Obesity ‘raises miscarriage risk’
Women who have had a miscarriage could be at greater risk of miscarrying again if they are obese, research suggests.
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Metro Bringing Tweaked Congestion Pricing Plan to Los Angeles
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Following several months of intense wheeling and dealing, Los Angeles County’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has finally settled on a tentative congestion pricing plan that would convert high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes (i.e. carpool lanes) on two freeways into high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes — with a twist. As
Green "Correction" in Auto Sector Leaves GM Clinging to Government Loans
To adopt some economic policy lingo being bantered about quite a bit these days, the green “correction” to the U.S. auto industry is in full swing…
Google Floats A Data Center Patent: Offshore, Ocean-Cooled, Wave-Powered, And Modular
Google seems to be positioning for a Water World-like scenario. That’s hyperbole to get your attention to what Google has designed in the way of offshore data centers (see patent application filing here). What’s Google designing for a non-apocalyptic future? Imagine a barge (as pictured) holding modular groupings of water-cooled servers, with all […]
An Icy Reprieve for Our Climate Woes? Not Quite
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Finally some “upbeat” news on climate change: According to a new study published in the latest issue of Science, permafrost may be more resistant to warmer temperatures than previously thought — which means we may not yet need to sound the alarm about an imminent carbon “bomb”. Evidence for this finding, made […]
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