Taking ADHD medicines like Ritalin and Adderall in order to improve kids’ performance in school doesn’t work–it can even make kids violent (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). But here’s a more common problem: These drugs don’t improve kids’ grades, either.
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FAA investigators said Wednesday that the pilot flying Asiana Airlines flight 214 told them that he was blinded by a bright light when 500 feet above the ground. It was at that altitude that the pilots began attempting to make control adjustments in order to increase the plane’s speed and avoid a crash. The blinding of the chief pilot, who was at the controls, might have caused him to lose the crucial few seconds needed to set up the plane to do a go-around and make another approach.
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John Greenewald’s "Black Vault" site reports that the Russian navy has declassified its records of encounters UFOs. These are thousands of records, dating back to the Soviet era, and reveal that unknowns were mostly reported by submarines and military ships, rather than by aircraft, because they were seen entering and leaving the water.
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A new apartment complex in Germany is intentionally growing an algae farm on its facade, in order to power the building. The hope to use the green slime to produce the building’s heat, as well as cool the building. It’s a new definition of "green!"
Will we see more green buildings in the future? In the April 25th edition of the New York Times, David Wallis quotes the building’s publicist, Rainer Muller, as saying, "Using algae as an in-house energy source might sound futuristic now, but probably will be established in 10 years."
The algae are farmed on adjustable louvers which cover the building’s surface and are fed liquid nutrients and CO2.
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