There is so much fracking going on in the US right now that shale mines are burning off enough gas to power all the homes in Chicago and Washington combined, with a method that is freeing us from dependence on foreign oil but is causing growing concern about damage to the environment. Are some of the "booms" we’re hearing caused by this process?read more
Scientists are now working on turning the human body into a power station that can act like a battery pack to run your laptop, as well as other appliances that you carry or wear. A pacemaker powered by the energy of your heartbeat could operate for a lifetime, and never need to be replace periodically, the way they do now.
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Teleportation may be on its way. New technology utilizes a beam of light to attract objects (you and me?). Instead of boarding a plane, we’d pay to have someone at our destination turn on a gigantic lamp. A real-life "tractor beam," of the kind "Scotty" used on "Star Trek" to attract objects has been developed by scientists.
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We don’t know about football players, but English Premier League soccer players, NHL hockey players, France’s Top 14 club rugby players, and even elite amateur athletes have better developed cognitive functions than the average university student.
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