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Guidelines call for guarantee of scientific advisers' independence
Leading academics including a former chief scientist and the president of the Royal Society ask government to sign up to guidelines guaranteeing right to disagree publicly with policiesSenior scientists are calling on the...
Review: Motorola's Droid is a serious smart phone
(AP) -- Since its debut in 2007, millions of people have gravitated toward Apple's iPhone, wooed by its sleek hardware, simple user interface and abundance of applications.
Losing Your Tongue: World's Top Endangered Language Experts Gather
More than 50 international experts in endangered languages are convening to take the first step in cataloging endangered and dying languages in a comprehensive online database.
Wolves, moose and biodiversity: An unexpected connection
Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity?
BMVIT Showcases the Austrian NANO Initiative.
"NANO: Science. Industry. Impact. 09" at Tech Gate Vienna November 9, 2009
UN: $39 billion needed for pneumonia
(AP) -- To fight pneumonia, the world's top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion (euro26.35 billion) over the next six years.
Global crisis hitting IT spending: Microsoft chief
Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday.
Nonprofit company makes its owners wealthy
While the state cuts services for the disabled, the owners of a company that provides vocational help for them have made more than $7 million in five years. ...
Obama Strategy on Health Care Legislation Appears to Be Paying Off
After earlier fits and starts, legislation to insure nearly all Americans is approaching votes in the House and in the Senate.
Security Measures Lead To False Sense Of Security: Scientists Dispute Use Of National Security Tools
Many of the security tools used by national governments lack scientific underpinning, according to an expert.
Opinion: Economy and climate on the path down from the peak of oil and gas
The world’s real problem is that too many people have too little energy to share, writes Kjell Aleklett.
PCs shed pounds and CD drives, gain touch screens
(AP) -- Personal computers are changing - and not just because of the recent launch of Windows 7. Visit an electronics store and you might also find laptops are...
AIDA Robot Aims To Change The Way We Interact With Our Car (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and designers are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) - a new in-car personal robot that aims to change the way we interact with our...
Sony Leaks the 14MP Alpha A750 DSLR
Photography enthusiasts have been pointing out the huge gap between the A550 and A850 in both price and megapixels.
Writing Competition Finalists Announced!
The day is here! After much reading and reviewing, we’ve determined the finalists in our University Writing Competition. We had some pretty impressive entries, and we believe our final group...
Flex spending accounts face hit in health overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Those tax-free spending accounts that you and your co-workers use to help pay for dental work, insurance copayments or over-the-counter drugs face a...
Thwarting Cyber Criminals
What are the odds that your digital identity will be stolen by cyber criminals? Why do bank payment systems crash when everybody is trying to pay for Christmas gifts by...
Economic View: Supply-Side Ideas, Turned Upside Down
The Obama health plan would discourage taxpayers from working to their full potential by making their efforts less rewarding, N. Gregory Mankiw says.
Ukraine Bans Big Crowds to Combat Swine Flu
The government is taking some of the sternest measures in the world to stop the spread of the virus, and the effort has become an issue in the presidential election.
Carnival! Carnival! Submissions to the 123rd Skeptics' Circle
Ladies and Gentlemen! Carnival Season is upon us, or rather: carnival season is upon Blue-Genes.net. For the uninitiated: the Skeptics' Circle is an ancient (by intertube standards) rite where the...
University research worth $187 billion over 12 years, group says
In what it calls a first-of-its-kind study, the nation's leading biotechnology trade group this week put a dollar figure on the value of university-driven research, asserting that economic output grew...
Pushing Fresh Produce Instead of Cookies at the Corner Market
Cities across the country like Newark and Cleveland are joining in a new effort to improve the diets of low-income residents.
Obama Lifts a Ban on Entry Into U.S. by H.I.V.-Positive People
Fulfilling a campaign promise, the president moved to end a 22-year-long restriction he said was “rooted in fear rather than fact.”
A scramble to harness the metabolic power of brown fat
The discovery in adults of brown fat, a metabolic dynamo, may open weight-loss doors down the road. Americans spend millions each year searching for the right diet or exercise program -- all in...
L.A.-area biking resources
Biking resources Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition Advocacy, resources and safety classes for cyclists in Los Angeles County.
Bikes and cars: Can we share the road?
Cycling is booming, but riders' and drivers' frustrations are growing as well. Even so, the health benefits may be worth the risks. Mandeville Canyon Road is a two-lane, dead-end road that twists and climbs...
US boots up new unified cybersecurity center
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon Friday on a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity efforts.
Major layoffs loom at Time Inc.: reports
Time Inc., publisher of Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, People and other magazines, plans to lay off some 540 employees starting next week, or six percent of its workforce, The New...