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How It Works
Environmentally ffiencly cars powered
by hydrogen made their debut in Los The dynamics of the sbdun wave were
calculated and published in a scientific
Angeles when the dty% mayor signed
a lease for city employees to try five journal by a University of Hungary T O S H I B A
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professor TamasVicscfc used mathematical
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of the cars. Automakers said this was modefe written to study the spread afforest
an important first step, but the cars fires and applied them to the wave. His
probably will not be sold to the general analysis shows it only takes a few dozen
public for another 10 years. ^ fans to trigger a wave. It will move
dodcwise at a rate of 20 seats per second
and is usually about 15 seats wide.
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Coloring
Hie Cosmos
Astronomers Karl Glazebrook and Ivan
Baldry finally got that nagging "What color
is the universe?' question answered, the
color is Cosmic Latte. The color-naming
contest evolved from the scientist'
speculation of what color the universe
would be if all its light were taken together.
Their initial fmdiiifp said light green before
they finally settled on beige.

Just What
Hie Vet Prescribed Then You May Pass
Kyoto University researchers discovered Computer programmer Boris Tsikanovsky Tablet PCs hit store shelves this y
some primates, specifically Certain developed software to stop his cat, Squirrel, These new laptops allow user
varieties of lemurs, eat plants containing from dragging prey into the house. Squirrel, handwrite their messages directly
poisonous tannins prior to giving birth. whose special collar allows her to exit and the screen instead of typing th
Tannins in small doses naturally increase enter through a magnetized door, often making them a popular choice
milk production and veterinarians use hides dead mice and birds in the lumiture. taking notes in classes and meet!
them to prevent failed pregnancies. So, he developed imaging software linked The average price; about $2,20(1. <
Scientists say this makes the lemur the tb a camera by the door that Will not
first known animal to self-medicate when allow Squirrel to enter if her profile shows
pregnant something in her mouth.

Tom Chrlsterson celebrated the one-
year anniversary of hit artificial heart
transplant in September. He died six
months later. Chrlsterson, 71, was the
longest-living AbloCor recipient so far.
The AbloCor heart, a softball-sized
pump made of plastic and titanium,
runs on batteries and fits within a
patient's chest. ^

Photo by William Thomas Cain/Colly Imago*

A Northern California town sold on
eBay for almost $1.8 million. The
owners of Bridgeville, Calif, decided
to auction the town on eBay after their
conventional attempts to sell the town
failed. The town includes a post office,
a cemetery and more than a dozen
houses and cabins. 4

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Photo by Oasui C<«»\ Imiipt*
Almost one fifth of U.S. counties
used electronic voting machines In
November, the highest percentage lo
date. The change was prompted by
lawmakers' concern about Florida's
* ballot am trtm riy In Ihe 2000
presidential election. 4 A ►