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Get a reality check on the Antarctic meltdown and rising sea level
2014-05-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: Does the retreat of glaciers on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet mean we're in for an imminent climate catastrophe? The short answer is no. Is the ice sheet collapsing? That depends on your definition of "collapse." Are the two studies documenting Antarctica's meltdown worth all the buzz they've generated? Yes. Here's a reality check on some of the questions raised by this week's studies: What's happening to Antarctica's ice? The continent's glaciers are in a constant state of flux, Penn State...
Making it big: Metamaterial applications a step closer to reality
2014-05-10 10:32:53| Semiconductors - Topix.net
The use of a fabrication technique borrowed from the semiconductor industry brings metamaterial applications a step closer to reality.
Virtual reality and the future of sex
2014-04-28 18:36:53| Extremetech
When a new kind of technology comes along, whether it's something small like a computer chip or something huge like the World Wide Web, it nearly always follows the same path to mass adoption: Military, early adopters, and then games and sex. Virtual reality has passed the military stage, and is moving steadily through the early adoption stage. Next up: Virtual reality sex.
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Warm water, cold reality, new frontier for exploiting resources
2014-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: Big-screen Noah, the box office hit, presents the Biblical story of near apocalypse and indifference to Gods warnings. Small-screen NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, regularly warns of impending man-made environmental doom on its climate.gov website. Whether one is more susceptible to religious parables or scientific findings, the very real effects of contemporary climate change are happening at a stunning pace. If melting ice caps and shifting weather patterns are not...
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Reality TV's "Profit" Wants to Show You How to Be a Boss
2014-04-17 02:26:12| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
Marcus Lemonis wants to help struggling entrepreneurs. If he gets rich and famous at the same time, that's just good business.
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