Fri May 9, 2014 08:36 PM
Sun May 4, 2014 04:29 PM
This research could lead to a refrigerator that generates electricity instead of consuming electricity. http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/05/graphene-nanoribbons-proposed-to-make.html
Researchers propose a hybrid nano-structuring scheme for tailoring thermal and thermoelectric transport properties of graphene nanoribbons. Geometrical
Mon May 5, 2014 04:44 PM
How Mexico possibly saved us from a French invasion during the Civil War. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo
Fri May 9, 2014 08:36 PM
You can take on billionares by crowdfunding this Super PAC. Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig launched Mayday PAC: a crowdfunded Super PAC with the sole mission of forcing Congress to get money out of politics.
How bad has the money-in-politics situation gotten? A new study by researchers at Princeton and Northwestern universities found that, and I’m quoting directly here: “When the preferences of economic elites and the stands of organized interest groups are controlled for, the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy. In other words, if you can’t afford to hire a lobbyist or raise money for politicians, your opinion literally does not matter. But don’t go into a hopeless despair spiral just yet. On May 1, Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig launched Mayday PAC: a crowdfunded Super PAC with the sole mission of forcing Congress to get money out of politics. The response so far has been overwhelming: They’ve raised over a half-million dollars in the first week alone.
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