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Biofuel crop diversity adds value, Michigan State researchers say
Diverse biofuel plantings such as native prairie attract more beneficial insects than do single crops such as corn, Michigan State University scientists find. Therefore, biofuel policies should take such added...
Judge slashes 'monstrous' fine in music piracy case
Condemning a two-million-dollar fine meted out to a Minnesota woman for illegally downloading music over the Internet as "monstrous and shocking," a judge has slashed the penalty to 54,000 dollars.
China denies involvement in Google hackings
China denied involvement in internet attacks and defended its online restrictions as lawful after the United States urged Beijing to investigate a computer attack against Google.
Cars without Drivers
Meet Boss - the car that can drive itself! It has 18 sensors, including a three dimensional laser and onboard computers that connect to GPS and mapping software. When...
Backpacking products for a better outing
When times get tough, people go hiking. That's the news from a CBS News/New York Times poll released a couple of weeks ago, which found that recession-wracked Americans are now...
Google courts smartphone game makers
Google is courting folks that make games people love to play on smartphones.
Google co-founders to sell $5.5B combined in stock
(AP) -- Google Inc. co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are relinquishing some of their control over the Internet search leader with the sale of 10 million shares worth...
Consumers have mixed reactions to puffery in advertising
Consumers don't always react positively to persuasion tactics that have nothing to do with the product (what the authors refer to as "puffery").
Prospects Dimming for Climate Bill
Odds of Winning Passage of Significant Legislation Now Viewed as Getting Longer
You Can't Replace Scientific Thinking With Computers
I've lamented multiple times about the negative influence on scientific culture of some trends in the use of computational tools to analyze large datasets, particularly in biology. Over at Nobel Intent,...
Call 911 about drunk drivers: Ottawa police
Ottawa police are posting signs across the city to encourage people to make 911 calls reporting possible drunk drivers.
Logistics Expert Available to Comment on Haiti Relief Efforts; Commercial Logistics Apply to Humanitarian Efforts, Researcher Says
A University of Arkansas business researcher and logistics expert is monitoring Haiti relief efforts and says that despite important differences between commercial and humanitarian logistics, key applications of commercial logistics...
Motorola files US complaint against BlackBerry maker RIM
US mobile phone maker Motorola filed a complaint Friday with the US government alleging patent infringement and unfair trade practices against the Canadian maker of the BlackBerry device.
Gettin' Down: Planned Record-Breaking Skydive This Year Will Include First Supersonic Free Fall
NEW YORK--A privately funded team will attempt this year to break a 50-year-old record for the highest-altitude parachute jump, floating a balloon well into the stratosphere before its pilot leaps...
This Week in the Future, January 18-22, 2010
Leave a comment to win this illustration on a t-shirt! A yaght with a wing for sales, new malaria research opportunities, the Army Corps of Engineers battles alien fish in the Great...
Berlusconi Pushes Internet Regulation
Google Fights Italian Proposal To Vet Internet Videos, Seen As Threat To Free Expression
Brainless Slime Builds Tokyo Subway Model
Study Proves This Much: You Don't Even Need a Brain to be a Traffic Genius
Nigeria's oil industry in peril
LAGOS, Nigeria, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The power vacuum in Nigeria, one of Africa's leading oil producers, caused by the two-month absence of ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua is putting...
UiS develops global fish price index
A fish price index was employed for the first time in June 2009 by the United Nations` Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Researchers at the University of Stavanger, Norway, have...
Glitch Knocks Out California DMV
Computer Failure Causes Delays At 168 California DMV Offices Statewide
NEC's Facial Recognition Technology Achieves First Place in the Still-Face Dataset
Japan's NEC Corp. announced today that its face recognition technologies ranked number one in the Still-Face Dataset of the Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge (MBGC) carried out by the National Institute...
Government doing little about asteroids: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is doing little to defend the planet against potentially devastating asteroids and is not doing the basic searches that Congress has ordered, according to...
Pa.'s Rendell lauds green energy efforts
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania becomes a regional leader in green technology with the approval of $9.2 million in funds for energy innovation, the governor said.
BP eyes Russia's north for energy security
MOSCOW, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- British supermajor BP believes expanding its operations in northern Russian contributes to an international effort to find secure and stable energy supplies.
Report examines options for detecting and countering near-Earth objects
WASHINGTON -- A new report from the National Research Council lays out options NASA could follow to detect more near-Earth objects (NEOs) -- asteroids and comets that could pose...
Aiming to reduce fatal traffic accidents: Zero vision, zero results?
Two-hundred and fifty people are killed and hundreds injured on Norwegian roads each year. Road accidents cost 28 billion kroner annually. The zero vision was launched in National Transport Plan...
Cigarette butts poisoning environment
ROME, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Cigarette butts are so toxic to the environment they should be disposed of under rules governing used batteries and old appliances, Italian scientists said.
Hi-tech insurance for Kenya herds
A insurance scheme using satellite technology is launched in Kenya to offer herdsmen livestock protection during drought.