BP began lowering a 100-ton concrete-and-steel vault onto a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, an important step in a delicate and unprecedented attempt to stop most of the gushing crude fouling…
Before the summer heat–and summertime utility bill–starts to make you sweat, you might want to consider making a few changes to cut your energy consumption. You can shave dollars off your monthly bills without sacrificing…
Nokia is suing Apple over what it claims are infringing patents in the iPad and iPad 3G. This is just the latest in a series of escalating lawsuits between the two companies regarding their respective…
Dr. Hamid is an Egyptian scholar and author opposed to Islam fundamentalism Website: www.tawfikhamid.com “I am a Muslim by faith…a Christian by spirit…a Jew by heart…and above all I am a human being.” Dr. Tawfik…
In this tecnology information era, it is hoped that all teachers in Indonesia can be able to speak English, as an international language. There must be no excuse for them not to speak English anymore.…
When we think of bee nests, we often think of a giant hive, buzzing with social activity, worker bees and honey. But scientists recently discovered a rare, solitary type of bee that makes tiny nests…
You’re in a classroom and the teacher puts an exam face down on your desk. You pick it up and can’t really make out what’s on it; it’s blurry, or it’s in another language, or…
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Not long ago, Faisal Shahzad had a pretty enviable life: He became an American citizen after emigrating from Pakistan, where he came from a wealthy family. He earned an MBA. He had…
When a child has a runny nose but is nonetheless perky, most parents would ship him off to school or day care. But day care directors would send that kid home about 60 percent of…
WASHINGTON — The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and “several thousand” more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile, the Pentagon said Monday in an unprecedented accounting of a secretive arsenal born in…
U.S. organizers say the American pavilion at Shanghai’s massive World Expo resembles an eagle opening its wings in welcome. Some critics say the metallic, two-wing complex looks like a car dealership. The embattled U.S. pavilion…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dendreon Corporation’s Provenge, a “vaccine” that uses a patient’s own immune system to fight advanced prostate cancer that is no longer responding to hormone therapy. While not…
Indonesia wants to make itself the geothermal capital of the world. Geothermal electricity is a valuable renewable energy. They’ve invited several geothermal companies and to share in discussions on geothermal technology. They have many geothermal…
PHOENIX, Ariz. — After a week of ongoing protests and acts of civil disobedience, Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070, making Arizona the first state in the nation to consider it a crime for a…
We’ll begin the day with something a little different — the story of a “first.” Oh Eun-sun, 44, today became the first woman to successfully climb all 14 of the world’s highest mountains. The Associated…
Twenty years after it first reached space, the Hubble Space Telescope still tirelessly circles the Earth, snapping images of the cosmos and continuing to fulfill its role as the beloved Comeback Kid of celestial imaging.…
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