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Here Come the Diarrhea-Fighting Transgenic Goats!

Medical inspiration often comes from strange places. A plan from researchers to fight diarrhea with milk from transgenic goats is no exception.READ»

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IBM's Predictive Analytics Gets Stripes

Zebra stripes that is. The software now serves the animal community.READ»

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Should Sea Otters Count for Carbon Credits?

Should we be rewarded for shooting ourselves in the foot and then backtracking? Apparently so, at least when it comes to carbon credits. Sea otters, a species that almost went extinct due to fur hunting in the 18th and 19th ...READ»

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Get Out of Africa Right Here in Arizona

Whether you already own an Arizona home or perhaps you’ve purchased real estate you’re holding onto until you build your dream home there is plenty to do all across the great Grand Canyon State. One of Arizona’s best kept ...READ»

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Jonah Evans' CyberTrackers Mark Their Territory in Wildlife Counting Clash

Two factional tribes have emerged in the world of citizen-scientist wildlife trackers. READ»

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Meet the Matrix, er, Elephant Trunk-Inspired Arm of Your Future Robot Overlord

Meet Festo, a prototype robotic arm that takes its design inspiration from the way an elephant's trunk moves every which way thanks to its series of highly flexible muscle segments. Clever? Yes. On the way to real robots? Probably. ...READ»

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Missiles to Mammals: Old Nike Missile Base Now Home to Cutest Seals Ever [UPDATED PICS]

Noll & Tam Architects and Scott Dennis Architect turn a decommissioned missile silo into a marine mammal rehabilitation center.READ»

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Animal Traps

Animal traps and repellents are both very beneficial when it comes in protecting your family and properties especially your garden from hairy intruders such as cat, stray dogs, raccoon, and squirrels.READ»

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Part Washing

Part washing does not only happen to highly industrialize places, it can also happen even at Zoo. Actually, it cab happen in all parts of the world as long as there are machines and automobile to clean.READ»

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Discount Global Travel Articles - Global Discount Travel Stories The Philippines Barrio Fiesta would be like any other barrio fiestas in the Philippines where there are lots of local foods being served to just about anybody who ...READ»

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Discount Global Travel - About Discount Global Travel The Philippines Barrio Fiesta would be like any other barrio fiestas in the Philippines where there are lots of local foods being served to just about anybody who would come ...READ»

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Contact Global Discount Travel - Global Discount Travel In Menorca you can enjoy delicious seafood dishes in different small restaurants. You won’t get anything frozen here as they only serve fresh sea food. You’d love the ...READ»

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Global Discount Travel News - Discount Global Travel The suborbital space tourism is more affordable and is viewed as a money making activity by companies such as Space Adventures, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin or Starchaser. The ...READ»

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Place Your Bets on When the Polar Bear Population Disappears

If the world is going to hell in a handbasket, why not make some money in the process? That seems to be the thinking behind Irish bookmaker Paddy Power's plan to take bets on the global polar bear population on December 31, 2011.READ»

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Discount Global Travel Articles - Discount Global Travel Info Watching whales and dolphins In Whakatane, New Zealand, you can come and swim with the dolphins or watch the beautiful and gigantic whales. It’s a lot of fun and ...READ»

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A Problem-Solver's Guide to Copycatting

Instead, look for the folks who have already solved them.READ»

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Rampaging Elephant Gadget Inspired by 'Star Wars'?

Rampaging elephants may not be a particularly bothersome problem around your neck of the woods, but they are in India. Instead of anesthetizing them, an inventor's come up with a neat solution that's seems to have sprung from repeated ...READ»

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Zoo Installs Electronic Polar Bears to Replace Real Animals

First we looked at an architect that wants to build a massive artificial mountain in the middle of Berlin. Now comes word that the St. Louis Zoo has decided to replace its polar bears with electronic replacements. Um, what? The ...READ»

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Thinking Our Way Toward the Future, Faster

Most people don't think about the future much. But the very essence of design is thinking ahead--that’s how we make things better. READ»

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6 Ways Google Has Greened Its Main Campus

Google has made waves in the greentech world with its multi-million dollar geothermal and solar power investments, its plans to build a wave-powered data center, and its proclamation that it wants to make clean energy cheaper than ...READ»

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Moral Question of the Day: Should We Burn Bunnies for Biofuel?

Biofuel comes from some strange sources--watermelon, coffee grounds, and poop, to name a few. But when does the weirdness cross over into immorality? Perhaps when we start burning bunnies for biofuel. As unbelievable as it may ...READ»

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Family Fireworks: When a Last Will and Testament Becomes Contested

Even the most congenial of families can fight like wolverines when a Last Will and Testament is contested. For this to happen, they don’t have to be from Michigan. READ»

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Apple iPhone, Beloved by Bears

Bears, those godless killing machines, apparently have a taste for the Jesus-phone. According to CIO.com, a Vermont hiker named Kris Rowley was using her iPhone while on a trail when he was approached by a black bear. Apparently she ...READ»

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Does Your CEO Blog?

“Helping Dolphins Fly” is the title of blogpost from CEO of Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz. Sun Microsystems is not helping dolphins fly of course, it’s a metaphor for their acquisition of My SQL (their logo is a dolphin). Johnathan is one of the leaders in the CEO blogging community and has set an example of the what a CEO blog can be. We will weigh the benefits and downsides of CEO blogging to help determine whether or not you, as a CEO, or your boss should take…READ»