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1. The 50 Best Inventions Of the Year.

Author

Hamilton, Anita, Caplan, Jeremy, Dell, Kristina, Dorfman, Andrea, Fitzpatrick, Laura, Fox, Justin, Gregory, Sean, Grossman, Lev, Kiviat, Barbara, Kluger, Jeffrey, Lacayo, Richard, Lemonick, Michael, McLaughlin, Lisa, Newton-Small, Jay, Park, Alice, Thompson, Mark, Walsh, Bryan, and Keegan, Rebecca Winters

Subjects
INVENTIONS, TECHNOLOGICAL innovations, GENE mapping, ELECTRIC automobiles, HADRON colliders, SKYSCRAPERS
Abstract

The article describes the best inventions of 2008 including: the Retail DNA Test; the Tesla Roadster, an electric car; the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Hulu.com, a network TV-show hub; The Large Hadron Collider; the Global Seed Vault; the world's first moving skyscraper, in Dubai; thin film solar panels; the 46th Mersenne Prime; and the Speedo LZR Racer.

Published
2008

2. THE BUZZ ON BEES.

Author

Kluger, Jeffrey and Dell, Kristina

Subjects
HONEYBEE genetics, BEES, ANIMAL genome mapping, GENE mapping, INSECTS, GENETIC research
Abstract

The article looks at how scientists are mapping the genome of the honeybee. According to the author, the honeybee will become the fourth insect who's genome is mapped and sequenced. Researchers plan to use the genetic blueprint in order to save the honeybee from extinction. The article includes diagrams of honeybee anatomy and different kinds of honeybees, and how the honeybee affects food production in the U.S.

Published
2006

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