It happens to the best of us: you slog through the summer heat on your morning commute and wind up a messy ball of sweat by the time you make it to the sweet comfort of your air-conditioned office. Now a team of MIT grads is trying to solve that problem by borrowing temperature-control technology from NASA.

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From International Business Times… The flood is finally over for Wagga Wagga residents. However, damages of properties, loss of lives and injuries will remain in the memories of the people…. While everyone is looking at re-establishing properties, countless hairy-legged critters are busying rebuilding their homes.

High-pressure studies reveal long-sought phase Web edition : Thursday, March 1st, 2012 Squeezing hydrogen at extreme pressures changes it into a mix of honeycombed atoms layered with free-floating molecules - an entirely new state of the element and the first new phase found in decades.

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Preschoolers demonstrate humankind's social-learning prowess Web edition : Thursday, March 1st, 2012 Preschool kids angling for a reward display social skills that may, on a grander scale, turn human cultures into cauldrons of change and innovation.