Congress is buying itself another two weeks to hammer out the details of how tight it needs to pull the federal budget belt. Lawmakers have passed a 14-day stopgap funding measure to avert a possible government shutdown at the end of the week. But Republicans and Democrats are still far apart on the scope and specifics of budget cuts in a final funding plan. Source Link
You’ve heard of growing corn to make ethanol, but what if you could cut out the middleman and just grow the fuel? That’s what a Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can do. It’s created a plant organism that secretes diesel fuel, using only sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to grow it. The process is about to undergo a large-scale test to prove whether it’s feasible for mass production. Source Link
Maybe it is rocket science when it comes to beating the super computer that won out over the best champions of the quiz show “Jeopardy.” New Jersey congressman Rush Holt defeated the IBM Watson computer in a “Jeopardy” exhibition game in Washington. Holt is a former nuclear physicist who was a five-time champion against human opponents on “Jeopardy” before his election to Congress. Source Link
You’ve heard of growing corn to make ethanol, but what if you could cut out the middleman and just grow the fuel? That’s what a Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can do. It’s created a plant organism that secretes diesel fuel, using only sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to grow it. The process is about to undergo a large-scale test to prove whether it’s feasible for mass production. Source Link
Maybe it is rocket science when it comes to beating the super computer that won out over the best champions of the quiz show “Jeopardy.” New Jersey congressman Rush Holt defeated the IBM Watson computer in a “Jeopardy” exhibition game in Washington. Holt is a former nuclear physicist who was a five-time champion against human opponents on “Jeopardy” before his election to Congress. Source Link
