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Feds balk at Google book deal, hopes for changes
(AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to...
States Helping Aged Leave Nursing Homes
A growing number of states are aiming to disprove the notion that once people have settled into a nursing home, they will be there forever.
EBay fined again for selling fake Louis Vuitton goods online
A French court on Friday ordered online auction site eBay to pay 80,000 euros (118,000 dollars) to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury perfumes, LVMH said.
Skype founders file another suit over eBay sale
The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.
'Need for Speed' titles lead pack of racing games
(AP) -- The video game racing genre is gearing up for a traffic jam.
Research Teams Successfully Operate Multiple Biomedical Robots From Numerous Locations
Using a new software protocol called the Interoperable Telesurgical Protocol, nine research teams from universities and research institutes around the world recently collaborated on the first successful demonstration of multiple...
Negative Public Opinion An Early Warning Signal For Terrorism, Princeton Professor Says
An analysis of public opinion polls and terrorist activity in 143 pairs of countries has shown for the first time that when people in one country hold negative views toward...
Revolutionizing High School Science with Online Labs
A researcher brings online laboratories to high schools
National New Biology Initiative Offers Potential For 'Remarkable And Far-reaching Benefits'
A report released by the National Research Council calls on the United States to launch a new multiagency, multiyear, and multidisciplinary initiative to capitalize on the extraordinary advances recently made...
How Locusts Fly And How It Can Help Us Get To Aerodynamic Micro Machines
If you want to create a micro-aircraft that flies with the maneuverability and energy efficiency of an insect (and you know you do) decoding the aerodynamic secrets of insect flight...
A Robot That Juggles Blind
This machine uses no sensors, no feedback -- just the power of math -- to do its tricks In theory, designing a robot that continuously juggles a single ball should...
Ticketmaster finds another way to cut out scalpers
(AP) -- Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. has developed a new way to resell tickets that shuts out the brokers and scalpers it has long scorned, and instead keeps the profits...
The Necessary Biases in Science
The idealized scientist might start by questioning everything and assuming nothing. However, one usually has to make starting assumptions to get things going. For instance, David Hume proved that the...
Nigeria relaunches research fair to boost industry links
Nigerian universities are targeting closer relationships with industry to unlock research languishing in laboratories.
Buzz Lightyear to Get Ticker Tape Parade After Record Spaceflight
Buzz Lightyear has been about as close to infinity as he'll ever get, and he's back.
Roadblocks on the path to GM superfoods
Nutrient-rich foods could combat malnutrition — but getting from the lab to the plate is proving a challenge.
Prison guards demand right to complain online
(AP) -- A group of prison guards dubbed the Facebook Five has gone to an Australian court to fight for the right to complain about their boss on the...
Porn filters needed in schools, libraries: MPP
A Conservative MPP has tabled a private member's bill that would force libraries and schools in Ontario to install software that will block pornography sites.
Study: 8 million Americans consider suicide
(AP) -- More than 8 million Americans seriously consider suicide each year, according to a new government study.
How Last.fm inspired a scientific revolution
I first saw Mendeley pitch two weeks ago – now it is on the way to changing the face of science
Entrepreneurial Edge: Biotech Tries to Shrug Off Setbacks
While some investors are pulling back, life sciences companies continue to innovate, and hope the capital to expand will come.
Toward Making Smart Phone Touch-screens More Glare And Smudge Resistant
Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch-screens: Reducing their tendency...
Feature: Food treasures of the wild in peril
Endangered wild-grown foods, which have long sustained indigenous communites, have been found to be nutritionally superior to Western diets.
Makers hope new 'ultrathin' notebooks fill a niche
Those in the market for a laptop this fall will find a batch of new, mid-priced models that promise less weight and longer battery life than traditional notebook computers, but...
Project aids environmental decisions in the face of complicated trade-offs
Energy shortages, climate change, pollution - some of the world's most pressing problems weigh on the shoulders of some of the world's most hard-pressed people. Michigan State University researchers aim...
Conservation Of Momentum For Pre-Schoolers
In creating a science site for kids (that would be Kids Science Zone - if you haven't written anything there, feel free to do so) , the majority of comments...
Health economics: Life in the balance
How do researchers and policy-makers decide on the value of health? Daniel Cressey looks at Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
Money in biomedicine: The senator's sleuth
Paul Thacker, a reporter-turned-Congressional-investigator, has disrupted the careers of several top researchers with lucrative industry ties. Meredith Wadman tracks his effect on US science.