If you already know what you think about Detroit, Bill Morris's stories in Popular...
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If you already know what you think about Detroit, Bill Morris's stories in Popular Mechanics will surprise you. The headline on one is "Detroit 2025: After the Recession, a City Reimagined," and the subhed reads, "Detroit's comeback is not only inevitable, it's already underway. Popular Mechanics envisions the bright future of the great American city." It's one of a series under the "Detroit 2025" rubric.
These are not the usual kinds of Detroit stories, which are typically about clearing vacant homes, the...
26Jun 2012
Cows grazing in Tifton 85 grass/Source: UGA
On Saturday, a CBS news reporter, Alix Bryan, posted a story out of Elgin, Texas about a herd of cattle poisoned by cyanide. The source of the poison, according to the story, was a "genetically-modified" form of Bermuda grass that was apparently generating the poison.
The problem was that the story was...
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It ain't science, but it is interesting engineering. Robonaut 2, a humanoid "robot" flown up to the International Space Station in February, has been powered up and is being checked out. Why it even sends tweets. (@astrorobonaut)
One said, "Those electrons feel GOOD! One small step for man, one giant leap...
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