digg.com: Stories
on Apr 5, 2011:
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Wave Power: 5 Bright Ideas to Capture the Ocean?s Energy
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ajsC77qBKM4/wave_power_5_bright_ideas_to_capture_the_ocean_s_energy
The world's ocean waves hold as much as 10 trillion watts, and engineers and startup companies are racing to find the best ways to tap the incredible resource that's washing up on our shores every day. These designs?inspired by beach caves, oyster shells and airplane wings?could point the way to harnessing wave energy.
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Evangelical Liberty University received half a billion dollars in federal aid money
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/4HYWAYhHhKQ/evangelical_liberty_university_received_half_a_billion_dollars_in_federal_aid_money
One conservative college got more government cash than NPR last year
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Intel says its 29 new server chips are as rock solid as bank vaults | VentureBeat
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/LD10djYbh5Y/intel_says_its_29_new_server_chips_are_as_rock_solid_as_bank_vaults_venturebeat
Intel is making another monster move to juice server sales
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Brain Imaging Illustrates How Meditation Reduces Pain
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/-o8j1ACsT7U/brain_imaging_illustrates_how_meditation_reduces_pain
Meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain."This is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of meditation training can dramatically reduce both the experience of pain and pain-related brain activation," said Fadel Zeidan, Ph.D.
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Man Could Face Life in Prison for 3 Grams of Marijuana, While Sex Offenders May Get 5 Years Tops | Drugs
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/AE41SHhBqY0/man_could_face_life_in_prison_for_3_grams_of_marijuana_while_sex_offenders_may_get_5_years_tops_drugs
In Montana, passing someone a bowl of your medical marijuana could put you in prison for life.
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Inception Plunge [Video]
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ZFNfehCzhMc/inception_plunge_video
Hold on to your totem, we're going in.
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Wiretaps Catch Berlusconi Discussing "Age of Prostitute" (VIDEO)
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/n7GuTsYOsq0/wiretaps_catch_berlusconi_discussing_age_of_prostitute_video
Wiretaps recording Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi discussing the age of a teenager he was allegedly paying for sex are released ahead of his trial over underage prostitution.
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Turning Cheeks: Why Christians and Muslims Should Break the Cycle of Hate
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Ain4CQ2K1bo/turning_cheeks_why_christians_and_muslims_should_break_the_cycle_of_hate
When Jesus said we should turn the other cheek (Matthew 5:38-42 and Luke 6:27-31), he was not asking followers to become door mats. Rather, in the face of violence, Jesus directed us to "break the cycle."
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Obama's re-election: 5 reasons he's 'unbeatable'
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/2dzTYLy9N_0/obama_s_re_election_5_reasons_he_s_unbeatable
The odds of a second term for the president are good, argue some commentators, despite his diminished poll ratings and a disillusioned base
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Great Fahkin' Boston Movie Moments (Video)
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/1V-v5llrB_Q/great_fahkin_boston_movie_moments_video
A supercut of those foul-mouthed Beantown inhabitants from film.
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Storms, cyclones and quakes: the earth really moved on the honeymoon from hell
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/LmAXmJ91DE0/storms_cyclones_and_quakes_the_earth_really_moved_on_the_honeymoon_from_hell
Honeymoons aren't always easy for newlyweds, but six natural disasters?
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Big Content Farm Still Thriving After Google Algorithm Change
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/VGpLdMGJ3F0/big_content_farm_still_thriving_after_google_algorithm_change
It?s been six weeks since Google flipped the switch on its new algorithm that?s supposed to push low-value content down the search-engine food chain in favor of more robust offerings. The move was hyped as a potential boon to established media sites producing original journalism, and a serious hit to content farms.
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The unpalatable truth is that the anti-nuclear lobby has misled us all
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/BBpupKUU8gA/the_unpalatable_truth_is_that_the_anti_nuclear_lobby_has_misled_us_all
George Monbiot: I've discovered that when the facts don't suit them, the movement resorts to the follies of cover-up they usually denounce
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xkcd: Significant
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/rvBx5_FEFbc/xkcd_significant
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Yemen: Major Southern Town Falls To Al-Qaeda
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/vINASvNLvrk/yemen_major_southern_town_falls_to_al_qaeda
Al-Qaeda is taking advantage of political unrest in Yemen to plot new attacks, the country's foreign minister warned the West on Tuesday night.
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Spotted on the subway (PIC)
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/sVL6sXRfyfc/spotted_on_the_subway_pic
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The Truth About Chinese Restaurant Chicken [PIC]
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/hmChnoGSHuI/the_truth_about_chinese_restaurant_chicken_pic
Let's not kid ourselves here people. It's cat. And it tastes damn good.
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Penguins Used To Guide Underwater Robots
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/VVU7qKYgj2g/penguins_used_to_guide_underwater_robots
One part creepy, one part cool, penguins are being used to help guide autonomous underwater robots that will study why bird populations are dropping. Scientists are scratching their head as to why Adelie penguins are dying off in huge numbers over the past few decades, so the penguins themselves will be used as a tool, rather than just a subject, for research.
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GOP Completely Fixes Economy By Canceling Funding For NPR
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/_LOjXD4QQyk/gop_completely_fixes_economy_by_canceling_funding_for_npr
WASHINGTON?Unemployment plummeted and stocks soared Tuesday after Republican leaders fulfilled their promise to cut funding for National Public Radio, a budgetary move that has completely rejuvenated the flagging U.S.
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Earth Has A Companion Asteroid With a Weird "Horseshoe" Orbit
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/i1uqDJMK9MM/earth_has_a_companion_asteroid_with_a_weird_horseshoe_orbit
There are plenty of near-Earth asteroids out there, but this latest one studied by two researchers at Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland is extremely rare in that it has a weird, horseshoe-shaped orbit.
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'Eagle Cam' Soars With Millions
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/yjFXjnA9Exc/eagle_cam_soars_with_millions
A pair of eagles and their two (soon to be three) offspring who live atop a tree in Decorah, Iowa, have been watched in recent weeks by about 11 million people thanks to a webcam. See for yourself.
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Heroin vs. Haagen-Dazs: What Food Addiction Looks Like in the Brain
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/PLIc9t1d9Po/heroin_vs_haagen_dazs_what_food_addiction_looks_like_in_the_brain
Is Haagen-Dazs ice cream as addictive as heroin? Or, put another way, is heroin as addictive as Haagen-Dazs? Depending on how you phrase the question, you're either asking whether heroin addiction is no more serious than a love of junk food, or you're questioning whether junk food junkies may h...
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This is why our galaxy is called the Milky Way
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/2dMIVnFUyuY/this_is_why_our_galaxy_is_called_the_milky_way
This absolutely stunning image was taken in Spain's Canary Islands by astrophotographer Juan Carlos Casado. The image combines nine different photos and reveals the band of our Milky Way galaxy in a way our unaided eyes never could.
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