http://whyfiles.org The Science Behind The News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://whyfiles.org/2009/new-battery-technology-allows-fast-charge-and-discharge/ http://whyfiles.org/2009/new-battery-technology-allows-fast-charge-and-discharge/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:25:10 +0000 admin http://whyfiles.org/?p=1702 http://whyfiles.org/2009/new-battery-technology-allows-fast-charge-and-discharge/feed/ 0 http://whyfiles.org/2009/fuel-faves-coffee-meets-diesel/ http://whyfiles.org/2009/fuel-faves-coffee-meets-diesel/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:18:27 +0000 schulte http://whyfiles.org/?p=1104 http://whyfiles.org/2009/fuel-faves-coffee-meets-diesel/feed/ 0 http://whyfiles.org/2008/life-during-the-other-big-bang/ http://whyfiles.org/2008/life-during-the-other-big-bang/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:58:36 +0000 schulte http://whyfiles.org/?p=1077 Did the arrival of 4,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons of space junk start the formation of organic molecules roughly 4 billion years ago? “Could be,” says a new study from Japan…

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]]> http://whyfiles.org/2007/snow-is-cool/feed/ 0 http://whyfiles.org/2007/making-a-plug-for-plug-in-hybrids/ http://whyfiles.org/2007/making-a-plug-for-plug-in-hybrids/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:34:31 +0000 schulte http://whyfiles.org/?p=1027 http://whyfiles.org/2007/making-a-plug-for-plug-in-hybrids/feed/ 0 http://whyfiles.org/2007/carbon-storage-a-low-carb-solution-to-global-warming/ http://whyfiles.org/2007/carbon-storage-a-low-carb-solution-to-global-warming/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:24:58 +0000 schulte http://whyfiles.org/?p=979 Is it possible to capture CO2 from coal plants, and pump it deep underground?

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