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| Bountiful bikes: Can a share program get more people cycling around cities? Bicycling brings many benefits over driving a car: a workout, less pollution and lower carbon dioxide emissions. So, why is it that, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 American Community Survey , only 0.5 percent of Americans rely on two wheels to get to work? [More] rss.sciam.com |
Beautiful, Safe, Affordable--And It Gets 100 Mpg: X PRIZE Picks Next Round of Automotive Contestants NEW YORK--The Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and other conventional sports cars were bumped from the showroom of the Manhattan Classic Car Club today in favor of a motley array of alternative vehicles--many of which could likely out-accelerate the world-renowned sports cars . From high-schoolers modifying a Ford Focus hybrid to run on biofuel to would-be manufacturers of three-wheeled electric vehicles, the X PRIZE's seven automotive expert judges have winnowed a field of 135 vehicles down to 53, powered by six different fuel sources and coming from 18 states and 10 countries. And five of them were on display today in lower Manhattan. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Christmas with the leatherbacks Want to know where Noelle and Darwinia --two intrepid adult female leatherback turtles ( Dermochelys coriacea ) that nest in Gabon--are spending their Christmas? Researchers at the University of Exeter in the U.K. have made it easy by launching a new Web site on Wednesday that uses satellite tracking technology to monitor the turtles' movements off the coast of west central Africa. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Hunting for Projects to Help Fish and Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change NEW YORK - For the average United States' city or 'burb dweller, firsthand evidence of climate change is rare. Hunters and anglers see it every day. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Keeping Oil Underground in Ecuador [More] Ecuador - South America - Travelogues - Travel - Business rss.sciam.com |