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Big Squid Washing up on Ore. BeachNormally Found Much Farther South, Could be Sign Ocean Temps are Rising
CBS News Wednesday, September 23, 2009Assisted suicide law 'clarified'Guidance is issued to clarify the law on assisted suicide in England and Wales - but it offers no guarantees against prosecution.
BBC Wednesday, September 23, 2009Going Green: What Cities Can Teach The CountryDavid Owen is going to generate heat with Green Metropolis, his provocative manifesto that inverts sacred environmental assumptions. The book mounts a passionate, fact-studded case for the green advantages of Manhattan-style urban density.
NPR Wednesday, September 23, 2009Tennessee foresters helping to return chestnuts to American forestsThe American chestnut was a dominant species in eastern US's forests before a blight wiped it out in the early 1900s. Today it's being returned to the landscape thanks in part to work by a
university of Tennessee Forestry alumna and the UT Tree Improvement Program.
Eurekalert.org Wednesday, September 23, 2009How Xbox Can Help Fight Heart DiseaseA former video-game designer has devised a life-saving new use for an Xboxconsole: creating virtual heart models to identify defects and conditionsthat can lead to heart attacks
TIME Wednesday, September 23, 2009Component of asphalt eyed as new fuel sourceThe pavement material that cars drive on may wind up in their fuel tanks as
scientists seek ways of transforming asphaltenes -- the main component of asphalt -- into an abundant new source of fuel, according to the cover story in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine.
Eurekalert.org Wednesday, September 23, 2009Paper battery may power electronics in clothing and packaging materialImagine a gift wrapped in paper you really do treasure and want to carefully fold and save. That's because the wrapping paper lights up with words like "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Holidays," thanks to a built in battery -- an amazing battery made out of paper. That's one potential application of a new battery made of cellulose, the stuff of paper, being described in the Oct. 14 issue of ACS' Nano Letters, a monthly journal.
Eurekalert.org Wednesday, September 23, 2009Denver to Barcelona: Global cities and greenhouse gas emissionsDenver released the largest amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) and Barcelona the smallest amount in a new study documenting how differences in climate, population density and other factors affect GHG emissions in global cities. The study, which could identify ways in which cities can reduce GHG emissions, is scheduled for Oct. 1 issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal.
Eurekalert.org Wednesday, September 23, 2009Famed and Feared Hope Diamond Goes NakedLong Rumored to Carry a Curse, World's Largest Blue Diamond Goes on Display for First Time Without Ornate Setting
CBS News Wednesday, September 23, 2009NYU's Courant part of team to resolve ancient mathematics problemMathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem on congruent numbers. The advance, which included work by David Harvey, an assistant professor at New York
university's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, was achieved through a complex technique for multiplying large numbers.
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