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Vital Signs: Smoking in U.S. Declines but Not by Much

Some 20.6 percent of Americans were current smokers in 2008, a drop from 20.9 percent in 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. ...

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NYT > Science — 2 hours ago

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Report: Citroen Revolte concept to make production as DS2

Attempting to follow in the success of other retro hatchbacks – such as the Fiat 500 – Citroen will produce a new-age version of its iconic 2CV, a new report finds. The new model will be largely based on the Revolte concept that made its world debut at September’s Frankfurt Moto...

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World Au... Reviews — 2 hours ago

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Artificial Intelligence on Collective Imagination ... [Greg Laden's Blog]

Artificial Intelligence as a term implies that there is a "natural" intelligence we wish to replicate in the lab and then engineer in any one of several practical contexts. There is nothing in the term that implies that "intelligence" be human, but the implication is clear th...

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ScienceBlogs — 2 hours ago

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Wade F.B. Thompson, Airstream Savior, Dead At 69 [Obituaries]

Wade F.B. Thompson, the man credited with saving Airstream, has died at the age of 69. The New Zealand native took the company from losing $12 million a year to producing 100,000 trailers in 2006. [NYTimes] ...

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Jalopnik — 2 hours ago

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Friday Rant: Atheists Need To Be Brighter [The Primate Diaries]

Now that the Darwin Reclamation Project collage has been posted, I can confess that I have a few problems with the recent atheist action that sought to counter the dunderhead Ray Comfort and his Creationist propaganda ministry. I'm not sure who originally suggested this action, but I don't think ...

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ScienceBlogs — 2 hours ago

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VÄTH Giant with 585hp - Based on Mercedes ML 63 AMG

The ML 63 AMG by VÄTH Automobiltechnik is certainly one of the most powerful SUVs ever to be put on the road - with the VÄTH 6.3 liter engine doling out 585 hp and 690 Nm of torque. But how does VÄTH dare to label this AMG engine its own? Well, the German tuner has substituted [......

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World Au... Reviews — 2 hours ago