It is a common misnomer that “everything is available on the web.” You’ll also here people say that the answer to any question is just a Google search away. Neither of these ideas are true, but hopefully over time they’ll become more and more the reality. Today came news that we’re one baby step closer to that reality.
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“Anbar Province, long the lawless heartland of the tenacious Sunni Arab resistance, is undergoing a surprising transformation. Violence is ebbing in many areas, shops and schools are reopening, police forces are growing and the insurgency appears to be in retreat.”
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But research into vitamin D is suggesting both a plausible answer to this medical puzzle and a heretical notion: that cancers and other disorders in rich countries aren’t caused mainly by pollutants but by a vitamin deficiency known to be less acute or even non-existent in poor nations.
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Over the past four years, a thriving market for household solar panels has sprung up in India, with the help of a United Nations program which assists local banks in offering cheaper loans for the panels.
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Beautiful photos of nature from above
30-Apr-07
Photos of nature from all over the world.
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A secretive Hayward, Calif. company has just announced it will build the largest solar power “farm†in North America, using solar cells manufactured in Silicon Valley.
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Unfortunately for most, traversing back and forth to Asia from America on a regular basis isn’t exactly in the cards, but thanks to a $500 million project agreed upon by a 17-member telecommunications consortium, visiting via fiber will soon be a whole lot snappier.
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Modern humans are bacteria-killing machines. We assassinate microbes with hand soap, mouthwash and bathroom cleaners. It feels clean and right. But some scientists say we’re overdoing it.
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We need this, to stay competitive on the global stage for technology.
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Free broadband in India by 2009!
27-Apr-07
The government proposes to offer all citizens of India free, high-speed broadband connectivity by 2009, through the state-owned telecom service providers BSNL and MTNL. While consumers would cheer, the move holds the potential to kill the telecom business as we know it.
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James Simons, a 69-year-old publicity shy former math professor, uses complex computer-driven mathematical models to make bets on stocks, bonds and commodities, among other things.
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