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• Additive copper-zinc interaction affects toxic response in soybean

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  MADISON, WI, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 -- Agricultural soils accumulate trace metals, particularly copper and zinc, as a result of their presence in wastes (sewage biosolids and manures) and fungicid
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• I Wouldn’t Eat Them Now!

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 151
  Always kept in the dark and fed shit! After 70 long years Shu Chun Teng’s prized mushroom collection has been returned to China. Pass the Soya Sauce because they’ll probably taste like crap!  Teng was a Chinese scholar who was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) because he smuggled his rare ...
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• Eickwort’s Manual of Insect Morphology

  
  Archetype — Authority: 404
  George Campbell Eickwort (1949–1994) The Department of Entomology at Cornell University saw a time of  great research and teaching in insect morphology at the end of the Twentieth Century. Most of which came from the efforts by two extraordinary systematists: William L. Brown Jr. and George Campbell ...
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• ISSUE 19 | The Ithaca Sound: One of the Northeast’s most vibrant music scenes lies just an hour away from Syracuse. 20 Watts went to Ithaca to check it out.

  
  20 Watts — Authority: 136
  Caution Children are one of the many bands that characterize Ithaca sound Nestled in the foothills of the Finger Lakes, right in the heart of wine country, Ithaca is a community secluded from the rest of the world. There are no major interstates that cut an unsightly swath through its downtown; no passenger trains ...
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• ROXANNE SHANTE IS A BOLD FACE LIER!!!

  
  Yazmar.com — Authority: 139
  Remember 80’s Female MC Roxanne Shante‘? She became quite popular after doing an answer record to UTFO’s “Roxanne Roxanne”…Well, recently she’s been in a storm of controversy after forcing her record company to pay for her degree at Marymount Manhattan College and a Ph.D in psychology at Cornell ...
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• Flavored Tobacco Ban Takes Root at C.U.

  
  JackTales — Authority: 121
  October 28, 2009 – 3:51am By Lawrence Lan The faint scent of cherry, vanilla or chocolate can no longer be detected in the cigarette smoke that lingers over the small patch of asphalt leading past Rand Hall or the walkway adjoining Uris and Olin Libraries. The smoke of regular, straight tobacco prevails these ...
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• Artist Pete Ippel Featured in Living Bond Society Newsletter

  
  Hypermodern - Pete Ippel - Artist / Athlete — Authority: 112
  The international social fraternity, Phi Delta Theta recently interviewed Artist/Athlete Pete Ippel in regards to his unique philanthropic gift. Feel free to download and read the Living Bond Society Newsletter – Fall Winter 2009 . Pete’s gift to the Fraternity is quite unique. In addition to naming Phi ...
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• Battling cancer with engineering: NCI funds new $13 million canc...

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 154
  (Cornell University) Adding potent research firepower and fresh physical perspectives to combat cancer, the National Cancer Institute has funded the new Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, which will be headquartered at Cornell University. It is one of 12 new research centers across the nation being ...
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• Episode 255 – Executive Pay Cuts, Honda & Hyundai Post Profits, Land Rover Axes SUV

  
  John's Journal — Authority: 129
  Runtime 8:02 The U.S. Treasury Department is cutting salaries for the top 25 executives at each of the companies that received government help, including Chrysler and GM. Honda and Hyundai turn a profit. Land Rover is discontinuing its Defender SUV after 61 years on the market. All that and more, plus a look at some ...
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• Chocolate and gum are the newest guns against malaria

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  Microsoft founder Bill Gates decided to contribute in an unusual way to combat malaria: bet on sweets. Through his charitable foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates , the billionaire gave on Tuesday $ 100,000 for unconventional solutions to world problems. Disease, two proposals have drawn attention. One speaks ...
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• Carbon Nanostructure Research – The Revolution for Brand New Devices!

  
  Scientific, embedded, biomedical, electronics contents. — Authority: 118
  Carbon nanostructure research is a very amazing experiment, as the scientists from around the world trying to figure out the ways to use the carbon nanostructure technique to create the smaller yet lighter electronics devices! In this case, Dr. Jiwoong Park, a professor from Cornell University who received funding ...
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• The Molecular Theory of Civilization

  
  PaulingBlog — Authority: 110
  (Part 3 of 4 in our series marking the fiftieth anniversary of Pauling’s delivery of the Messenger Lectures.) At the heart of Pauling’s Messenger Lectures was his newly established theory which he referred to simply as the “molecular basis of civilization.”  Through his work as a chemist, Pauling had ...
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• Auto X Prize candidates halved

  
  Green cars: latest news — Authority: 543
  The pool of contestants battling for the Progressive Automotive X Prize has been slashed in half. The organiser of the $10million contest to develop next-generation green cars or vehicles has trimmed the number of contestants to 43 teams from 10 countries which have passed the vehicle design phase. The teams range ...
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• SOLAR DECATHLON 2009: Cornell Silo House

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Things really heated up this past few days as we inched closer to finding out who the winner of this year’s Solar Decathlon would be, and in the end Team Germany’s surPLUShouse stole the show. We were sad to see that Cornell University’s Silo House did not place in the top 3, but we still love this ...
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• Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them: Lessons From The New Science Of Behavioral Economics (Kindle Edition)

  
  Make Money Online — Authority: 116
  Amazon.com Review Why do so many otherwise rational individuals make irrational decisions when it comes to money? Financial journalist Gary Belsky and Cornell University psychology professor Thomas Gilovich contend the answers can be found–and the deficiencies remedied–with help from a relatively new science ...
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• Linux-based robot sub wins top award

  
  Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.com — Authority: 461
  Cornell University undergraduates have developed an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that runs Debian Linux on a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. The 50-inch mini-sub won first place in the 12th annual Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition, and was the first AUV to complete the entire course since 2002....
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• Stand Back, Yukon Gold: There’s a New Potato in Town

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  From left, New York varieties: Lehigh, Adirondack Blue, Keuka Gold, Adirondack Red, Eva, Salem.
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• Roxanne Shanté Issues Apology

  
  iHipHop — Authority: 150
  Female MC from the 80’s, Roxanne Shanté, has finally spoken out about the controversy surrounding her supposed “Ph.D.”  In August, New York’s Daily News published a story about the former rapper convincing her label, Warner Music Group to pay for her education “for life.” She said she received an ...
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• The Messenger Lectures

  
  PaulingBlog — Authority: 110
  Linus Pauling, 1958 [Ed note: October 2009 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Linus Paulings delivery of the Messenger Lectures at Cornell University. This is part one of a four post series discussing participation in the Messenger series.] The Messenger Lectures on the Evolution of Civilization, better know ...
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• Enjoy A Fall Visit to Sapsucker Woods

  
  New York Outdoors Blog — Authority: 139
  By Connie Mertz For The Daily Item, link to original post One of the most exceptional places to visit, particularly during October, when the trees are ablaze with color, is Sapsucker Woods. Located within a 10-minute drive of Ithaca, N.Y., it is a Mecca for bird enthusiasts. Each year, 55,000 visitors journey to ...
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