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Obama changes healthcare tack to win over the insured
Rather than focusing on the have-nots, he emphasizes how the middle class and others with coverage would benefit from consumer protections in an overhaul. As polls showed eroding support for his overhaul of...
AOL changing from AOL LLC to AOL Inc. with spinoff
(AP) -- AOL will once again get a new name.
SKorea's SK Telecom profit rises 4.6 percent
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom said Tuesday net profit rose 4.6 percent year-on-year for the second quarter due to an increase in wireless Internet revenue and new subscribers.
Apple, labels work on album 'Cocktail'
(AP) -- Apple Inc. and the four major recording labels are working on launching a music offering code-named "Cocktail" that aims to add value to digital albums sold on...
University has grand designs to build a house of straw
Could straw houses be the buildings of the future? That's what researchers at the University of Bath will be testing this summer by constructing a 'BaleHaus' made of prefabricated straw...
Divorce undermines health in ways remarriage doesn't heal
Divorce and widowhood have a lingering, detrimental impact on health, even after a person remarries, research at the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University shows.
Hackers exploit Adobe Flash, Reader flaw
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 27 (UPI) -- Hackers exploiting a newfound flaw in Adobe Flash video player and Acrobat Reader can steal data and take money from bank accounts,...
Guerilla scientists gatecrash Secret Garden Party
Lured by Red Stripe and other totally legal substances, the scientists wowed festivalgoers with the delights of space travel and Jupiter's moons, the neuroscience of music and the propagation of waves in conga...
World's Biggest Cave Found in Vietnam
Stretching more than 2.7 miles long and soaring as high as 460 feet, a cavern in Southeast Asia is the biggest single cave passage yet found, British explorers say.
Democrats Disagree on State of Health Reform Bill
White House officials and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated that progress was being made, but fiscally conservative Democrats were less optimistic.
Cirque du Soleil founder to be next space tourist
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Canadian billionaire who turned a passion for acrobatics and circus acts into a global entertainment empire will look for inspiration in space in September...
The Top 10 Songs the Web Brought Back
Internet Gives New Life to Rock Anthems and One-Hit Wonders from Decades Past
New management training could lead to improved worker health
In an effort to improve worker health, researchers from Michigan State University and Portland State University have created an innovative training program that calls for supervisors to better support their...
Music streaming service Spotify eyes Apple's iPhone
Spotify has asked US technology giant Apple for its software to be made available on its best-selling iPhone, the Swedish music streaming service said on Monday.
GM crop trials start again in Britain in 'secret': report
Genetically modified crops are being grown in Britain for the first time in 12 months after controversial trials were resumed without alerting the public, a newspaper reported Monday.
SKorean firms to jointly develop new chips
Samsung Electronics will lead a group of South Korean firms in jointly developing advanced semiconductors used for smartphones and digital televisions, officials said Monday.
Opinion: Innovation: playing the game right
Innovation has become a modern 'buzz word' to describe our constant attempts to surpass the limits and explore the possiblities of our world. Brian McNamee argues that in the Australian...
Leading health organizations launch new accreditation process for laboratories across Africa
KIGALI, Rwanda (July 27, 2009) -- Government health officials from 13 African countries today launched the first-ever push for accreditation of the continent's medical laboratories, starting a process that...
Social Scientist Suggests New Research Framework To Study Complex Systems
The often-used one-size-fits-all approach to policies aimed at achieving sustainable social-ecological systems needs to be updated with a diagnostic tool to help scholars from multiple disciplines better frame the question...
Smaller Plants Punch Above Their Weight In The Forest
Biologists show that in the plant world, bigger isn't necessarily better. "Until now most of the thinking has suggested that to be a good competitor in the forest, you have...
Inviting Refugees from infighting at Science Blogs
I promise not to keep posting about PZ Myers, who went from a little bit snooty when bashing Science Blog to downright nasty in bashing his fellow Science Blogs-ers Chris...
Video: Digital Baseball
Baseball is a game of statistics, which provide valuable information for the game. As Randall Pinkston reports, a team is testing ground for a data-gathering system that will revolutionize the...
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Teen devises prayer app for iPhone
For eons, people have reached out to the Almighty with prayers and supplications. Soon they might be able to use their iPhones.
Poaching Crisis As Rhino Horn Demand Booms In Asia
Rhino poaching worldwide is poised to hit a 15-year-high driven by Asian demand for horns, according to new research.
Copyright rules must protect innovation, groups say
Technology that brings music, movies and other content to a range of devices has improved Canadians' lives and copyright laws must protect that kind of innovation and growth, say those...
China web users 'outnumber US population'
The number of Internet users in China is now greater than the entire population of the United States, after rising to 338 million by the end of June, state media...
Bill Gates quits Facebook over 'too many friends'
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he was forced to give up on the social networking phenomenon Facebook after too many people wanted to be his friend.