Surprise Automotive X Prize winners announced
The X Prize Foundation has announced the winners of the $10m Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize challenge, and the $5m winner of the Mainstream Class was neither a hybrid nor an all-electric vehicle.
"When we began this process," said the leader of the winning Edison2 team, Oliver Kuttner, "we followed the general assumption that building a hybrid, or partially electric vehicle, would be the answer to building the most efficient car."
But that didn't turn out to be the case.
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Montana woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
FRENCHTOWN, Mont. — Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon — a zucchini.
Missoula County Sheriff's Lt. Rich Maricelli says a 200-pound black bear attacked one of the woman's dogs just after midnight Wednesday on the back porch of her home about 15 miles west of Missoula.
FRENCHTOWN, Mont. — Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon — a zucchini.
Missoula County Sheriff's Lt. Rich Maricelli says a 200-pound black bear attacked one of the woman's dogs just after midnight Wednesday on the back porch of her home about 15 miles west of Missoula.
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Is Walla Walla Purple Octopus Mural Art Or A Sign?
(AP) WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) - The city of Walla Walla doesn't like the mural of a giant purple octopus that was painted on the front of a downtown toy store. City Attorney Tim Donaldson said it violates the city's sign code. He's recommending that the city council take enforcement action. The owner of the Inland Octopus toy store, Bob Catsiff, said the mural is art, not a sign.
(AP) WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) - The city of Walla Walla doesn't like the mural of a giant purple octopus that was painted on the front of a downtown toy store. City Attorney Tim Donaldson said it violates the city's sign code. He's recommending that the city council take enforcement action. The owner of the Inland Octopus toy store, Bob Catsiff, said the mural is art, not a sign.
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Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes, Worry Ex-Air Force Officers
Captain Robert Salas was on duty in Montana in 1967 when a UFO shut down the nuclear missiles on his base. And he's hardly the only one to make such a claim.
On Monday, six former U.S. Air Force officers and one former enlisted man will break their silence about similar events at the National Press Club, all centering around unidentified flying objects and nuclear missiles. They plan to urge the government to publicly confirm the incidents, stating that they were ordered never to discuss the events.
Captain Robert Salas was on duty in Montana in 1967 when a UFO shut down the nuclear missiles on his base. And he's hardly the only one to make such a claim.
On Monday, six former U.S. Air Force officers and one former enlisted man will break their silence about similar events at the National Press Club, all centering around unidentified flying objects and nuclear missiles. They plan to urge the government to publicly confirm the incidents, stating that they were ordered never to discuss the events.
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Ancient viruses lurk in songbird's DNA
Genetic fragments buried in the cells of songbirds indicate that a family of hepatitis-B-like viruses is at least 19 million years old, much more ancient than previously thought.
As much as 75 percent of the virus fragments, which are now harmless parts of the birds' genome, are identical to currently circulating viruses.
Genetic fragments buried in the cells of songbirds indicate that a family of hepatitis-B-like viruses is at least 19 million years old, much more ancient than previously thought.
As much as 75 percent of the virus fragments, which are now harmless parts of the birds' genome, are identical to currently circulating viruses.
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Extinction threat to one fifth of world's plants
LONDON (AFP) – More than a fifth of the world's plant species faces the threat of extinction, a trend with potentially catastrophic effects for life on Earth, according to research released on Wednesday.
But a separate study cautioned that extinction of mammals had been overestimated and suggested some mammal species thought to have been wiped out may yet be rediscovered.
LONDON (AFP) – More than a fifth of the world's plant species faces the threat of extinction, a trend with potentially catastrophic effects for life on Earth, according to research released on Wednesday.
But a separate study cautioned that extinction of mammals had been overestimated and suggested some mammal species thought to have been wiped out may yet be rediscovered.
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Very interesting article. I imagine that there are a lot of things that are being withheld from the general public. Perhaps these types of events are being withheld because there is no satisfactory answer or remedy for them, so why even bring them into general consciousness?Denny wrote:Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes, Worry Ex-Air Force Officers
Captain Robert Salas was on duty in Montana in 1967 when a UFO shut down the nuclear missiles on his base. And he's hardly the only one to make such a claim.
On Monday, six former U.S. Air Force officers and one former enlisted man will break their silence about similar events at the National Press Club, all centering around unidentified flying objects and nuclear missiles. They plan to urge the government to publicly confirm the incidents, stating that they were ordered never to discuss the events.
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13 Mad Scientist Devices You Can Build from Home
In countless movies, the daring main character of most science-fiction and action movies always seems to be opposite a mad scientist, equipped with an array of horrifyingly awesome inventions to maim, kill, or look pretty. Now you too can have the experience of building and enjoying the use of 13 (and more) horrifyingly awesome inventions of your own.
In countless movies, the daring main character of most science-fiction and action movies always seems to be opposite a mad scientist, equipped with an array of horrifyingly awesome inventions to maim, kill, or look pretty. Now you too can have the experience of building and enjoying the use of 13 (and more) horrifyingly awesome inventions of your own.
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Whale snot, bat sex win 2010 IgNobel spoof prizes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers who used a remote-controlled helicopter to collect whale snot, documented bats having oral sex and showed that swearing makes you feel better when you stub a toe were among the winners of spoof IgNobel prizes on Thursday.
The prizes, meant to be both humorous and to encourage scientific research, are given every year by the Journal of Improbable Research as a whimsical counterpart to the Nobel Prizes, which will be awarded starting next week.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers who used a remote-controlled helicopter to collect whale snot, documented bats having oral sex and showed that swearing makes you feel better when you stub a toe were among the winners of spoof IgNobel prizes on Thursday.
The prizes, meant to be both humorous and to encourage scientific research, are given every year by the Journal of Improbable Research as a whimsical counterpart to the Nobel Prizes, which will be awarded starting next week.
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What Aliens Would See When Spying On Our Solar System
Alien astronomers searching for planets in our solar system would at least be able to see Neptune inside the dusty disk that surrounds our planetary neighborhood, a new study suggests.
The method used in the study could be a new tool for astronomers on Earth seeking out strange new worlds, since the dust rings around other stars could be used to find their outer planets, too.
Our solar system has one of these dust clouds out beyond the orbit of Neptune, researchers said.
The new study models how our sun's dust cloud formed and evolved as our solar system matured.
Alien astronomers searching for planets in our solar system would at least be able to see Neptune inside the dusty disk that surrounds our planetary neighborhood, a new study suggests.
The method used in the study could be a new tool for astronomers on Earth seeking out strange new worlds, since the dust rings around other stars could be used to find their outer planets, too.
Our solar system has one of these dust clouds out beyond the orbit of Neptune, researchers said.
The new study models how our sun's dust cloud formed and evolved as our solar system matured.
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How Washington women won the right to vote
It was a time when a shocking murder in the streets of Everett and a radical newspaper published by an Edmonds woman named Missouri Hanna helped spark the flagging movement to give women the right to vote.
And to fund the suffrage campaign, women sold for the steep price of a dollar a cookbook edited by a La Conner woman.
A century ago, Washington became one of the first states in the nation to give women the right to vote alongside their husbands, brothers, fathers and sons.
But the tale that leads to this centennial is full of little-known histories. Even before Washington achieved statehood in 1889, women already had won the right to vote, only to see it taken away a few years later when the territorial Supreme Court reversed the decision on a technicality.
It was a time when a shocking murder in the streets of Everett and a radical newspaper published by an Edmonds woman named Missouri Hanna helped spark the flagging movement to give women the right to vote.
And to fund the suffrage campaign, women sold for the steep price of a dollar a cookbook edited by a La Conner woman.
A century ago, Washington became one of the first states in the nation to give women the right to vote alongside their husbands, brothers, fathers and sons.
But the tale that leads to this centennial is full of little-known histories. Even before Washington achieved statehood in 1889, women already had won the right to vote, only to see it taken away a few years later when the territorial Supreme Court reversed the decision on a technicality.
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Carted off: NY police hunt for stolen wiener stand
ORANGEBURG, N.Y. – Police in a suburb northwest of New York City are searching for a stolen hot dog stand. Owner Fred Martucci told the Journal News that he's devastated over the loss of "Fred's Franks." He used the 10-foot-long, 7-foot-wide stainless steel trailer to support his family in Orangeburg for more than a year.
ORANGEBURG, N.Y. – Police in a suburb northwest of New York City are searching for a stolen hot dog stand. Owner Fred Martucci told the Journal News that he's devastated over the loss of "Fred's Franks." He used the 10-foot-long, 7-foot-wide stainless steel trailer to support his family in Orangeburg for more than a year.
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LA-area freeway clogged by burning yam truck
GLENDALE, Calif. – A burning big-rig loaded with yams has caused a hot potato of a traffic problem on a Los Angeles-area freeway. Cailifornia Highway Patrol Officer Ed Jacobs said a tractor-trailer hauling 50,000 pounds of the sweet potatoes caught fire on the southbound Interstate 5 in Glendale at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
GLENDALE, Calif. – A burning big-rig loaded with yams has caused a hot potato of a traffic problem on a Los Angeles-area freeway. Cailifornia Highway Patrol Officer Ed Jacobs said a tractor-trailer hauling 50,000 pounds of the sweet potatoes caught fire on the southbound Interstate 5 in Glendale at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
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'Pope week' on Facebook
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Think you know a thing or two about Pope Benedict XVI? Then log onto Facebook next week and you could be a winner.
OK, maybe it's not of a trip to the Vatican. But you could win a copy of a new book about the pope by taking part in "Pope Culture Week," a competition on the Facebook page of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Think you know a thing or two about Pope Benedict XVI? Then log onto Facebook next week and you could be a winner.
OK, maybe it's not of a trip to the Vatican. But you could win a copy of a new book about the pope by taking part in "Pope Culture Week," a competition on the Facebook page of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
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