Near-blizzard snowfall on US East Coast

Seeded on Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:18 AM EST (CNN)

Intense weather. Hrm.. "Much of the East Coast was digging out Sunday after a monster winter storm caused record snowfall in some areas, disrupting holiday travel and shopping and leaving at least four people dead.

weather, storm, environment, blizzard

Ananova - Burglar bit through steel bars

Seeded on Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:46 AM EDT (ananova.com)

Police who solved a spate of mystery burglaries were shocked to find the culprit was biting his way through steel window bars.

china, burglary, odd-news, crime, bite, chongqing, strong-teeth

Human Ear Inspires Universal Radio: Discovery News

Seeded on Sun Jun 14, 2009 4:17 AM EDT (Discovery.com)

June 8, 2009 -- TV, radio, GPS, cell phones, wireless Internet, and other electronics all use different radio waves to receive and send information. Now scientists at MIT have created a tiny chip capable of receiving any radio signal, based on the human ear.

technology

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Origin of Antarctic ice revealed

Seeded on Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:55 PM EDT (BBC News)

Incredible peaks and valleys, buried beneath ice for 14 million years, have revealed evidence of how the East Antarctic ice sheet first formed. Scientists used radar to map an area of the Gamburtsev mountains - believed to be the point of origin of the ice.

science, mountains, antartica, beneath-the-ice

Nintendo confirms Generation II remakes

Seeded on Sun May 10, 2009 8:28 AM EDT (bulbanews.bulbagarden.net)

Remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver, widely considered the best in the history of the Pokémon series, have been confirmed by Nintendo.

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Major Pokémon game to be announced this month - Gold and Silver remakes?

Seeded on Thu May 7, 2009 2:35 AM EDT (bulbanews.bulbagarden.net)

A major game? That means no spin off series such as ranger or mystery dungeon. Apparently the announced was accompanied by gold and silver balls. Could this be the long-awaited Gold and Silver remake? Only time will tell.

entertainment, gold, game, video-game, nintendo, silver, pokemon, pok-mon, game-freak

Ammo hard to find as gun owners stock up - CNN.com

Seeded on Mon May 4, 2009 10:09 PM EDT (CNN)

"Gun shops across the country are reporting a run on ammunition, a phenomenon apparently driven by fear that the Obama administration will increase taxes on bullets or enact new gun-control measures."

guns, weapons, us-news, gun-ban, second-amendment, automatic, ammunition

Giant Pterosaurs Couldn't Fly, Study Suggests

Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 11:51 PM EDT (National Geographic)

science, dinosaur, archaeology, flying, pterasaur

Flu pandemic still likely but Mexico toll drops | Reuters

Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 11:27 PM EDT (Reuters)

mexico, pandemic, health, virus, swine-flu

Africans Have World's Greatest Genetic Variation: Discovery News

Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 7:42 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

Africans have more genetic variation than anyone else on Earth, according to a new study that helps narrow the location where humans first evolved, probably near the South Africa-Namibia border. ---

evolution, africa, science, genes, genetics, variation

The 2012 Apocalypse - And How to Stop It | Wired Science

Seeded on Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:32 PM EDT (Wired News)

For scary speculation about the end of civilization in 2012, people usually turn to followers of cryptic Mayan prophecy, not scientists.

science, 2012, apocalypse, solar-storm, mayan-prophecy

Scientists Discover What Makes Northern Lights Dance | Wired Science

Seeded on Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:24 PM EDT (Wired News)

The ghostly flickering of the Northern Lights is caused by explosions of magnetic energy, say astronomers.

science, northern-lights, magnetic-field, aurora-borealis

Supreme Court rules against networks on indecent speech - CNN.com

Seeded on Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:06 PM EDT (CNN)

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday federal regulators have the authority to clamp down on the broadcast TV networks that air isolated cases of profanity, known as "fleeting expletives."

entertainment, fcc, free-speech, supreme-court, profanity

Plastic Water Bottles May Pose Health Hazard: Discovery News

Seeded on Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:03 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

Scientists in Germany have found that PET plastics -- the kind used to make water bottles, among many other common products -- may also harbor hormone-disrupting chemicals that leach into the water.

health, hormones, health-risk, pet-plastic

Cosmic Blast Is Universe's Oldest Object Yet Seen: Discovery News

Seeded on Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:35 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

AWESOME! Astronomers have spotted a burst of energy from a dying star, setting a record for the oldest and most distant object seen by Earth yet. The 10-second blast was from more than 13 billion years ago, when the universe was only 630 million years old.

space, science, black-hole, supernova, gamma-ray

WHO raises pandemic alert level; more swine flu cases feared - CNN.com

Seeded on Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:16 PM EDT (CNN)

:( Oh, dear.

who, pandemic, health, world-health-organization, swine-flu

Deadly new flu strain erupts in Mexico, U.S. | Reuters

Seeded on Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:46 AM EDT (Reuters)

Scary stuff.

mexico, flu, health, virus, swine-flu

Greenhouse gases pose health hazard, EPA says - CNN.com

Seeded on Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:42 PM EDT (CNN)

health, global-warming, carbon-dioxide, greenhouse-gases

Ancient Ecosystem Found in Ice Pocket: Discovery News

Seeded on Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:31 AM EDT (Discovery.com)

life, science, ice, antarctica, ecosystem, microbe

Pokémon USA and Pokémon UK merge - Bulbanews

Seeded on Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:07 PM EDT (bulbanews.bulbagarden.net)

Pokémon of America and Pokémon Europe are merging into "The Pokémon Company International," which will be responsible for all Pokémon operations outside of Asia. Neat.

entertainment, video-game, nintendo, pok-mon