Dec 15 2010
Tapping a Taxi Driver’s Sixth Sense
A software program based on GPS data from 33,000 cabs provides better route advice than maps alone.
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Nov 23 2010
Mapping A City’s Smell
The U.S. government wants to create a virtual map of a city's smells in order to help recognize a chemical terrorist attack.
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Oct 01 2010
Air Pollution Strongly Linked to Diabetes
Tiny particles of air pollution may be an important factor in America's worsening diabetes epidemic.
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Sep 02 2010
Yellowstone Hot Spot Shreds Ancient Pacific Ocean
A new study has found that the mantle plume that feeds Yellowstone's famous geysers is even more powerful than anyone ever thought.
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Sep 01 2010
NASA Offers New View of Lunar Crater
A new geologic map of Schrodinger Basin on the moon gives a unique glimpse of Luna's distant past.
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May 28 2010
San Andreas-Like Fault Found in Eastern U.S.
The fault stretches from N.Y. to Alabama and could cause an earthquake with the right mix of ingredients.
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May 07 2010
Web App Helps Prevent Soil Erosion
An ancient agricultural solution to erosion and runoff gets a 21st Century update.
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Apr 08 2010
Balanced Rocks Defy Quake Hazard Maps
Precariously balanced rocks reveal that earthquake hazard maps often overestimate the risk of shaking.
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