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How will we develop an Ebola vaccine, and when will it be ready?
2014-10-16 15:52:15| Extremetech
Ebola is a deadly virus that kills 60-90 percent of the humans it infects. After a brief incubation period, the virus begins damaging the blood vessels, leading to massive internal bleeding and typically, circulatory shock. As the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded now bleeds unchecked out of Africa and into the West, the question on everyone's lips is, "when will we make a vaccine"?
Save Your Halloween Jack-o-Lantern from Going to Waste and Transform it into Compost
2014-10-15 08:10:58| Waste Management - Topix.net
Halloween celebrations have long included decorative pumpkins which are often tossed into the trash after the holiday. This year, Waste Management of Orange County invites residents to give their jack-o-lantern a second life by disposing of it in their green waste cart so it can be transformed into compost and put back in the pumpkin patch.
Americans can save more money by not burning it: Study
2014-10-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Climate change policy is often assumed to be a lose-lose proposition. Nations can pay now for expensive carbon-reduction policies, or they can pay later -- potentially a lot more -- through destructive climate-related events like storms, droughts and flooding. In the U.S., however, that take may not be correct, according to a new study by the environmental group World Resources Institute. It says that improving buildings' energy efficiency, boosting the fuel-economy of automobiles and cutting...
For all the Tesla hoopla, Nissan's Leaf outsells it
2014-10-10 13:06:56| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Elon Musk's Tesla Motors Inc. gets more free attention in a day than other car makers get in months. But it's not the best-selling electric car in the U.S. Nissan sold 2,881 Leafs in September, up 47% from a year ago, although down 9.6% from August, according to Motor Intelligence Chevrolet's Volt sales stumbled 21% from a year ago, including a 45% slide from August, with 1,394 Volts sold last month.
Lynnwood's wayward creek: Scriber Creek often floods; city looks for way to control it
2014-10-09 10:50:33| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A water level marker is visible on the edge of Scriber Creek near the Great Floors parking lot on Oct. 2. An underground bend in the stream through a culvert makes it a particularly hazardous area for flooding during storms. Jared Bond, an environmental and surface water supervisor with the city of Lynnwood, points out features of Scriber Creek that make it susceptible to flooding near the Casa Del Rey Condominiums.
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