This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Last month, President Obama pledged nearly half a billion dollars toward the development of solar and geothermal energies, but what about wind? A team of s

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Die-hard advocates of alternate energy might fantasize about cars that could one day run on water. But scientists in India have gone a step further. Theyve mathematically modeled an engine that should allow a motorcycle to run on aircompressed air, t

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Want to Lose Weight? Listen to Yourself Eat From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle report. Restaurant chefs, home cooks, and foodies -- people who love good food -- often say that we eat with all of our senses. First, we use our

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SAN FRANCISCO Uber CEO Travis Kalanick honored his controversial ride-sharing service at an event on Wednesday with surprisingly humble words to celebrate its five year anniversary. 三藩市报道:在上周三(6月3日)的一次公开活动,

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Chinese composer wins top int'l musical award MOSCOW, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun received here on Saturday top musical award named after Russian musician Dmitri Shostakovich. Tan, as one of the most iconic contemporary

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Deciding where to place a Wi-Fi router at home to minimise signal blackspots is a fine art. But a physicist has attempted to tackle the problem by mathematically working out the optimum position for a router. He studied how walls and reflections affe

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