Brian Gongol
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Specifically, they're concerned that the deforestation required to produce the plant material necessary to make the biofuels may completely overtake the value of the fuels themselves
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By dragging charged ions across the surface of a chip, Purdue University researchers think they can create a consistent airflow across the chip and improve its cooling effectiveness
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Some would say it's something different. A lecturer at Tel Aviv University thinks Internet addiction may be so serious it requires medication.
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University of Cincinnati researchers say they've taught a computer program how to recognize jokes based on wordplay. It's far from sophisticated, but it's a start towards creating machines that can interact on a level that seems more human.
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US dollars go to China to buy goods; those dollars are used to build roads in Tajikistan
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Two attorneys racked up $400,000 in fees reading 2,500 internal e-mails from Merck in a dispute over Vioxx, in part to determine which are covered by attorney-client privilege
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And so they're launching long-range practice bomber missions to show off their military might
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One-year flashback: The same part of England that flooded a month ago was suffering the worst drought in 30 years. If you average drought and flood together, the mean would be somewhere around normal. But that's hardly the reality.
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That's the deal Carlos Zambrano got from the Cubs