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Experiments in rats may have revealed why some painkilling drugs are less effective in women compared with men.

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Making the contraceptive pill available without prescription will not cut the UK’s high teen pregnancy rate, a GP says.

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

People who scrimp on sleep are more likely to develop hardening of their arteries, a US study suggests.

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Here is an infrastructure investment America should consider: an Envac waste disposal system. Instead of filling our streets with garbage bags and waiting for trucks to pick them up, many European cities (they invest in infrastructure that isn’t for cars there) are trying out these clever underground vacuum systems. Garbage is separated into “fractions”- paper, […]

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Looking Back on Green Transportation in 2008
It’s the time for a year-end wrap-up of the green car happenings of 2008. We can’t possibly included everything here, but we’ll try to cover most of the major announcements. To better organize things, we’ll look at them by carmaker, from Aptera to Volkswagen. Read on….

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Corunna, Michigan is only 90 miles up the road from Detroit; maybe someone should pay a visit and see if they can dig up a scoot-mobile. It is made from scavenged parts, gets 75 MPG and looks really aero. According to a commenter at Modern Mechanix, “Knee action is a suspension type. If I […]

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

From Henry to Nikola
Fortum, an energy company in Scandinavia, has made the above commercial that contrasts the past of the automotive and oil industry (they make it look pretty grim) with what it hopes is the future: A sleek

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Looking Back on Green Transportation in 2008
It’s the time for a year-end wrap-up of the green car happenings of 2008. We can’t possibly included everything here, but we’ll try to cover most of the major announcements. To better organize things, we’ll look at them by carmaker, from Aptera to Volkswagen. Read on….

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Image via Gas Cubby’s iTunes page.
Gas Cubby is a super cool iPhone app that helps users monitor their driving habits and get a little greener.
It has also gone on a 24-hour sale at the iTunes store for just {content}.99 (regularly .99) which means this could be a great last minute gift for an iPhone-lovin’ […]

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None