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Health

We Teach You How To Swat A Fly

We Teach You How To Swat A Fly

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) believe they solved the puzzle...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 17:18
Americans More Satisfied With Expensive Wine

Americans More Satisfied With Expensive Wine

Researchers in California have uncovered that Americans are more satisfied by a wine's taste if...
» read full story January 14th, 2008 - 20:38
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Business

Battered Silicon Valley To Close Shop Over Christmas

San Francisco - The season of good cheer is bringing gloom this year even to the perennial bright...
» read full story December 23rd, 2008 - 13:42
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U.S.

4.5-Magnitude Quake Jolts Southern California

4.5-Magnitude Quake Jolts Southern California

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake was reportedly felt in southern California and struck about a mile south...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 14:49

Obama pledges urgent action on climate change

Los Angeles - US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged urgent action to implement the...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 09:31
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People

Michael Crichton, Author of Jurassic Park, Dies of Cancer at 66

Michael Crichton, Author of Jurassic Park, Dies of Cancer at 66

Michael Crichton, aged 66, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday. According to the release issued by his...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 19:52
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World

Twin Earthquakes Rock Mexico-U.S. Border Region

Twin Earthquakes Rock Mexico-U.S. Border Region

The U.S.-Mexico border area was rattled by two earth quakes which hit Friday several minutes apart...
» read full story February 23rd, 2008 - 10:19
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Science

Astronomers Find Carbon Dioxide In Another Planet's Atmosphere

Astronomers Find Carbon Dioxide In Another Planet's Atmosphere

Carbon dioxide has been detected in the atmosphere of a planet 63 light-years away by astronomers...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 17:16
Carbon Dioxide Found On Distant Planet

Carbon Dioxide Found On Distant Planet

Scientists from NASA have discovered trails of carbon dioxide on HD x189733b, a planet which is 63...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 15:42
Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US

Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US

Washington - Some people who want their genome scanned are only worried about what their hair will...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 07:44
Internet: A Stimulus That Keeps The Aging Brain Active

Internet: A Stimulus That Keeps The Aging Brain Active

The Internet is undeniably part of our lives, but did you know that its usefulness extends beyond...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 14:00
Flies Are Hard To Swat Because They Always See It Coming!

Flies Are Hard To Swat Because They Always See It Coming!

When it comes to quick and sometimes life-saving reactions, nothing beats the flies, as shown in a...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 13:30
The Future Of Biomedicine Relies On Lensless On-Chip Microscopes

The Future Of Biomedicine Relies On Lensless On-Chip Microscopes

The future of biomedicine lies in the first lensless on-chip microscopic design, which abandons...
» read full story July 29th, 2008 - 15:13
Makemake Officially Introduced As The Third Plutoid In Our Solar System

Makemake Officially Introduced As The Third Plutoid In Our Solar System

The International Astronomical Union revealed the newest member of the family of dwarf planets in...
» read full story July 22nd, 2008 - 11:56
Kavli Prizes Awarded to Seven Scientists

Kavli Prizes Awarded to Seven Scientists

The first recipients of the Kavli Prizes, awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 20:34
California Awards $271M in Stem Cell Grants

California Awards $271M in Stem Cell Grants

California has approved funding worth $271 million in total to create twelve stem cell research...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 20:21
NASA’s Voyager 2 Finds Our Solar System Is “Dented”

NASA’s Voyager 2 Finds Our Solar System Is “Dented”

Voyager 2, NASA’s spacecraft launched in 1977 on a mission to the outer planets, has discovered...
» read full story December 11th, 2007 - 10:35
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Technology

Early foray into disc backups has limited household use

Hamburg - Computer users nowadays have a choice of hard drives for storing data - the computer's...
» read full story April 05th, 2009 - 18:26
Major Earthquake Expected To Hit Sumatra within Decades

Major Earthquake Expected To Hit Sumatra within Decades

The Indonesian island of Sumatra has been the scene of devastating earthquakes in recent years,...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 13:22
Copyright LawsuitI Against Veoh  Dismissed

Copyright LawsuitI Against Veoh Dismissed

A lawsuit, similar to the ones filed by copyright holders against YouTube, MySpace, and others,...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 22:29
GM Paves The Way For Plug-In Hybrids With Plans For Electric Grid

GM Paves The Way For Plug-In Hybrids With Plans For Electric Grid

General Motors is planning ahead, and two years before its plug-in cars are scheduled to be...
» read full story July 22nd, 2008 - 14:42
Bionic Contact Lens – Everything Is Possible

Bionic Contact Lens – Everything Is Possible

Engineers at the University of Washington transformed a fairy-tale concept into real thing when...
» read full story January 19th, 2008 - 16:28
Meraki Builds San Francisco's Wi-Fi Network

Meraki Builds San Francisco's Wi-Fi Network

Back in December 2005, San Francisco’s city government had issued an RFP (request for proposals) to...
» read full story January 04th, 2008 - 20:54
Google and IBM Team Up  For Cloud Computing For Universities

Google and IBM Team Up For Cloud Computing For Universities

Following a December 2006 meeting at Google’s Mountain View headquarters, Eric Schmidt and IBM’s...
» read full story October 09th, 2007 - 13:11
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Specials

How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?

How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?

A 20-year, landmark study involving 10,000 participants, funded by a research group and three...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 14:00
Researchers Find What Makes Flies So Hard to Swat

Researchers Find What Makes Flies So Hard to Swat

Have you ever wondered why a fly is so hard to swat? Of course you did. You’ve surely tried it...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 14:07
5.4-Magnitude Moderate Earthquake Jolts Southern California

5.4-Magnitude Moderate Earthquake Jolts Southern California

A 5.4-magnitude quake struck southern California on Tuesday shaking buildings, rattling windows and...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 13:36
Mars’s Two Face Appearance Explained by Giant Collision

Mars’s Two Face Appearance Explained by Giant Collision

Ever since the ‘70s when it was observed that Mars’s surface shows great differences between its...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 20:33
Appeals Court Favors NASA JPL Employees

Appeals Court Favors NASA JPL Employees

Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Los Angeles awarded a temporary injunction against...
» read full story January 12th, 2008 - 12:54
Visit An Ancient City: Rome Reborn 1.0

Visit An Ancient City: Rome Reborn 1.0

Maybe some of you are already used to games such as Caesar 4 or to virtual environments like...
» read full story June 12th, 2007 - 17:56
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