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Hide-'n-Seek Reveals Tricks Video Game Makers Might Use
Study shows hiders outsmart seekers.
Conservative Democrats Expect a Health Deal
Despite a summer of discontent, many members of the conservative Democratic Blue Dogs Coalition say agreement on a health care plan is possible.
Music from Space
Dear Diary, It was a secret for a while, but I'm going to launch my own satellite! It's going to make music from space. Curious? It is dangerous to write about neat...
Lost Sounds Of The Past Brought To Life
Ancient instruments can be lost because they are too difficult to build, or too difficult to play, but they can be heard again thanks to the ASTRA (Ancient instruments Sound/Timbre...
As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten its growth
(AP) -- Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet....
‘Non-GMO’ Seal Identifies Foods Mostly Biotech-Free
Many makers of organic and natural foods said their credibility depended on ensuring that their products were free of genetically altered ingredients.
Opinion: Why emission trading schemes are not the answer - a left critique
Using market forces or the profit motive to reduce carbon emissions won't work, writes Ken McKay.
Yahoo investors unimpressed with Microsoft deal
An Internet search and advertising partnership that Yahoo Inc. struck with Microsoft Corp. last month has so far failed to inspire the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's investors.
Challenged: Does Open Access Mean Wider Dissemination?
If you've read this site for any length of time, you know we are fans of open access. The notion that research funded by taxpayers should be in the...
Internet Age re-inventing music business: Bandwidth
Music and Internet worlds merged on San Francisco's posh Nob Hill as insiders brainstormed about industry rocking Web 2.0 trends from social networking to smart phones with cameras.
Sun absorbs $147M loss as Oracle deal looms
(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker's last full quarter as...
Tennis officials a-Twitter: US Open players warned
(AP) -- Watch what you tweet. That's the message tennis authorities are delivering as the U.S. Open gets set to start Monday, telling players and their entourages to be...
Drones to end era of fighter pilots
The Pentagon aims to robotise 15% of US armed forces by 2015
Turning charcoal into Carbon Gold
A chocolate maker and music promoter aim to create a £1bn
Great British walks
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WPA Wi-Fi Encryption Cracked In Sixty Seconds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Japanese computer scientists have developed a way to crack the WPA encryption between wireless routes and devices in 60 seconds.
Court rejects cap on cable market share -- again
(AP) -- An appeals court overturned a rule that said a cable TV company could not serve more than 30 percent of the nation's subscribers. The verdict Friday was...
The little giant of storage for the big screen
The "FlashBox" onboard recorder will soon make the work of film professionals easier: Truly diminutive in size, it stores digital film on exchangeable disks without compression. German researchers will be...
Sweet stuffed
We eat lots (and lots of kinds) of sweeteners. What's in them? ...
Kennedy's cancer puts focus on quality of life
He lived 15 months with an incurable brain tumor, a little longer than usual for a patient in his late 70s. Perhaps equally important is that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy...
Swine flu rises at US colleges as students return
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Tech freshman Elise Woodall was met with a message scrawled on the bathroom mirror of her dorm when she moved in two...
Bee Celestial Navigation and Non-Human Intelligence
Bees rely on celestial navigation using the Sun's location when communicating with other bees.
Fungus-resistant gene found in rice
The devastating effect of blast fungus on rice paddies worldwide could be dampened by the discovery of a gene that makes plants resistant.
Acacia tree can boost crops — and more — across Africa
Co-planting an acacia variety with crops delivers timely natural fertiliser as well as cutting erosion and supplying wood for domestic use.
Africa puts price on climate adaptation aid
The African Union looks set to demand US$67 billion a year for technology transfer, training of scientists and data collection.
On The Distribution Of Money And Ability
Data on the distribution of wealth is apparently hard to come by directly, but inheritance tax data from the UK for some years is available. This data, it turns out,...
Scientific Blogging Top 10 Graduate Schools Writing Competition Begins Next Week
Scientific Blogging's University Writing Competition kicks off next Tuesday, September 1st. There's been a lot of buzz and excitement about our first-ever writing competition that will give one lucky grad...
Indian court dismisses Bayer’s patent linkage case
Bayer has failed in its attempt to stop Indian regulators approving a copy-cat version of one of its patented drugs