Houston New Years 2011
The interesting fact is that in Houston, Texas it was extremely difficult to find any information online about the NYE 2011 fireworks displays. This is just plain wrong and will be corrected for the next year….
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Health and Science Facts
- Science Diction: The Origin Of 'Tuberculosis' February 24, 2012When doctors autopsied tuberculosis patients, they described finding round, white swellings, especially in and around the lungs. Medical historian Howard Markel describes how those potato-like growths led to the disease being called tuberculosis, from the Latin tuber.
- Reaching For The Limits of Tiny Transistors February 24, 2012Computer chip makers have long struggled to build ever-smaller transistors to allow faster, more powerful computers. Writing in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, a team of scientists describes what may be the ultimate limit of that struggle — a transistor made of a single atom. Michelle Simmons, a physicist at the University of New South Wales in Australia […]
- Weaving Around Web Privacy Controls February 24, 2012Web browser manufactures often market their products to consumers with an emphasis on privacy, assuring users that their products can better control how personal information is used online. Carnegie Mellon privacy researcher Lorrie Cranor explains that many companies have developed quiet ways to step around some of that privacy-protecting code.
NY Times
- 2 Americans Are Killed as Afghan Unrest Enters Fifth Day February 25, 2012Two American officers were shot dead inside the Interior Ministry, as outrage continued to erupt across the country at the American military’s burning of Korans.
- Bribery Case Against Berlusconi Is Thrown Out February 25, 2012The former prime minister of Italy was accused of bribing a tax lawyer to withhold testimony to protect him, but a court in Milan said the statute of limitations had expired.
- Abed Rabu Mansour Hadi Sworn In as Yemen’s New President February 25, 2012Abed Rabu Mansour Hadi was sworn in as president of Yemen on Saturday morning after he won an early presidential election in which he was the only candidate.
