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A little over two years ago, we wrote a story about an extraordinary sunscreen that was available abroad but not yet approved by the FDA. It was so much more effective than we what we had that US sunbathers were importing it from Europe. Well, now it is available in the US.

The new sunscreen blocks the type of ultraviolet light that is linked to skin cancer, called UVA radiation. Current sunscreens only block UVB rays, the type of sunlight that causes sunburns.

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Some researchers have already suggested that we burn grass in our cars instead of fossil fuel. But while grass seems to be everywhere, plankton is actually one of the most common types of vegetation on earth?although it’s actually in the ocean. A Spanish company says it has solved the oil shortage problem by creating plankton that will substitute for oil.

A company named Bio Fuel Systems says it has not yet tried refining any plankton and turning it into oil but it is certain it can successfully do so. The company says their process “allows us to obtain biopetroleum, equivalent to that of fossil origin.”

Even better news: this fuel would burn cleaner, producing fewer greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. It would also be cheaper.
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In his dynamite new journal, Whitley writes, “As the summer of 2006 rages on, with heatwaves stretching from the American Pacific coast all the way across the North Atlantic to Europe and virtually around the world, we now discover that the great Amazonian rain forest has perhaps a year to live.” Don’t miss this incredibly important message from the man who made you aware of global warming.

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Science is changing the world of animation. Filmmakers are reviving old techniques, like rotoscoping, and making it new. And a group of university mathematicians has created an algorithm that makes animated hair look more realistic.

“A Scanner Darkly” uses rotoscoping, a technique revived by MIT graduate Bob Sabiston, in which live actors are filmed and then animated, frame by frame. Rotoscoping was first used by cartoonists in the 1930s. For “A Scanner Darkly,” it took about 500 hours of computer time to create a minute of film.
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