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Energy-Harvesting Fabric Could Make Dead Batteries a Thing of the Past

Researchers have created about 225 square centimeters of a fabric equipped with fibers than can harvest and store energy from the sun and everyday motion. The textile could be used to power gadgets or lead to innovations in flexible screens, medical monitoring devices, and possibly even robotics.

October 27, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Zambia Could Reach Its Goal of Universal Power by 2030

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In Zambia, 97% of the rural population has no electricity. That’s about to change.

October 27, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Renewable Energy

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Bassam Haddad: We Have a Duty to Call for End to Killing in Syria & How We End It Matters

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As the United States accuses Russia of bombing civilians in Syria, we speak with Bassam Haddad, director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies program at George Mason University. In an

October 27, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Shane Bauer Infiltrates Armed Militia "Hunting Mexicans" & Collaborating with U.S. Border Patrol

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Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer joins us to describe how he went undercover to report on America’s right-wing militia movement and what he found. Using Facebook, he joined the III

October 27, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Immigration

New Tech Gives Realistic Sense of Touch to Amputees

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Researchers have developed a way to give patients with prosthetic limbs a sense of touch. Not only is science giving patients the functionality of limbs, but also restoring a fundamental sense.

October 26, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Technology

Your Next Car Could Be Fueled by Hydrogen, Thanks to This New Storage Discovery

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The material held 11.6 percent of its weight in hydrogen with a volumetric capacity of 60 grams per liter, well above the U.S. DOE's current goals of 5.5 percent and 40 grams per liter. As their only byproduct is water, usable hydrogen fuel cells in cars could go a long way toward helping us battle climate change brought on by fossil fuel dependence.

October 26, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Renewable Energy

Is the US Headed Towards War in Syria?

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Col. Lawrence Wilkerson is concerned about Clinton's foreign policy record and the fact that many of her advisors resemble those who served in the first George W. Bush administration.

October 26, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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War Vet: Reenlistment Bonuses a Pittance Compared to the Billions Wasted in Iraq

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War profiteers and high ranking military officials have never been held accountable for the mismanagement of funds spent on an illegal occupation, says Mike Prysner. (Update: The Pentagon is no longer recollecting reenlistment bonuses).

October 26, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Breaking Through Power: Ralph Nader and Kim O'Neil on The Citizen Library

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The Center for Study of Responsive Law held its second four-day conference on securing long-overdue democratic solutions in Washington, D.C. from September 26-28, 2016.

October 27, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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What U.S. Policy Makers Need to Know About Free Basics

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The Washington Post recently reported on Facebook’s plans to introduce its international Free Basics app to American users. We have written about the problems with Free Basics

October 26, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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