And if we could have got one more word into the title, it would have been fat. Bad fat puns aside, the science here is pretty interesting. It seems within our bodies we’ve got a few cells that are programmed to fight obesity.
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A San Francisco company that has come up with a less expensive technology to convert natural gas to gasoline, diesel and other liquids. It is exciting technology, but it has yet to be deployed on a commercial scale.
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The more you know about media and marketing, the scarier the world becomes. It’s because marketing has become as much science as art, and our behaviors as a species are both predictable and exploitable. Get up to speed on how you’re being manipulated here.
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A recipe for a thousand-year-old eye salve is proving more effective at killing MSRA than modern antibiotics.
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There’s a fair amount of sensationalism in this report, but that shouldn’t disqualify the findings — that the helmets being worn in hockey need to improve.
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The Bismarck Tribune weighs in on the debate over where to put our oil field waste. We can’t be pro-oil development, pro-modern conveniences of abundant energy and take a ‘not in my backyard’ attitude.
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The EPA and Corp of Engineers proposed Waters of the United States rule would give the Federal government a whole lot more say on what happens on private land. If you’re a landowner or developer, this is news you need to know about.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck TribuneChameleon’s are remarkable creatures — the ability to blend into their environment and all. But that’s nothing compared to what their tongue can do. See for you self in this super-slow-motion video below.
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A resident left-leaner writing at Say Anything Blog.com calls for a more rational dialogue about the environment and less ideological rhetoric.
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Tony Crow, the keynote speaker at the Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute told his story of years of acting responsibly only to have a single day with a casual indifference towards safety lead to a lifetime of consequence. Find it in Estevan Mercury, it’s worth your time.
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It’s one of the most commonly used drugs and it’s been around for a really long time, why in the world is it so expensive? Here are some reasons…
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Hydrogen is an exciting fuel source; if an efficient way to produce it is discovered we could largely power the world with water. This article will bring you up to speed on a new technology that’s making improvements in the process.
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The FAA has given Amazon permission to conduct outdoor research on the drone delivery system. The fact that UND, the Grand Forks Air Force Base, and the City of Grand Forks are partnering to move this technology forward makes this a local story.
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Have you ever wondered how Google does what they do? Here’s a little background on the algorithm makes their maps engine tick. It’s a bit technical, but there’s enough clarification for the lay-person to appreciate what they’ve accomplished.
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There’s been growing coverage of honey bees in recent years, specifically of a phenomenon being called colony collapse disorder. And as scientists have worked to find the cause, what they seem to be finding is not a single smoking gun, but a whole bunch of them.
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Are you curious about how oil companies and drillers know where their wells are drawing oil from? Kathy Neset of Neset Consulting gets technical on spacing the horizontal sections of wells and how they’re determined.
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