http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:38 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/1#item_1 80839f8b7b9d91dd25e136a8aa91ec82 E-mails reportedly from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU), including personal exchanges, appeared on the internet on Thursday. 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(Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:34:00Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/1#item_14 df109426ddf84f2429ba085bcf13df8c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:23 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/1#item_15 284926d321ba44d2b7d2631de3783671 AP - Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word Friday on the birth of a crewman's daughter as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:42:36 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/1#item_16 c0cb670bdeb9378b23690f186ecd5dcf When Pittsburgh Voyager began its unique river-based educational programs, I was in academe and was asked to join its Board of Directors. When I left my "day job" in 1996 to write full-time, it was time for someone else to take my spot on the Board. But I still have a soft spot for the organization, which now has a new name that captures its ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:58 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/1#item_17 b083e8f949033b98c426a91ff7f1d98b A runner passes some old ironwood tree stumps and roots that have been exposed due to the erosion of Kailua Beach in Hawaii Photo: AP They said that more than 70 per cent of beaches on the island of Kauai are eroding while Oahu has already lost a quarter of its sandy shoreline. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:45:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/1#item_18 ec1c1111814b87345d5b3e44391d9852 The election tallies are in and the pundits have delivered the verdict on young voters, who didn't turn out to Tuesday's regional elections in the record-breaking numbers they did a year ago for Barack Obama. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/1#item_19 9b48bba0ccf9ba09a273c4d44c310798 The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/1#item_20 f481776503304d9cd9d4724943bafd5a The Twitter service with the cutesy raccoon mascot is making a new home on BlackBerry and Google Android phones. The free Seesmic, like its proliferate rivals, lets you read, manage, and compose Twitter messages much more flexibly than you can do from Twitter's Web site. We crash-tested both mobile versions as soon as we heard the news. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-11-21T01:01:15Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_2 9e41f4a4867cce63396436cd07050d64 The term “fair trade handicrafts” summons images of wicker baskets and hand-dyed sarongs. But the business side of the fair trade marketplace is getting a little less old-world, thanks to World of Good, an organization that connects artisans in developing countries with mainstream retailers (including eBay and Whole Foods). The ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_3 558d7df236093a23785cd06cbf9969df Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:55:34 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_4 9994084208cb074795c318d1356bfec4 (Email is required for authentication purposes only. On some blogs, comments are moderated for spam, so your comment may not appear immediately.) 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(Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:20:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_9 bc5975b8f371c1f39e525db188d35f7c Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:39:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_10 454e83a04641d2c6fab3e48f67f7f8af Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:13:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_11 a8f1447d5fd55f0c94f172049945621e Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_12 1752e1db7145fa0d9c10c11cfd717135 Oh, boy… YouTube is pulling a Hulu. According to Syabas Technology COO, Alex Limberis, the company has received notice that Popcorn Hour’s media streamers will no longer be able to access YouTube’s API due to a change in the Terms of Service. What’s interesting is that Alex says Syabas tried to negotiate a deal with ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:10:01-07:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_13 0614cb892edb752a45330fafa286b56d Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_14 ef782375139a5e1f182913bd056e0ab3 The Catalina Island Conservancy has been rounding up the herd so females can get a reversible contraceptive vaccine. The goal: Control the size of the herd to keep it and the environment healthier. Half a dozen men with walkie-talkies and cattle prods set out on foot at sunrise Thursday to coax a herd of 10 feral bison into a corral a mile away ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:10:02-07:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_15 6a3db8cba74f761e3a7e6d4e5668746f Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_16 fd1704e618d269d07d1f1aa3af51f156 A burgeoning small car market in the U.S. convinced Mazda to finally sell its tiny Mazda2 here. The car, available around the world since 2007, will be shown in U.S. spec at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. It joins the Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, Scion xD, and Kia Soul in a subcompact market that has seen increasing sales. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri Nov 20 20:02:51 EST 2009 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_17 7d03b4e4f5b1214b823acabbd2b768f6 The Palm D'Or Plantation near Douala in Cameroon is expected to see increasing deforestation over the coming decades.Anjali Nayar A computer model that predicts future changes in the world's forests could strengthen the case of Central African nations that are calling for compensation in exchange for protecting their natural resources. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T18:00:04-07:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_18 871fc0ec74f1886280c938419b1e7ea1 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_19 447a854cf5fa6f901ef61b8c869613a9 Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in France, Belgium and the United States. Scientists have found that this trade is a potential carrier of pathogens deadly to amphibians. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/21#item_20 445f45a127062bd9e44b6c01aa49781e Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:18 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_1 d28bfabb61f6b18190718a0785863aa5 by David Roberts I have a huge, huge soft spot for Paul Simon. Simon & Garfunkel was one of the first bands I ever got into (like when I was eight) and I still love virtually everything Simon’s ever done. My musical tastes were shaped by his catchy melodies, pretty harmonies, and wry, literate lyrics. I’m one of the 12 people ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_5 c4b0f1f3995ab9a51db9d2b72ccc3933 Apple's iPhone platform has attracted a wide range of developers, including many gaming companies over the last year. While competition in attracting developers is increasing among mobile operating system companies, it seems the performance of the App Store will keep Apple at the top of list. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:03 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_6 f3efaeb0a82f97658a546516a048cf10 Ontario supplied hospitals with 200 additional ventilators on Friday in anticipation of a surge in swine flu cases. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:12 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_7 032c8fdb85102d3a54d315c6adbcd3e3 Oprah Winfrey announced yesterday that after 25 years on the air, she would end her beloved talk show in September 2011. This announcement caused visceral reactions among my Facebook "friends." Several status updates read "Oprah, NOOOOOOOOOOOO," or "Why Oprah, Why?" ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T22:30:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_8 2a5e5484740af384ba9fa196c340ef00 Eldavojohn writes "Almost 6 years ago we discussed a vaccine to help people quit smoking as it entered human clinical trials. Now it looks like the finishing touches have been put on a deal that will go into effect once phase III testing of the drug now called NicVAX is completed. NicVAX was developed by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, who have agreed ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:20:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_9 29856eb7e27049f237fa176f042035b2 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:08:06 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_10 f1c4f8924bc567da0f63495e58cff436 A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T23:11:30Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_11 1c61078032116e57ac8166bd0abc0bcc While waiting for the PBS show, the NewsHour, to begin, I saw a Monsanto advertisement which said, “Monsanto…producing more, conversing more…that’s sustainable agriculture.” On Monsanto’s website the company states its commitment to “help farmers produce more and conserve more” by 2030. One of the ways Monsanto will achieve its ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T23:05:28+00:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_12 532e06e64e75a4dadd0c913f5bb524e8 I’m all lost in the supermarket I have never been happier so many aisles with so many products so many grownups get their shopping done here. Hey mama mama, come here and find me wrapped up in the cereal aisle you know Trix are just Kix with more colors I eat a bowl and I scream for a while. They got the fifty-pound dog food they got the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T23:02:50Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_13 c468635c68099fbaf555ddff3053dc9c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:21 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_14 da6ae6438ee2a1ebaca1bd2966b14b7f Exhibitors at a Toronto trade fair are hoping to add surgery to the list of reasons Canadians travel, but a medical ethicist questions the lack of oversight. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T22:52:10Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_15 4355cf2c4202943c5b6e05376cd6036d Say you’re the Mayor of San Francisco. You’re spending million of dollars every year to increase energy efficiency, install solar panels and encourage the use of electric cars — all in an effort to lower your city’s greenhouse gas emissions, in line with (hypothetical) newly-enacted Federal greenhouse gas reduction ... 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We need stewards for tomorrow, so if you can help out please get in touch. I'm out for the next few hours, but keep spreading the word, text ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:58 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/41#item_20 02350ada8e6fe5dbde305a523d352d2b The earliest that anyone who orders the $259 device on Friday — or later — will receive it is Jan. 4, 2010, the nation's largest bookseller said Friday. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:47 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_1 3e40995573b60df2cd03e44988c5d100 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:14 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_2 7be62d305255271d164dede7cfa38316 The pharmaceutical industry spends millions of dollars developing drugs and millions more swaying the opinions of physicians and the public. Can this imperfect system be reformed? 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Peter Homer of Southwest Harbor, Maine, won $250,000 for his glove, and Ted Southern of Brooklyn, [ (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:22:26 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_7 fb2524774a49a00d41efc58c7df892ea When my mother was a little girl, my grandfather would drive her - almost all the way - to the dentist in Point Marion, PA. They would stop and park on the Greene County side of this bridge, and walk across to save the ten-cent toll on cars. Money was that tight. Mom always said it was bad enough to have to go to the dentist without having to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_8 91d555ea67911bd0e5ff511155bd83f5 Paulo Di Canio was involved in his fair share of controversial moments, but this particular one is remembered for all the right reasons. In injury time of a Premier League clash, Everton keeper Paul Gerrard went down injured in the penalty box. West Ham played on and the ball was crossed to Di Canio in front of an open goal. Instead of tapping it ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_9 57f755ed60be7072cc9478ad3289a62e Several of us have been eagerly awaiting the release of the JASON report on Life Extension Programs, which reportedly concluded that Life Extension was preferred to warhead replacement. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:21 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_10 9aeac2eb80646979efc1af268e0f3c3a Happy Friday. Lotsa links for your weekend. Science: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:32 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_11 9d2b0635093457f37b83c8126b19f837 Maybe I’m naïve or maybe I just like to see the good side of people, but since I’ve been a nurse I have always heard the terrible saying that nurses “eat their young.” My experience has been anything but that. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:20 +0000 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_13 5766ebf0320af690ea294417b55c1fb6 Almost ten years ago, on November 30, 1999, tens of thousands of protestors shut down a meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle. The activists were not against trade or globalization, despite the many misleading claims in the mainstream media. They were against a system of deregulated capitalism that was spreading around the world. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:41 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_14 360d69262f4ca2e70320b3ca1c30113e By Dan Walter We found out that her real name was Cindy Chapman, and that she died alone and afraid. Cindy was a paralegal, an activist and a fighter of lost causes who lived in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was part of an online community called RATEMDs, where she had many soul mates. Her posts on health [...] Posted at KevinMD.com . Stay ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_15 35d3e3e903ec82e76920136a421079b9 Malaria has begun showing troubling signs of developing resistance to artemisinin, which is currently the best available treatment for the disease. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T11:01:57-08:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_16 c04d88e44e33fa20edb04488ebc2d2c1 Alex Steffen: Last week, I stood on the stage at Seattle's Town Hall and called on Seattle to become North America's first carbon-neutral city, dropping its per... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:21 EST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_17 622bad54d79a292f308faacfaac3a652 Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adopt national strategies against it, says a Canadian professor who led a study of bullying in 40 countries. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_18 d6aeefed2707a94969470d1958edcb09 Two Asian carp species that could devastate the Great Lakes ecosystem may be a few miles from Lake Michigan. To halt their migration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built an underwater electric fence on a canal 20 miles south of the lake. But tests conducted by David Lodge at Notre Dame indicate that they have gotten close to the lake despite ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_19 47384272844a4a28ba081cb61086cec3 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:49 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/61#item_20 e5b140acf40dde66cee1c91d2d427b77 Let's say you're a college student. You have a class meeting today at which a short essay (about 400 words) is due. The essay counts for about 5% of your grade for the course. At that class meeting, your instructor will be lecturing on the reading assignment upon which that short essay is focused. The material from the reading assignment will ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:34:23 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_1 bea5230ae98786efd75f332ecdd99693 If you're still wondering what this very strange image is, find out by going to the original WITU challenge post for this week. Have a great weekend, and check back next week for another Where In The Universe Challenge! © nancy for Universe Today, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:20:31 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_2 2c5ccd02ed658f8f1d7f4a99bfcf61ea Early Nov. 18th, eyewitnesses reported an explosion in the atmosphere above Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho in the western United States. Some said the fireball "turned night into day" and produced shock waves that shook the ground when it exploded just after midnight Mountain Standard Time. Infrasound recordings of the blast suggest ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_3 898148edcb2aff407cc229e41179bbe4 LHC tweets it's first circulating beam of 2009 , good luck finding the Higgs gang. Photos here ... Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Science | Digg this! (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:20:31 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_4 0b1c8287f51a2b6f8a772b0011726101 When Laura Buxton of Staffordshire, England, wrote “Please return to Laura Buxton” on a helium balloon before setting it free in her yard, she never expected it to reach another human being, much less one also named Laura Buxton. In “A Very Lucky Wind,” the first segment of our Stochasticity episode, we marvel at the coincidence ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:46 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_5 e66660bc273f52e1268153bb6e1bc91f Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_6 83f580890c34d06cd1924a97a2b021ac Using new processing techniques in the near-infrared part of the spectrum, astronomers have peered through the thick dust of the Centaurus A galaxy to reveal the leftovers of another galaxy it consumed. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_7 41966c96ffab559b6d4ea6cab5b8406d Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Students were occupying buildings Friday on campuses of the University of California system in protest of a 32 percent tuition hike. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_8 6c844fc4df9d994cdfec094b88544373 How many of the environmental education initiatives that you know of were started by teachers, parents, or non-profit organizations? That’s typical: from artistic approaches to rainwater harvesting to solar boat building, most efforts at teaching kids about environmental issues start with adults. But students often come up with their own ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_9 df593a4e178035d435db2c14d967fb52 The Paris-Dakar Rally is a race so crazy competitors have been taken out by land mines. To say it’s grueling is like saying Carrie Prejean likes shooting video. Just what sort of vehicle is required to take on a race where normal conditions include searing heat, towering dunes, ginormous rocks and weather conditions that would give a crab ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:02:45 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_10 9b915a08a8af866285bbe1893d6c855a Saturday's walk took me past a fallen hornbeam whose base has been sticking up in the air for years now. I'd just never taken a close look before at this little tableau that sits about three feet above the ground, relatively isolated. Just take a small indentation in the trunk, a few years of weather that decorks the bark, and a little bit of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:02:45 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_11 aab4cfbd7c17dbcef84ac7f3f0723156 Autumn colors are past peak here, but still hanging on sufficiently so as to present a fine sight. Not as fine as last year - this may have been due to a bout of rain just before and during peak, but still quite satisfying. Long vistas hidden over the past seven months are opening up, too. That, combined with variability in autumn colors affords ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:43:57 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_12 844c89e0f17a7969e152acf12d3a0737 Stu Haber has seen the future and it is trash. His employees at Infoscitex, a Boston-area start-up, built a machine that can transform everything from carpet to yesterday’s lunch into electricity or heat without any hazardous waste. The Green Energy Machine that Mr. Haber and his engineers call “the GEM” was ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:10 +0000 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_13 9d5833bbe7cb7667bba86417d157d8a7 Most people believe that university is the cradle of science and technology. A lot of new universities have names like: "University of Science and Technology" (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:16 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_14 791f3e0c784c9ebe967ea17f3bf15921 The pitched battle between evolutionary theory and Intelligent Design has become one of the signature conflicts of the decade. On Pharyngula, PZ Myers picks up the pieces after his debate with Jerry Bergman on whether ID should be taught in schools. Unambiguously he writes, "creationists are not the heralds of a coming paradigm shift; they are ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_15 c9a6a9495efbf919cc64ed5cbe465f55 Using DNA barcoding, scientists tested tuna at 31 sushi restaurants and discovered many of the restaurants were selling endangered species, or fish that wasn't tuna at all. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T19:10:46Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_16 411dead31fea1f87aae44f23bf00cc64 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_17 6e9700294fd486d1b6430e9d6da7c987 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:59:51 -0500 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_18 45ebfce81ad8d45f5fe6db7a9fd93ad9 Ship captains and pleasure boaters can now get free real-time information on water and weather conditions for Cherry Point, Wash., from a newly installed NOAA ocean observing system that makes piloting a ship safer and more efficient. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:54:55Z http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_19 06ffe0f9c6055e3bc48b3456312ad24c NOMAD Outreach: Impacts of E-mail Services and Forwarding Policy - NITR 2800-2 "What Is Happening: Last year to improve information security, NASA put in place a stringent review process to limit automatic e-mail forwarding to only accounts ending in .gov and .mil. NASA Information Technology Requirement (NITR) 2800-2 establishes policy and ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T10:58:27-08:00 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/81#item_20 540ac8fe67fe26cfb4942dfc93990330 Yale Environment 360: Major corporations in the U.S. have shown an increased willingness to voluntarily reduce their impact on climate change despite a sluggish economy, according to... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/science/1258775246/101#item_1 f15f02d782ad8412bc8a854e00934dc9 As a member of Hack Pittsburgh, our local hackerspace, one thing I've wanted to know if anyone else is there before I make the trek over. Well, so did Andy Leer and Marty McGuire, so they decided to build a shop presence notification system . They reasoned that they could measure the ambient light level to determine if someone was around, ... (Read on Source) ]]>