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World's most powerful accelerator set to switch on

Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 7:00 PM EDT (space.newscientist.com)

Three decades after its conception, half as long in construction, and several years behind schedule, the switch will finally be flicked on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, on 10 September.

science, physics, cern, large-hadron-collider, particles, higgs-boson

What the total solar eclipse looked like from China

Seeded on Wed Aug 6, 2008 5:12 PM EDT (space.newscientist.com)

On Friday, as torch-bearers drew nearer to Beijing for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, skies went dark over the deserts of northwestern China to the delight of eclipse chasers from around the world.

science, china, olympics, sun, moon, solar-eclipse

GPS cellphones to unleash gamers onto the streets

Seeded on Tue Aug 5, 2008 2:00 PM EDT (technology.newscientist.com)

They may not yet know it, but gamers will soon be quitting their living rooms and heading outdoors.

technology, video-games, social, nokia, gps, cell-phone

Study: Heart Attacks In Italy Dropped After Public Smoking Ban | Scientific Blogging

Seeded on Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:23 PM EST (Scientific Blogging)

Less smoking or less time eating in restaurants because of a ban on smoking? Either way, the number of acute coronary events such as heart attack in adults dropped significantly after a smoking ban in public places in Italy, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the Ame …

health, italy, smoking, heart, eating, restaurrants

A question about waterboarding…

Seeded on Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:25 PM EST (Scholars and Rogues )

Today's question is for three of our nation's prominent leaders: President George W. Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and Sen. John McCain.

politics, bush, mccain, torture, troops, waterboarding, lieberman

Mike Huckabee's White Supremacist Links

Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:01 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Making coded appeals to white racism is nothing new for Huckabee. Indeed, well before he was a nationally known political star, Huckabee nurtured a relationship with America's largest white supremacist group, the Council of Conservative Citizens.

politics, election, racism, conservatives, 2008, mike-huckabee, white-supremacy

Robertson: God says chaos coming

Seeded on Fri Jan 4, 2008 12:03 AM EST (CNN)

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Wednesday that 2008 will be a year of violence worldwide and a recession in the United States, followed by a major stock-market crash by 2010.

religion, christianity, recession, 2008, future, pat-robertson, evangelism

Traffic fumes are still damaging children's brains

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:13 PM EST (New Scientist)

Removing lead from petrol was supposed to prevent damage to children's mental development. Now it seems that traffic fumes may still be impairing their learning - because of the soot particles it contains.

health, environment, children, traffic, fuel, emissions

Boreholes on the Moon could solve climate puzzle

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 3:41 PM EST (New Scientist)

Climate modellers use ice cores, tree rings and sunspot data to see how much solar energy reached Earth centuries ago and whether it affected global temperatures. Such methods are far from reliable, though: sunspot data is incomplete, while conditions on Earth can skew results.

science, climate-change, global-warming, earth, solar-energy, sunspots

Bankruptcies jump 40 percent in 2007

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 3:12 PM EST (CNN)

"The roughly 40 percent spike in consumer bankruptcies during 2007 presages [an] even higher [number of] filings this year, as the heavy consumer debt load is made worse by the home mortgage crisis," predicted ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano.

business, debt, loans, economics, homes, bankruptcy, real-estate-crisis

Romney attack ads misrepresent facts

Seeded on Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:37 PM EST (CNN)

Two negative ads recently launched by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has spent more on advertising than any other candidate, either misrepresent his rival's records or include distortions, according to a CNN analysis of the commercials.

politics, republican, election, mccain, advertising, campaign, 2008, romney, huckabee

Senate holds 12-second session to block Bush

Seeded on Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:44 PM EST (CNN)

In one of the shortest session in its history, the Senate's final session of the year lasted a total of 12 seconds Monday.

politics, bush, congress, senate, session, pocket-veto

Bush's Pakistan policy -- forget 'Plan B,' time for 'Plan C'

Seeded on Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:23 PM EST (CNN)

What's next for the U.S. in Pakistan? That's the burning question President Bush must contemplate as he tries to get some down time for the New Year's holiday.

politics, bush, pakistan, musharraf, bhutto, sharif

Ex-Intel Official: Don't Be So Quick to Blame al-Qaeda, Musharraf for Bhutto Killing

Seeded on Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:00 AM EST (TPM Muckraker)

Here I take my lumps like everyone else. Throughout the day I've either said that the most likely culprit for the Bhutto assassination is "the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda," or I've reported the j'accuse issued by others that Pervez Musharraf is in some way culpable.

world-news, pakistan, al-qaeda, assassination, musharraf, bhutto

A 'super-leaf' to harness the Sun?

Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:30 AM EST (New Scientist)

Is it a leaf? Is it a computer? Well, no, it's a computerised leaf. One day, it could be a super-leaf that would limit the need for fertilisers. Is this the dawn of a new green revolution?

technology, energy, solar, leaf, greeen

Obama seizes the day with technology proposals

Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:06 AM EST (Scholars and Rogues )

I've been critical of Obama's wide stance recently, as I believe his attempts to be all things to all people have made it difficult to decipher what his governing philosophy will be.

politics, obama, barack-obama, internet, net-neutrality, techonology

The next Springsteen?

Seeded on Tue Sep 4, 2007 2:34 PM EDT (Scholars and Rogues)

Then there's The Killers. I remember a few years back, maybe in 2002 or 2003, my buddy Jeff Lindquist e-mailed me a couple mp3s he'd nicked off an unsigned bands site. Those two tracks were "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" and "Mr.

arts, music, album-review, new-wave, the-killers, nu-wave, sams-town

TPMmuckraker September 4, 2007 12:18 PM

Seeded on Tue Sep 4, 2007 2:15 PM EDT (TPM Muckraker)

But sometimes the administration surprises even itself with its capacity for secrecy. And so it was here, since the White House website clearly stated that the Office of Administration was subject to FOIA.

politics, white-house, bush, freedom-of-information, office-of-administration

Rookie Buchholz pitches no-hitter in second career start

Seeded on Sat Sep 1, 2007 10:18 PM EDT (Yahoo! Sports)

BOSTON (AP) -- Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter in his second major league start, just hours after being called up by the Boston Red Sox. The lanky Texan baffled Baltimore with an assortment of curves, changeups and fastballs in the Red Sox's 10-0 victory Saturday night.

sports, mlb, baseball, red-sox, boston, no-hitter, texan

Will iran's good nuclear report card slow the march to war?

Seeded on Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:57 PM EDT (Scholars and Rogues)

Even though Mohamed ElBaradei is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, he's not resting on his laurels.

politics, iran, war, nuclear, uranium-enrichment

Allawi: Disclosing My Backers Will Mean Their Deaths

Seeded on Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:40 PM EDT (TPM Muckraker)

No wonder Ayad Allawi thinks he can get the Bush administration to propel him back to power in Iraq. The two men see eye to eye on the public's right to see into their operations.

politics, bush, gop, power, iraq-war, funding, lobbying, allawi

Rare river dolphin 'spotted' in China - earth - 30 August 2007 - New Scientist Environment

Seeded on Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:39 AM EDT (New Scientist)

A rare dolphin, thought to be extinct, may have been sighted swimming in the Yangtze River in China. But scientists fear that even if the sighting of the Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin, is confirmed it may be too late to bring the species back from the dead.

science, china, animals, endangered, extinct, yangtze, river-dolphin

Leaf 'sweat glands' to worsen future flooding

Seeded on Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:28 PM EDT (New Scientist)

Tiny pores on the surface of plant leaves that are sensitive to carbon dioxide may contribute significantly to future flooding as a result of increasing atmospheric pollution, researchers say. The effect could help researchers predict which regions may be at greatest risk of flo …

science, environment, global-warming, pollution, drought, flooding, carbon-dioxide, leaves

Nations scramble for oil in Arctic

Seeded on Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:29 PM EDT (New Scientist)

THE sabre-rattling continues around the Arctic Circle. In July, Canada said it will spend CAN$3 billion on new ice-breakers to patrol the region. Russia responded this month by apparently planting its flag on the seabed beneath the North Pole.

politics, russia, canada, oil, denmark, arctic, north-pole, territory

TPMmuckraker August 23, 2007 6:17 PM

Seeded on Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:03 PM EDT (TPM Muckraker)

Yet another resignation from the Justice Department. Wan Kim, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announced today that he'll be leaving at the end of the month, according to a statement from the Justice Department.

politics, justice-department, resignation, wan-kim

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