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Cookbook Central On this Epicurious site, "veteran food writer Irene Sax tries out and reports on the best of the new cookbooks. Each review includes the added bonus of a tested recipe and cooking tips."Browse archives back to 1999; also browse by topic. New reviews appear approximately oncea month (not weekly, as the site states). Seabed Microbe Study Leads To Low-cost Power, Light For The Poor A biology professor's fascination with seafloor microbes has led to the development of a revolutionary, low-cost power system consuming garbage, compost, and other waste that could provide light for the developing world. He has developed a fuel cell run by the natural activity of anaerobic microbes. The cells can be manufactured for just a few U.S. dollars, putting them within reach of many of the world's poor who today do not have access to electricity. Witnessing The Birth Of Galaxies And Stars Experts at Cardiff University, UK, are designing and building highly sophisticated equipment, which will travel deep into space to enable scientists to look back in time to observe the formation of galaxies and stars. Right Blend Of Microbes And Plants Can Clean Up Toxic Spills Superfund sites are infamous for their hazardous, stubborn chemical wastes, but one cleanup solution may be to put the right mix of plants and microbes together in the soil, according to a new University of Florida study. Birds Found To Plan For The Future Planningand worrying about the future has always been considered an exclusively human activity, but now one species of bird has also been found to plan for tomorrow. The finding, published in Nature, raises the possibility that, like humans, birds may get anxious about the future. The birds, western scrub-jays, are shown to have learned from their previous experiences of food scarcity, storing food for future use in places where they anticipate future slim pickings. Patriot Day The U.S. Congress designated September 11 of each year as "Patriot Day."This resolution requests that the president issue a yearly proclamation for its annual observance that includes displaying the flag at half-staff and observing a moment of silence honoring those whose lives were lost. Also includes a link to the text of the congressional resolution and to related material. From a service that allows you to add holidays to your online calendar. Himalayan Megaquakes Powered By Elastic Energy In Tibetan Plateau Computer simulations indicate that Himalayan megaearthquakes must occur every 1,000 years or so to empty a reservoir of energy in southern Tibet not released by smaller earthquakes, according to a paper that will appear in the Nov. 9 issue of the journal Nature. Balloon Carrying Chicago-built Detector Makes Record-breaking Flight Carrying a device built by a team led by Simon Swordy, James Franck Professor in Physics at the University of Chicago, a NASA scientific balloon broke the flight record for duration and distance. Flying near the edge of space, it soared for nearly 42 days, making three orbits around the South Pole. Pushing The Limits Of Hard Disk Storage Just how much data can we cram onto a hard disk ? In a paper appearing online today in Physical Review Letters, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) Professor Harald Brune and his colleagues report what they believe to be the ultimate density limit of magnetic recording.
50 Coolest Websites An annotated list of 50 useful and amusing websites in the areas of entertainment, arts, and media; shopping, lifestyle, and hobbies; news and information; staying connected; time wasters; travel and real estate; and web searches and services. "Many of ... [the sites for 2006] are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and entertain."Includes links to lists back to 2003. From Time magazine in partnership with CNN.
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