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Smart Guys Have Better Sperm
Brainiacs now have something besides their intelligence to celebrate; their sperm. The intellectually endowed produce better quality and more mobile sperm, according to a study published in Intelligence and led...
Looking for the source of a Cousteau quotation
I'm coming up for air during my hiatus with a request to Science Blog readers. I want to use the quote below from Jacques Yves Cousteau as a featured quotation in...
Life science technologies showcased at Bioversity
Universities will be showcasing their early-stage life science technologies to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries at the second Bioversity event, organised by the University of Southampton...
Interaction with machines will cause a 'robotic gulf' by 2020
Spanish researchers have carried out a study looking into the potential future impact of robots on society. Their conclusions show that the enormous automation capacity of robots and their ability...
Daschle asks Americans for health care stories
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama and his aides are determined not to repeat the mistakes the Clinton administration made 15 years ago in trying to...
Holiday Books: Far Out
Through dozens of short essays, each prompted by one of science’s visual creations, John D. Barrow conducts his own personal tour of the universe.
NYC: Teaching Nurses the Value of Big, Red Noses
How do you teach would-be nurses the delicate task of sensing patients’ moods? Send in the clowns.
VIDEO: Robots Controlled by Cell Phones
An inventor in Hong Kong uses his mobile phone to control his life-like robots.
Sci-fi’s grand old man Forrest J Ackerman dies
Forrest J Ackerman, the sometime actor, literary agent, magazine editor and full-time bon vivant who discovered author Ray Bradbury and was widely credited with coining the term "sci-fi," has died....
Setback for key UK animal lab
Rising costs will delay the planned facility at Pirbright unless the government intervenes.
WHO sets limitations on use of melamine
(AP) -- The World Health Organization said Friday that tiny traces of the chemical melamine are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, but it joined the U.S....
Web database catalogs slaves' trans-Atlantic treks
Historians hope a new Web database will help bring millions of blacks closer to their African ancestors who were forced onto slave ships, connecting them to their heritage in a...
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Propeller motion charges the batteries: John B. Carnett Almost a dozen creative ways your digital camera can help you guard against theft, fraud, and moving violations The first fully electric...
High Sodium in Unexpected Places
Many low-fat foods contain large amounts of sodium, an analysis of supermarket products by a consumer group has found.
Canadian tech firms offered deals to expand into China
The Chinese government and a technology industry group have launched a program to encourage Canadian companies to expand into one of China's fastest-growing regions.
Koobface virus making rounds on Facebook: McAfee
A new variant of a virus known as Koobface is making the rounds on the Facebook social network, a security software firm warned this week.
Microsoft targets piracy in global lawsuits
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday filed 16 federal lawsuits against people or companies based in the United States suspected of selling knock-off software through online auction sites.
How to... reduce holiday stress
The thought of trekking from store to store to buy gifts can raise anyone's blood pressure.
Pedal pusher: Engineering professor, students plan citywide bike paths
(PhysOrg.com) -- An earthy mobile of cyclists hangs above Peter Furth`s office computer. A gift from his children, the dangling artifact originates from an African country where bikes are a...
Professors Receive Grant To Study Ways To Make The Internet More Accessible To People With Visual Impairments
Stony Brook University computer science professors ,Dr. I.V. Ramakrishnan and Dr. Amanda Stent, and psychology professor Susan Brennan have received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study ways...
Robust watermarking offers hope against digital piracy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Watermarks have been used for centuries to prove the authenticity of bank notes, postage stamps and documents. Now European researchers are considering them as a new tool in...
Thinking globally and mapping locally
Akiyuki Kawasaki thinks globally and maps locally.To do that, the Japanese researcher, who is spending the academic year as a visiting scholar at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,...
Royal Institution Lectures: A computing revolution
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Degree Module Boosted Through Online Games Technique
Scientists are exploring the value of immersive online games known as Alternative Reality Games to expand the horizons of teaching and learning.
Google-Facebook entice websites to join their social circles
Google and Facebook have launched rival technology platforms that can be used to infuse websites with trendy social-networking features.
Quispamsis students make contact with International Space Station
Twenty students at Quispamsis Elementary and Middle Schools had an out-of-this-world experience at school on Thursday.
Minister checks on science exams
The science minister is to examine GCSE and A-level papers to check they are not being "dumbed down".
£250m for new wave of scientists
£250m is to be invested in training scientists and engineers to tackle the problems Britain faces in the future.