Sunday, February 1, 2009

Generations at GM - Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

Generations at GM - Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
LANSING, Mich. -- As a 10-year-old, Rollin Green was awestruck when he saw the line of hulking orange-and-silver robotic arms swinging with rhythmic precision during his first visit to an auto plant. But something impressed him even more: His dad

Swimmer Michael Phelps acknowledges photo showing him smoking - El Paso Times
TAMPA, Fla. - Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana. In a statement released to The Associated Press, the swimmer who won a record

Michael Phelps, Olympic gold medal winner, admits smoking pot - San Jose Mercury News
Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps said he showed "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana. Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games, conceded the

Discovery of ionic elemental crystal against chemical intuition - Science Centric
An ETH Zurich researcher has developed a computational method for predicting the structure of materials. He used it to solve the structure of a newly synthesised form of pure boron that displays some unusual physical properties and brings a surprise