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Mahabad (Persian: مهاباد, Kurdish: مههاباد, Mehabad); (Old name: سابلاخ: Sablakh, which may be of Mongolian origin) is a city in Iran. It is in the north-west of the country. The city is south of Lake Urmia in a narrow valley 1,300 metres above sea lev... |
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Study: 5-meter rise in sea level would flood 23 federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
A 5-meter rise in sea level would flood 23 federal buildings in Washington, D.C., according to a study in the November issue of Risk Analysis.
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Why Liberia turns to its American 'big brother'
For a country with little economic, military, or geopolitical value to the United States, Liberia has managed to climb to the top of the Bush administration's agenda.
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Detecting the first signs of organ transplant rejection could be as easy as measuring levels of organ donor DNA in the transplant recipient's blood, a new study suggests.
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Albert Einstein’s Letter to Phyllis
In 1936, Albert Einstein wrote the following letter to a sixth-grade student, Phyllis Wright, in response to her question as to whether scientists pray, and if so, what they pray for.
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Researchers at Stanford University have developed a small "aircraft" that resembles a flying fish which can jump and glide over a greater distance than an equivalent jumping robot. Using a carbon fiber spring to take off, the jumpglider has a pivoting wing that stays out of the way during ascent, but which locks into p... |
Rare America map is found in Munich
Researchers in Munich have chanced upon a version of a 16th-century world map that was the first to use the name "America".
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(operating system) A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system.
Systems that make this distinction for a disk file are generally regarded as broken.
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In many European countries, including Sweden, using a surrogate to carry a pregnancy isn't allowed.
Life-saving transplants of organs such as hearts, livers and kidneys have been done for decades and doctors are increasingly transplanting hands, faces and other body parts to improve patients' quality of life. Womb ... |
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When I drove my car into the garage, I saw the note scotch-taped to my hand. It said "Bank." I had taped the note on my hand as I left the library, in an unsuccessful bid to jog my memory about stopping at the bank on the way home. As I pulled the car back out of the garage and headed for the bank, I felt foolish - and... |
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One of the biggest causes of excessive energy use in homes comes from the amount of electrical equipment, lighting and electronics we have, and how often it is left on when not needed.
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See, ma? All those years you thought I was turning my mind to mush in front of TV, when this study shows watching sports actually engages your mind in beneficial ways. Turns out it was the drugs that made me an idiot. Wish I’d seen that coming.
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to the RSPCA's Science, ethics and animals resource. This resource is mainly for English and Welsh GCSE science students and those studying the Diploma in Environmental and Land-based Studies. However, everyone will be able to enjoy the experience, learn more about themselves and better understand the role of science a... |
New super-Earth that may be just right to support life found in six-planet system
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I was listening to a media overview of the Life On Mars Project. The short version is that 6 people, 3 men and 3 women, will spend 365 in a biosphere located on the slopes of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. They will be permitted to leave the dome but will be required to wear a space suit to simulate the conditions on... |
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All five planets that are visible to the unaided eye can be found in the dawn for the next few weeks. Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars have been visible in the dawn for some time now. Arriving late to the party is Mercury, just rising out of the glow of dawn. Mercury is headed for maximu... |
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For the past five years, the U.S. government has paid fuel companies billions of dollars in subsidies to buy home-grown, corn-based ethanol, making it a viable part of the nation's gasoline supply. The worst drought in half a century revived a fierce food versus fuel deba... |
Econ 211
Answers to Selected Problem Set 1 Questions
1. If you view the calorie content of fatty foods as part of the "price" you pay to eat such foods, then a "low-calorie" product may be viewed as cheaper, therefore people are more likely to increase their consumption of the product. It is entirely possible that pe... |
Australian Town Bans Bottled Water
Residents of Bundanoon, New South Wales, Australia have voted to ban the sale of bottled water in their rural town—probably the first in the world to do so. Only two voters opposed the ban. Why?
Bundanoon's battle against the bottle has been brewing for years, ever since a Sydney-ba... |
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