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Light Pollution — National Geographic Magazine
August 10, 2012http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/11/light-pollution/klinkenborg-text
The waste of upward directed street lights.
EXAMINING BIOFUELS POLICY – Chemical & Engineering News Archive (ACS Publications)
August 7, 2012http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cen-v089n033.p010
1st gen = EtOH, 2nd = cellulosic 1st, 3rd = algae
Antiviral Drugs Could Blast the Common Cold—Should We Use Them? | Wired Science | Wired.com
August 7, 2012E15 CONTROVERSY – Chemical & Engineering News Archive (ACS Publications)
August 7, 2012http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cen-v089n033.p026
now at EtOH 10% moving to 15%
nature got pummeled here
August 5, 2012Solving Crimes with Linguistics : The New Yorker
July 28, 2012Words on Trial – A fascinating look at forensic linguistics, and the search for hidden meaning in words & language.
Interesting comparison of DNA and language, with the latter aping the former http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/07/23/120723fa_fact_hitt
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