The heat from the impact would have melted a lot of ice, releasing fresh water.

ECONOMIST: Mass extinctions

It is still unclear whether the hydrogen represents the release of water by the heat of the impact, or whether it simply sheds light on the way that water is formed on the Moon from its chemical constituents.

BBC: Nasa reveals new information about moon probes crash sites

"These initial findings are very encouraging and echo our own results and our conclusion that the impact of urban heat islands on the overall global temperature is minimal, " Jones said in a statement.

CNN: New climate study deals blow to skeptics

This is equally as important as raw speed, because heat and power consumption have a direct impact on performance and battery life.

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But no one knows exactly what the impact will be of all that underground heat.

NPR: Industry Seeks to Extract Oil from Rocky Mountain Shale

But it will no doubt have a big impact on how and what we drive, how we heat our homes and how we keep our businesses humming along.

NPR: Energy Law Leaves Out Wind, Solar Tax Credits

Yesterday, the FTC held a workshop on deceptive weight-loss product advertising and its impact on public health, and the commission chairman turned up the heat by pressing cable channels, newspapers and magazines to screen and reject the ads--suggesting they could be sued if they don't.

FORBES: FTC Says Cut The Fat

"If anyone out there needs to get out of the heat or just recover, rest up, get hydration, there are shelters set up in the potential impact area, and we encourage people to go there, " he says.

CNN: How to survive storm's cleanup

While the company is still claiming the highest video quality (something that has been hotly debated and litigated about), they aren't feeling a lot of heat from the Fiber-to-the-Home crowd, and don't see much of an impact on their business from competition in that area.

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