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		<title>Driving while blabbing</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/driving-while-blabbing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many dead? Research and real-life experience prove that people die when drivers pick up the cellphone. Even worse: texting on the road!]]></description>
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		<title>New plug-in hybrid claims 640 miles per tank</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/making-a-plug-for-plug-in-hybrids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plug-in hybrids mean more than just extra spending cash for drivers, though. They could offer a new path through the maze of the electric grid, and help to boost the use of alternative energy.]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Cars: Meet the plug-in Hybrid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hybrid cars and fuel cells increase auto efficiency and reduce pollution, but it's a long struggle from the idea to the reality.]]></description>
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		<title>Flying with bats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 19:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New study shows how they stay aloft, turn on a dime. Freeze-frame pix of bats flying show unexpectedly complex flight patterns. Meet evolution's second answer to the problem of vertebrate flight.
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		<title>Simple fix boosts truck mileage.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Trucks create a lot of turbulence at the rear. Can a simple set of plates reduce this turbulence and save 10 percent on an 18-wheeler's fuel bill?]]></description>
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		<title>Fuel Cell Advance: Catalyst</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=24</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fuel cells could provide cheap, efficient power, but nobody knows where to get the hydrogen. A new catalyst offers one route to fuel-cell success.]]></description>
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		<title>Wicked Wingbeat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fruitfly muscles are triggered when they are lengthened by the opposing muscle, explaining why they can beat their wings 200 times a second.]]></description>
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		<title>When Birds Fly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birds musta gotten a lesson from fighter planes: Bird wings get lift from a leading edge vortex, just like fighter planes.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bush proposes mission to moon and Mars, but how great are the scientific payoffs of this expensive, risky adventure? Would it be smarter – and cheaper – to send robots?]]></description>
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		<title>Composite Materials: Technology Behind the Magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2001 19:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airbus crashes in New York -- composite material fails and tail fin falls off. Why are composites (usually) so strong? How are they used in roads, bikes and planes?]]></description>
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