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US Senate gears up for climate debate
Cap-and-trade bill largely mirrors legislation passed in the House of Representatives.
Obama touts $5 billion in health science grants
The president tours a Maryland cancer lab to underscore the biomedical research grants, which are funded under the federal economic stimulus program. President Obama toured a Maryland cancer lab Wednesday to call attention to...
Protection Or Peril? Gun Possession Of Questionable Value In An Assault, Study Finds
In a first-of its-kind study, epidemiologists have found that, on average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. The study estimated that people...
Cloud computing gathers steam with mobile devices
The outlook for the wireless industry is getting cloudier. Consumers have tapped into cloud computing technology for years: sending messages via Hotmail, uploading photos to Facebook or editing a spreadsheet...
EPA Announces Plan to Review Six Controversial Chemicals
Saying that the public is "understandably anxious and confused" about chemicals in their bodies and in their environment, President Obama’s top environmental official announced on Tuesday a new push to transform the way...
British scientist Hawking leaves top Cambridge post
Acclaimed wheelchair-bound British scientist Stephen Hawking is to hand over his top Cambridge University job this week, the prestigious seat of learning said on Wednesday.
US to share Internet review amid worldwide growth
(AP) -- As Internet use expands worldwide, the United States said Wednesday it will give other governments and the private sector a greater oversight role in an organization whose...
AT&T to sell satellite phone from TerreStar
(AP) -- AT&T Inc. plans to sell a satellite phone from TerreStar Corp. that can place calls even in the deep wilderness or at sea, the carrier said Wednesday.
LaHood: Distracted driving a 'menace to society'
(AP) -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called distracted driving a "menace to society" Wednesday, kicking off a two-day meeting on preventing drivers from using mobile devices behind the wheel.
Opinion: Leaders need to admit population is the problem
When it comes to solving the world's many problems, policy makers are tiptoeing around the real issue - that we're breeding too quickly, argues Kelvin Thompson.
Nova Scotia ready for swine flu, committee told
One of Nova Scotia's top pandemic planners says the province is ready to tackle the second wave of swine flu.
Farmed Out: How Will Climate Change Impact World Food Supplies?
The people of East Africa once again face a devastating drought this year: Crops wither and fail from Kenya to Ethiopia, livestock drop dead and famine spreads. Although, historically, such droughts are not...
Work begins on national e-health record network
(AP) -- Doctor's offices and hospitals have slowly started the difficult switch from outmoded paper records to sophisticated electronic systems in a bid to improve care and cut costs.
Microsoft CEO's compensation down 6 percent in '09
(AP) -- The value of the compensation package granted to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer fell about 6 percent in fiscal 2009, a year in which weak computer sales...
Bing ads to warn of online scams
Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online...
Cheetahs to Inspire Better Artificial Legs?
Don't look for seeing-eye cheetahs anytime soon, but the big cats may help disabled people in another way—by inspiring better artificial legs. Video.
Economic Scene: How a Tax Can Cut Health Costs
Lobbyists for unions and big business are staunchly opposed to a tax on generous health insurance plans, but their motives are questionable.
Former Drug Executive Convicted of Wire Fraud
In a verdict that could strike fear into pharmaceutical industry executive suites, the former head of a drug company was convicted of wire fraud for issuing what federal prosecutors called...
Video: Madeline Albright's Pins
As Secretary of State, Madeline Albright was known for diplomatic pronouncements and fashion statements. As Katie Couric reports, her hats and pins have stories behind them.
Unpredictability And Post-Human Complex Systems
Most recent intellectual developments in post-human complex systems conclude that “social equilibrium” is just a theoretical state. But it is also something quite undesirable. Equally undesirable is a predictable, stable and homogenous human...
Pink Visual software lets iPhones map sexual exploits
Adult entertainment studio Pink Visual on Tuesday unleashed software that lets people use iPhones to map sexual exploits.
US engineer defends Google in defamation trial
An American engineer sought to clear Google of defamation charges at a trial over the broadcast in Italy of video showing the bullying of a teenager with Down's Syndrome, a...
Florida's consumer confidence rises as economic fears ease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Belief that a national economic recovery is under way boosted Florida`s consumer confidence three points to 74 in September, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Voter group challenges Diebold voting machine sale
(AP) -- A voter advocacy organization asked the U.S. Justice Department Tuesday to undo the sale by Diebold Inc. of its voting machine business, saying the transaction promotes a...
GM's trial program selling cars on eBay set to end
(AP) -- General Motors Co. said Tuesday that it is concluding its partnership with eBay Inc. in which the automaker used the auction site to sell new cars through...
Driver misjudgment and landscape variations cause collisions at stop sign intersections
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stop signs are supposed to be traffic safety tools, but how effective are they? According to one Ryerson University researcher, intersections with stop signs can be some of...
New project to create 'FutureGrid' computer network
The San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego is part of a team chosen by the National Science Foundation to build and run an experimental high-performance grid test-bed, allowing...
New digital security program doesn't protect as promised
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Texas at Austin scientists have shown that they can break "Vanish," a program that promised to self-destruct computer data, such as emails and photographs, and thereby...