Pin ItemailprintA scientist in Ohio says that injecting drilling waste-water and other muck deep underground likely caused several earthquakes near Youngstown last year. The eastern Ohio area has had 11 earthquakes since March, and the pattern just isn’t normal for the region, said John Armbruster, a seismologist at Columbia University. Natural earthquakes usually tend to [...]
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Herman Cain‘s new “999 Plan” certainly has spurred some intense debate among politicians. Cain vigorously defended his plan during Tuesday’s Republican primary debate by saying that everyone who’s analyzed it so far is “wrong” given that they’ve started from an incorrect set of assumptions. Of course, it might help if Cain took the advice of [...]
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It’s that time of year. U.S. News & World Report has released its annual list of the top colleges in America. This year, Princeton University tied Harvard University as the top-ranked National University in the 2012 college rankings. Last year, Harvard stood alone as the sole, top-ranked National University, a category that encompasses large, research-oriented [...]
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Did they or didn’t they? Scientists are in a frenzy today over a rumor that the world’s largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), may have just found the long-sought Higgs boson, otherwise known as the “God particle”. (UPDATE: This was not the God particle after all) It looks as though a leaked internal [...]
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Five students at Columbia University were arrested yesterday for allegedly selling drugs on the school’s campus. Chris Coles, Harrison David, Adam Klein, Joseph Stephen Perez, all 22, and Michael Wymbs, 20 were busted for selling drugs like LSD, marijuana, cocaine, Adderall and ecstasy in what was dubbed “Operation Ivy League”. Also taken into custody were [...]
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Chelsea Clinton is set to tie the knot with her boyfriend of about five years, Marc Mezvinsky, at 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday in Rhinebeck, New York. It’s sure to be quite a spectacle as hundreds of people have crowded into town to try and catch a glimpse. Clinton, 30, is expected to marry her [...]
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Be sure to check out Fail Nation: A Visual Romp Through the World of Epic Fails. More here: Funny Lists 1. How many Princeton students does it take to change a lightbulb? Two — one to mix the martinis and one to call the electrician. 2. How many Brown students does it take to change [...]
David Buckner, professor of organizational leadership at Columbia University, managed to get some great buzz going in a very unconventional way – he passed out live on Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News yesterday. “Are you all right?” Beck asked. “I’m passing out,” Buckner replied. “Want to sit down?” Beck asked as Buckner fell to [...]
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