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by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily
Harvard researchers have found a way to shape microscopic crystals into complex and often beautiful structures.

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House approves money extension for Clunkers program

Fri, Jul 31, 2009 6:22 PM by Reuters

Representatives agree to $2 billion lifeline for program that dealers say is stabilizing auto sales. Next stop: The Senate.
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Cash for Clunkers is bankrupt
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:06 PM by Jim Motavalli
Why didn't Congress and the Obama administration see this coming? With just $1 billion, the program was never going to last until November.
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Dutch students design the world's cleanest auto-rickshaw

Fri, Jul 31, 2009 2:18 PM

HAN University of Applied Sciences students designed a hybrid auto-rickshaw that will lower CO2 emissions and raise the income of drivers in Asia.
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Watch: Shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth

Fri, Jul 31, 2009 12:15 PM

The seven astronauts aboard Endeavour land in Florida after a 16-day mission to work on the international space station.
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The Green Children fight poverty on iTunes
Thu, Jul 30, 2009 9:05 PM by Karl Burkart
A new single from the Green Children who 'Give it all up' to stop poverty.
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Tapped: An expose of the water industry
Thu, Jul 30, 2009 7:59 PM by Karl Burkart
A new film goes inside the plastic bottle industry to reveal some dirty truths.
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New report: Evolution favors women
Thu, Jul 30, 2009 5:48 PM by Karl Burkart
Scientists prove that women are prettier for a reason.
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Watch Morgan Spurlock's new documentary for free on MNN
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 4:44 PM by Jim Motavalli
Film distribution turns documentary auteurs into indentured slaves, so why not create online theaters on a zillion computer screens?
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Congress likes fuel-cell cars; Toyota says they could even be cheap
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 9:40 AM by Jim Motavalli
Could fuel-cell cars be on the market by 2015? Congress is restoring research dollars, and -- despite vocal critics -- automakers are still bullish.
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Luke Cole dies at 46
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 9:43 PM by Karl Burkart
Star environmental lawyer and lead prosecutor in Kivalina v. ExxonMobile dies in a car crash in Uganda.
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New report: Oceans have warmest June on record
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 9:03 PM by Karl Burkart
NOAA reports warmest June ocean temperature since record keeping began in 1880 and warns of coming storms.
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Palin winks, waves goodbye to a melting Alaska
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 6:59 PM by Karl Burkart
Irony intended? Palin's famous wink belies the sobering truth about Alaska's rapidly vanishing permafrost in Kivalina.
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Channel G: Video for a cause
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 1:59 PM by Karl Burkart
Innovative nonprofit video channel allows online viewers to fund nonprofits directly.
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UK report debunks wind myths
Sat, Jul 25, 2009 8:29 PM by Karl Burkart
Study finds that the Grid can handle more much intermittency than originally thought, making wind more attractive than ever.
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U.S. Navy gets hybrid Destroyer
Sat, Jul 25, 2009 7:42 PM by Karl Burkart
A new USS Destroyer class, the DGG 51, boasts a hybrid-electric engine to conserve fuel on the high seas.
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