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New Hope For Open Source Textbooks
174 people in Higher Education Today: Editor's note: Verne Kopytoff is a technology journalist who lives the the Bay area. A college textbook can cost a staggering $200. Over four years of study, students can easily spend thousands of dollars on books on top of a...
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3 days ago
Archaeologists strike gold in quest to find Queen of Sheba's wealth
Guardian Science: Archaeologists strike gold in quest to find Queen of Sheba's wealth http://t.co/dNLLrUUR
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11 days ago
Piltdown Man: British archaeology's greatest hoax
Guardian Science: Piltdown Man: British archaeology's greatest hoax | Robin McKie http://t.co/CJvXWAox
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17 days ago
Nearly Continuous Ashfall Damages Forests Near Chile's Puyehue Cordon Caulle Volcanic Complex
science: Nearly continuous ashfall damages forests near Chile's Puyehue Cordon Caulle Volcanic Complex http://t.co/1Fj73hKI
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17 days ago
Quantum Entanglement Observed Macroscopically in Distant Diamonds | Beyond Science | Science | Epoch Times
Epoch Times Science: CLASSIC: Quantum Entanglement Observed Macroscopically in Distant Diamonds #quantum #entanglement #diamond http://t.co/CpRCcomy
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17 days ago
Reed Hastings: “We Expect DVD Subscribers To Decline Every Quarter … Forever”
Tech Journal: Reed Hastings: “We Expect DVD Subscribers To Decline Every Quarter … Forever”: After some fairly sizable blunder... http://t.co/PBVIXtxA
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28 days ago
JmJSAaVL
500 tech journalists and bloggers on Google+ https://t.co/JmJSAaVL Great circle for watching at CES.
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6 weeks ago
Iran's internet cafe clampdown is an effective way to dissuade dissidents | World news | The Guardian
Iran's internet cafe clampdown is an effective way to dissuade dissidents: By demanding cyber cafes take p... http://t.co/LLiiAo9h #tech
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6 weeks ago
The Han Solo Comedy Hour!
Longreads: "The Han Solo Comedy Hour!" @frankdigiacomo @VanityFair ('08) on the ill-fated Star Wars holiday special http://t.co/Hw6VKajR v @lincourtl
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8 weeks ago
Pictures of alcoholic drinks under a microscope reveal colourful patterns
Telegraph Science: Pictures: Pictures of alcoholic drinks under a microscope reveal colourful patterns http://t.co/IqtPfjIV
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8 weeks ago
Winter Solstice 2011: Facts on Shortest Day of the Year
National Geographic: Why does the first day of winter always fall around Dec. 21 http://t.co/jH9GxWig
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8 weeks ago
Nietzsche was right: adversity makes you stronger
Telegraph Science: Nietzsche was right: adversity makes you stronger http://t.co/fKg4XQCC
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9 weeks ago
Hide DNS requests from friends, foes and the feds
Tech Journal: Hide DNS requests from friends, foes and the feds: TOpenDNS, which provides a domain name system resolution serv... http://t.co/RxvZ8MZy
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11 weeks ago
Bronze age man's lunch: a spoonful of nettle stew
Guardian Science: Bronze age man's lunch: a spoonful of nettle stew http://t.co/zb9edk8z
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11 weeks ago
Mini-masts in the home to beat Wi-Fi signal overload
Tech Journal: Mini-masts in the home to beat Wi-Fi signal overload: Virgin wants homes to access the internet through th... http://t.co/YZ6MVgHW #tech
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11 weeks ago
Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh’s Amazing Story of Failure, Depression, & Survival
Jeff Jarvis: RT @kevglobal: Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh’s Amazing Story of Failure, Depression, & Survival http://t.co/lqR1h10U via @zite
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11 weeks ago
Despite warm autumn, 2011 temperatures fail to reach record highs
Guardian Science: Despite warm autumn, 2011 temperatures fail to reach record highs http://t.co/O2gGncQf
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12 weeks ago
Soft robots inspired by nature could become our flexible friends
Guardian Science: Soft robots inspired by nature could become our flexible friends http://t.co/7x22Jo7h
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12 weeks ago
Charge your electric car on the move
New Scientist: Charge your electric car on the move http://t.co/Yqlzq3eW #MagneticResonance
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12 weeks ago
Huge Tesla Coils Will Recreate Natural Lightning
Tech Journal: Huge Tesla Coils Will Recreate Natural Lightning: jjp9999 writes "In order to study the nature of lighting, the ... http://t.co/r2iXpH0B
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12 weeks ago
Turkeys and Robots Don’t Matter, G+ Buttons On Google Doodles Matter
Tech Journal: Turkeys and Robots Don’t Matter, G+ Buttons On Google Doodles Matter: People are all caught up in today’s Google... http://t.co/sh97zjmW
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november 2011
Who Wrote Shakespeare?
Andy Ihnatko: The New Yorker: "Who Wrote Shakespeare?" by Eric Idle. http://t.co/UHfind1U
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november 2011
How Many Neutrinos Does It Take to Screw Up Einstein?
WIRED Science: How many faster-than-light neutrinos does it take to screw up Einstein's theory? http://t.co/Hwzk8Wr1
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november 2011
CSI: Fleming reveals true identity of penicillin
New Scientist: How Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin has been misunderstood for 80 years http://t.co/SKWihSYb #history #CSI
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november 2011
A Life Revealed
National Geographic: What happened to the famous Afghan Girl? http://t.co/8ImUj8Mu (via @NatGeoMag)
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november 2011
Antarctica's "Ghost" Mountains Explained
National Geographic: Antarctica's mysterious "ghost" mountains explained:
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november 2011
Lessons of the Luddites
Tech Journal: Lessons of the Luddites | Eliane Glaser: It's unthinkable to resist technological progress – but we should... http://t.co/zU72YSnc #tech
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november 2011
Vikings Navigated With Translucent Crystals?
National Geographic: ICYMI: Did viking sailors navigate using translucent crystals? http://t.co/aTvOYHOc
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november 2011
Discovery of Higgs could turn LHC into white elephant
Telegraph Science: Discovery of Higgs could turn LHC into white elephant http://t.co/sFZ4jwjg
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november 2011
11 Scientists Who Experimented on Themselves
Scientific American: RT @BoraZ: 11 Scientists Who Experimented on Themselves http://t.co/0IB6wlRs
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november 2011
California’s public pensions: Not so retiring
The Economist: California, the state with the biggest pension problem, is finally stumbling toward a solution http://t.co/1v6Yl0cZ
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november 2011
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