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The Hoary Bat may become Hawaii's state mammal
2015-03-02 07:54:18| Airlines - Topix.net
The House and Senate are a vote away from designating the ukulele and pahu drum the official state musical instruments. But will the Hawaiian "hoary bat" get so lucky? A bill to designate the endangered Hoary bat as the state land mammal advanced out of a senate committee this week.
Real estate industry goes to bat for downtown streetcar
2014-12-15 10:53:26| Real Estate - Topix.net
Although the Milwaukee streetcar has become a lightning rod of debate in the past weeks, most, if not all, of the public comments during city hearings have supported the project. A bulk of the input is from the business community, particularly people in real estate.
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Bat brains and neural donuts: Do all animals have an internal 3D GPS?
2014-12-05 20:15:42| Extremetech
There's a GPS in your brain! Your neurons are 3D compasses! Researchers from the Weizmann Institute in Israel have recently published some new findings regarding how brains encode head direction in three dimensions. We take a critical look at new findings from the Weizmann institute about how bats, or any creature, actually find there way in the world.
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GM Aiding Bat Population with Waste Products
2014-10-31 18:22:00| Waste Age
General Motors Corp. (GM) is using a manufacturing waste byproduct and used battery covers to help the bat population. read more
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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg goes to bat in Berkeley soda tax effort
2014-10-25 05:35:06| Beverages - Topix.net
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday threw the full brunt of his anti-soda credentials -- and a slice of his financial might -- into the campaign for a Berkeley soda tax, announcing through a publicist that he will pitch an ad to run on television during the World Series. The TV ad shows AT&T Park packed to capacity, with a voice-over intoning that the number of obese and overweight Bay Area children could fill the stadium three times.