Monthly Archives: January 2014

Why the Statue of Liberty’s Arm Lived In a NYC Park For Six Years

By Leslie Horn

Why the Statue of Liberty's Arm Lived In a NYC Park For Six Years

It took a very long time for the Statue of Liberty to find a home on Liberty Island. In fact, for several years, her creators showed off pieces of her body in NYC and Philadelphia in an effort to drum up funds to finance the statue’s completion. The picture above is from New York City’s Madison Square Park, where her …

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Originally built as a supersonic strategic bomber for delivering nuclear strikes on Moscow, the B-1B

By Andrew Tarantola

Originally built as a supersonic strategic bomber for delivering nuclear strikes on Moscow, the B-1B Lancer has played a variety of roles for the Air Force in its nearly 30 years of service. And thanks to a newly upgraded cockpit—including four multi-function color displays and a modernized Fully Integrated Data Link (FIDL)—the B-One “Bones” of the 7th Bomb Wing are expected to remain in service into the 2030’s. […

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Ecstasy in London? Heroin in Zagreb? The Answer Is Found In The Sewers

By Brian Bienkowski – Environmental Health News

Ecstasy in London? Heroin in Zagreb? The Answer Is Found In The Sewers

Drug users might be less than forthright about their illicit habits—but they all have to pee. With that in mind, scientists are drug-testing entire sewer systems to study just how popular illegal drugs have become.

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