- New two-million degree laser could unlock the secrets of the universe | The State Column on Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:56 PM PST
Two-million degrees Fahrenheit.
That is temperature produced by a new laser beam, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
- Police Use of G.P.S. Is Ruled Unconstitutional - NYTimes.com on Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:49 AM PST
The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that the police violated the Constitution when they placed a Global Positioning System tracking device on a suspect’s car and monitored its movements for 28 days.
But the justices divided 5-to-4 on the rationale for the decis …
- Best Vegetable Seed Companies on Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:02 PM PST
It's seed catalog time. I get a lot of them and I love them.
- Coffee quarantine proposal comes under fire | West Hawaii Today on Fri Jan 6, 2012 9:20 AM PST
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture wants a permanent quarantine to prevent the spread of coffee berry borer, evident by its proposal available until today for comment.
However, some Kona coffee growers are questioning the motives behind the proposed amendments, particularly …
- Kona farmers want more coffee labeling details on Thu Jan 5, 2012 4:46 PM PST
Kona coffee growers want Hawaii's labeling law modified to provide more details on packages of coffee blends that contain Hawaii-grown beans.
- Annie Murphy Paul: The Secret Strategies of Skilled Listeners | TIME Ideas | TIME.com on Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:40 PM PST
So what are these listening strategies? Skilled learners go into a listening session with a sense of what they want to get out of it. They set a goal for their listening, and they generate predictions about what the speaker will say.
- Taking a crack at roasting coffee beans at home - latimes.com on Thu Dec 1, 2011 1:56 PM PST
Raw coffee beans get the do-it-yourself treatment as java aficionados jump at the chance to roast their own blend.
Four students are standing over a hot stove in the creamery of the Institute of Domestic Technology on a late-October Sunday at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena.
