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Bronx 8th-Graders Boycott Practice Exam, Teacher May Get Ax »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 6 months ago in News
Students at a South Bronx middle school have pulled off a stunning boycott against standardized testing.
(read more)Read (35) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at nydailynews.com
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Our universe may be shaped like a doughnut »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
The doughnut is making a comeback - at least as a possible shape for our Universe.
(read more)Read (84) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at nature.com
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Top reasons your CSS columns are messed up »
Posted by: TheAttacks 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
I believe the recent surge in popularity of CSS frameworks comes from a lack of basic understanding of the CSS box model and how it ...
(read more)Read (84) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at warpspire.com
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Polar Bears Get Protection from Trophy Hunters »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 6 months ago in News
After a protracted two-year delay, the US government recently listed the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The new law in the ...
(read more)Read (89) | Share | Discuss (2) | Read Full Story at celsias.com
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Animal Fighting Magazine to be Pulled from Amazon.com »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 6 months ago in News
On Tuesday, The Humane Society of the United States announced a partial settlement of its federal lawsuit challenging the sale of criminal animal fighting magazines ...
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Why some people hear colors or taste sounds »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
People with synesthesia experience a "blending" of their senses when they see, smell, taste, touch or hear. Such people have specially wired brains, so that ...
(read more)Read (79) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at sciencenews.org
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Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of Strangely Entertaining BS »
Posted by: ind06 1 year, 6 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
What's a guy who'd normally be at work to do when he finds himself downtown with the day off? So, "Indiana Jones and ...
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Decentralized Goodness »
Posted by: populist 1 year, 6 months ago in News
The solutions to our problems can't come from the top-down. They can't be dictated by monopoly government. They must and they will come ...
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Your belly's very own body clock »
Posted by: _kam0_ 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
Your stomach may truly have a mind of its own. A tiny area of the brain may switch sleep schedules to match up with mealtimes.
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Scorched Earth Millenium Map Shows 'Fire Scars' »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
A geographer from the University of Leicester has produced for the first time a map of the scorched Earth for every year since the turn ...
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Dark energy linked to supervoids and superclusters »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
"The most profound puzzle of contemporary physics" is how Benjamin Granett and colleagues from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu describe the problem of dark ...
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Where Are All Those Iranian Weapons in Iraq? »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 6 months ago in News
The U.S. military continues to talk about an alleged pipeline of Iranian weapons to Iraqi Shiites opposing the U.S. occupation. But U.S ...
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In a first, Guantanamo inmate calls home to find a lawyer »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 6 months ago in News
Within hours of a judge's order, an accused al Qaeda conspirator from Sudan got to call from home Thursday to consult with his family ...
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House committee moves to force Rove testimony in probe »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 6 months ago in News
In a letter accompanying the subpoena, Conyers wrote Luskin that Rove, as a private party who's no longer a government employee, is obligated to ...
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Here're the savings from Arctic drilling - 75 cents a barrel »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 6 months ago in Business & Finance
If Congress were to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, crude oil prices would probably drop by an average of only 75 ...
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