral lending and donor agencies take away more in kickbacks than what they give in loans.
Empire of the Sunset http://www.truthout.org/empire-sunset56797
We are no longer an abstract beacon of hope to the world, but rather a purveyor of concrete hellfire. We rain automated death from above and commit orchestrated theft from below. We export despair and import disdain. We've abandoned even keeping up the pretense of fair play and adherence to principle. We've become global pariahs and domestic piranhas. Awash in a sea of surfaces, distractions and palliatives, we unsurprisingly have failed to notice that the sun has already started to set on our adolescent empire.
Indeed, by most measures, the US is rapidly becoming a failed state.
Preserving the Golden Rule as a Piece of Anti-Nuclear History http://www.truthout.org/preserving-golden-rule-a-piece-anti-nuclear-history56895
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CANADA - International companies Whole Foods Markets Ltd. and Bed Bath and Beyond are boycotting Alberta because of the Alberta tar sands and their continual production of greenhouse gases. Whole Foods op...
CARS - If you're not familiar with the Tesla Roadster here's a quick primer: The Tesla Roadster Company: Tesla Motors Price: $120,000 CDN Layout: Rear Mid-engine, Rear-wheel drive Acceleration: 0–60 mph (0–...
TECHNOLOGY - This is quite possibly one of the best inventions ever made, especially if you really hate mosquitoes. On Friday a group of scientists revealed their new invention, a "Death Star" of sorts th...
CANADA/ENVIRONMENT - 1,700 doesn't seem like a small number does it? That is the average number of smog-related deaths that happen in Toronto every year. Its a mind boggling number when you compare it to T...
TECHNOLOGY - It may be a bit unbelievable when you see it, but cell phones now have the ability to not only take photos and videos but project them also. The technology required to make portable projector...
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