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Six Essential Elliott Smith Songs

August 7, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

Everyone Should Know These Six Elliott Smith Songs

 On this day 45 years ago, Steven Paul Smith AKA Elliott Smith was born. While he died in October 2003, his music and legacy will continue to live on as one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the late 90s. If fact, you can hear a lot of his influence in music today from The Decemberists, Conor Oberst, and Iron & Wine. While there are many great Elliott Smith songs out there, here are six that everyone should know.

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Could the moon fuel Earth for 10,000 years?

August 5, 2014 - Top Stories

Could the moon fuel Earth for 10,000 years? China says mining helium from our satellite may help solve the world's energy crisis

Helium 3 in dumped on moon’s surface in vast quantities by solar winds. The rare helium isotope could power clean fusion plants back on Earth It could be extracted from the moon by heating the lunar dust to 600°C Astronauts would then shuttle the nonradioactive material back to Earth  While China has expressed an interest, it has yet to outline concrete plans about how it would mine the moon for helium.

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Meet George Jetson’s 3D printed food

August 5, 2014 - Top Stories

US army to use 3D print technology to make meals for battle-weary soldiers

Technology would provide soldiers on the front line with nourishing meals Could replenish energy levels, rebuild muscle and increase vitamin intake Would also reduce the cost of importing food into war zones, it is claimed Food printers are connected to computers that feature ‘software’ menus They work like inkjet printers, deposit layers of chemicals to create item. The U.S. army is developing a 3D printer that could provide soldiers on the front line with nourishing meals, it was today revealed.

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Remembering James S. Brady

August 5, 2014 - Top Stories

Remembering James S. Brady

He performed the day-to-day job of White House press secretary for barely two months, but there is good reason why Jim Brady held that title for all eight years of the Reagan administration — and why the White House Briefing Room is named in his honor today.

Brady’s brave survival of a near-fatal head wound during John Hinckley’s attempt on President Ronald Reagan’s life in 1981 — and his and his wife, Sarah’s, tireless advocacy for gun control — made him a consequential figure whose life’s work far transcended the daily cut-and-thrust of Washington hacks and flacks. His family announced Monday that Brady has died, at the age of 73.


Read more at Politico.com

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Toilet exhibition celebrates the history of human waste

August 2, 2014 - Top Stories

Not to be POO-POOed! Toilet exhibition celebrates the history of human waste - and questions how we'll tackle its future

Not to be POO-POOed! Toilet exhibition celebrates the history of human waste - and questions how we'll tackle its future

The Toilet – Human Waste and Earth’s Future’ exhibition is being held at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo There are eight areas covering topics such as the shape of human waste Another section looks at the differences between animal faeces There are also giant toilets, bathroom consoles and themed hats It additionally looks at sewage treatments and environmental problems | Updated: 13:21 EST, 1 August 2014 It may not be the kind of conversation you bring up at a dinner party, but we all use toilets and we all produce waste.

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