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Berkeley Lab Creates New Energy Model for Chinese Cities

To tally the energy consumption of a city, the usual method is to add up all the energy used by residents—when they drive their car or turn on the air-conditioning—plus all the energy consumed by commercial buildings and industries in their day-to-day operations. But how should one account for the energy that went into building the office park where people work or paving the roads that people drive? And what about the energy required to make the clothes they are wearing? (more…)

Plastic Kitchenware: Use At Your Own Risk

Health

Plastic dishes and packaging were very rare during the Soviet times. Practically all Russians remember the time when groceries were packed in grey or brown paper. Soviet food stores did not even use polyethylene film: sausages, butter, fish and even sea cabbage would be wrapped in packing paper when sold to customers. (more…)

Dinosaurs Significantly Taller than Previously Thought

Science

COLUMBIA, Mo.– It might seem obvious that a dinosaur’s leg bone connects to the hip bone, but what came between the bones has been less obvious. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri and Ohio University have found that dinosaurs had thick layers of cartilage in their joints, which means they may have been considerably taller than previously thought. The study is being published this week in the journal PLoS-ONE (Public Library of Science). (more…)

‘One Nation Rally’: Thousands Gather in Washington DC Pledging Support to the Democrats

Economy, Politics

Volcanic Activity in Arabian Desert Makes Case for Increased Monitoring

Environment

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Underground magma movement was the trigger of a swarm of 30,000 earthquakes in Saudi Arabia last year, according to a new study published in Nature Geoscience Sunday. (more…)

Hugo Chavez: Nuclear Blackmailer in American Backyard

Politics

It seems that the United States has yet another problem: Venezuelan nuclear program may be added to the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs in the near future. The announcement was made the other day by “fierce” Hugo Chavez. Expert Vladimir Khrustalev spoke of the reasons of such intentions and the prospects of a nuclear project in Venezuela with Pravda.ru. (more…)

Former Spy Anna Chapman Starts Brilliant Career in Fashion and Showbiz

Culture, Politics

Anna Chapman, who was deported from the United States to Russia several months ago as a result of the spy scandal between the two countries, has started a brilliant career in the world of fashion and show business. The sexually appealing woman, who proved to be not a very good spy in one of the most humiliating operations for Russian secret services, has found a gap which she could fill perfectly. In her new activities, Russia’s probably most popular redhead is now known as “agent 90-60-90,” Italy’s La Repubblica wrote. (more…)

Smartphone Subscribers Now Comprise Majority of Mobile Browser and Application Users in U.S.

Technology

*Males Lead the Charge on Smartphones but Females Gaining Ground*

RESTON, VA, October 1, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report on mobile application and browser usage among Smartphone subscribers based on data from its comScore MobiLens service. The study found that the number of Smartphone users accessing mobile content through browsers and applications now surpasses that of Non-smartphone users. (more…)