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The 2008 hurricane season officially ends on November 30th, and since they have been keeping accurate records of the storms, this season may be one of the worst in that history. A total of 16 named storms formed this season, based on an operational estimate by NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. The storms included eight hurricanes, [...]

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On Monday, December 1, 2008 you can observe both Jupiter and Venus in the night sky in close proximity to the moon in North America. This can be observed with the naked eye, and since they are right by the moon you pretty much have to be in your sleep number bed catching Z’s [...]

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Mandatory preface to these kinds of posts requires that I say in advance this post has nothing to do with saying that global warming does not exist. The last thing I need is a bunch of greenies hopped up on Ephedrasil hardcore acting like someone just killed their family because they think that some idiot [...]

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A University of Michigan engineer has been able to emulate fish technology to produce a renewable source of energy from slow water currents. These potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows are being used with the help of fish observation to produce usable energy.
Michael Bernitsas, a professor in the U-M Department of Naval Architecture and Marine [...]

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This fall the next Mars mission is designed to find out more conclusively whether or not it could support life. The Mars Science Laboratory instrument package will be able to study the martian environment with more accuracy than previous missions, but it will have some obstacles to overcome. Some of the most sensitive instruments will [...]

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Raw milk is what you get straight from the cow. Before they do anything to it and make it for sale to most of us. In most countries raw milk is illegal because it may have harmful microbes we would rather not ingest. So when you get your milk it has already been pasteurized by [...]

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You thought elections season was over didn’t you? Well…it is for us, but studies have shown that fish seem to “elect” their leaders like we do. They don’t go to a voting center and mark a ballot, but they do tend to vote for the one that looks the best for their leader.
“It turned out [...]

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The stem-cell debate is really only a debate for those that don’t understand anything about it. When you hear about some of the things that research may bring to us in the future you have to ask yourself why people are against it.
A new study may give children with heart defects perfectly-matched new heart [...]

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