Exoplanet atmosphere contains carbon dioxide (2)
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Astronomy is changing fast. Ten years ago, planets around other star systems were still essentially theoretical; now we’re not only capturing them on telescopes but discovering carbon dioxide in exoplanetary atmospheres. A little bit of sensawunda for your Monday morning. Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0.00 Tags: astronomy • atmosphere • carbon-dioxide • exoplanets • space Related posts Scientists help out SF writers, create list of possible planet ...
Death and Taxes (2)
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You can't avoid them. But sometimes more of one means less of the other.CNN reports:Higher taxes on alcohol can make a night out more expensive but could save lives, according to a study released Thursday.Each time the state of Alaska raised its alcoholic beverage tax, fewer deaths were caused by or related to alcohol, according to the study that examined 28 years of data.When Alaska raised its alcohol tax in 1983, deaths caused by or ...
Carbon watchdog getting prepped for 2009 launch (1)
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One of the pressing concerns environmentally is getting a grip on how much damage is being done to our atmosphere by the carbon diaoxide that is being spewed out daily. to try and figure this out NASA will be launching the Orbiting Carbon Observatory in January 2009. the observatory is NASA’s first spacecraft designed to study carbon dioxide and it has just arrived at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California from where it will ...
Stevens Might Lose Election After All (1)
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by Kristin Jones, ProPublica - We’ve been keeping you updated on the ongoing Alaska election, where voters mysteriously stayed home and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) defied predictions to come out ahead by nearly 3,300 after the first count, raising questions about protocol for felonious senators. The Alaska Division of Elections warned us that the votes were still trickling in and told us to hold on tight until the final count was in. Well, last night ...
Scientists Discover Rock That Can Absorb Carbon Dioxide Emissions Directly From the Air : CleanTechnica (4)
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Scientists at Columbia University have discovered that a rock found in the Middle East can be used to soak up carbon dioxide at a rate high enough to significantly slow global warming. The team found that when the rock, known as Peridotite, comes into contact with carbon dioxide it converts the gas into harmless minerals such as calcite. They have also worked out a way to ’supercharge’ the naturally occurring process to a million times ...
Report Says Sun and Wind Power Could Threaten Nation’s Electrical Grid (1)
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Adding electricity from these sources would impose new demands on a transmission system that was never designed for large power transfers over extremely long distances, an industry report says.
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تجربه سفربه شیکاگو و دیدن فعالیتهای مردم برای رسیدن باراک اوباما به ریاست جمهوری آمریکا،مرا به یاد میهنم انداخت.دلتنگی بی انتهایی است ماندن در این قبیله.به یاد تلاش سید خندان خودمان افتادم.سیدی که با فصاحت و خوش رویی و تبسم و خوش پوشی برآمد درمیان بیابان خاموشی که ما درآن می زستیم.شب پیش از انتخابات سال 76، اول خرداد،جوانان که دیگر اجازه تبلیغات نداشتند،سربه داخل اتومبیلها می کردندو التماس می کردند ، یا امر می ...
IE 下 href 的 BUG (4)
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在浏览器 IE6 、IE7、Firefox2+、Firefpx3+、Opera9.6+、Safari3.1+中测试以下代码（Demo）： <div id="test"> <a href="#"> test </a> </div> <div id="result"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function(){ var test = document.getElementById('test'); alert(test.innerHTML); var result = document.getElementById('result'); result.innerHTML = test.innerHTML; alert(result.innerHTML) })(); </script> 结果会发现，在 IE6、IE7 浏览器中第二次弹出的 result.innerHTML 中的 A 元素的 href 值成为了绝对路径。 其实先人们早遇到这些问题（感谢 玉伯 提供的资料）： 《getAttribute(”HREF”) is always absolute》 《getAttribute [......
Netflix bundling 48 hour trials with some Xbox 360 games (7)
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Filed under: Gaming It looks like the new Quantum of Solace game for the Xbox 360 has a little something extra bundled in with the package: according to reports, an explosive 48 hour Xbox Live Gold trial membership card with a secret "Netflix code" on the back is included. Nobody seems particularly stunned to hear that the companies plan to aggressively push the streaming movie service when the NXE goes live on November 19th, though ...
Family: Author Michael Crichton dies of cancer (1)
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Michael Crichton, the million-book-selling author of such historic and prehistoric science thrillers as “Jurassic Park,” “Timeline” and “The Andromeda Strain,” has died of cancer, his family said. He died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 66 after a long battle with the illness. Chrichton was a brand-name author, known for his stories of disaster and systematic breakdown, such as the rampant microbe of “The Andromeda Strain” or dinosaurs running amok in “Jurassic Park,” one of ...
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