June 2009
10 posts
The Phantom Uninsured - Yahoo! Finance →
Of the 45.6 million persons in the U.S. that did not have health insurance at some point 14 2007, 9.7 million, or about 21%, were not U.S. citizens. The Census Bureau does not ask if anyone is here legally or illegally, so we can’t tell how many are actually illegal aliens. … Also among the uninsured are 17 million Americans who live in households where the annual income exceeds $50,000; 7 million...
Powerful Ideas: Miles-High Kites Could Generate... →
“We found the highest wind power densities over Japan and eastern China, the eastern coast of the United States, southern Australia, and north eastern Africa,” said researcher Cristina Archer, an atmospheric scientist at California State University in Chico.
These specific areas generate roughly 10 kilowatts per square meter or more. “This is unthinkable near the ground, where...
Some Tiny Raindrops Land Moving Faster Than Their... →
These superfast droplets probably come from the breakup of fast-moving large drops [Scientific American]. When a fat drop is speeding toward the ground, any droplets that break off of it also are falling at the big drop’s velocity, which could be higher than the smaller drop’s terminal velocity.
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Michigan Woman Sued 1.9 million for downloading 24... →
That’s the shocking headline on digg, but if you actually drill down you can see there’s a lot more to the case.
The recording companies accused Thomas-Rasset of offering 1,700 songs on Kazaa as of February 2005, before the company became a legal music subscription service following a settlement with entertainment companies. For simplicity’s sake the music industry tried to...
