 Tesla's electric sports car aiming at Europe market 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Earth-friendly thrill-seekers in Europe can get into the driver's seat of their own Tesla Roadster, provided they have a trunkful of cash to buy an electric sports car that zips from zero to 100 kph (60 mph) ... | |
 Hacker splashes data from six million Chileans on Internet: report 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A hacker broke into Chile's government sites mining data from six million people which he then posted on the Internet on two popular servers for several hours, the El Mercurio daily have said. | |
Next generation of business software could get more fun 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Once upon a time, people bonded with their co-workers on office softball teams and traded gossip at the watercooler. OK, so those days aren't gone yet. But as big companies parcel Information Age work to people in ... | |
All poultry in Seoul killed after bird flu outbreak 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- South Korean officials said Monday they have killed all poultry in Seoul, the capital, to curb the spread of bird flu following a new outbreak of the disease in the city. | |
 Oil powered Norway gradually turns into the wind 18 hours ago | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly attractive proposition. | |
A new gene trigger for pregnancy disorder identified 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The COMT gene – known already for its role in schizophrenia – has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today’s advance on-line issue of Nature. | |
Humanity and technology fuse in global Pangea Day film event 20 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Humanity and digital technology broke down walls between cultures on Saturday during a first-ever Pangea Day film event aimed at replacing conflict with understanding. | |
Volkswagen, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery: report 20 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Volkswagen AG will join forces with Japan's Sanyo Electric to develop a lithium-ion battery, a key component of hybrid and electric cars, the Nikkei newspaper reported Sunday. | |
Families will make case for vaccine link to autism 18 hours ago | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court. They seek vindication and financial redress from ... | |
 Eruptions subside at Sicily's Mount Etna 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The eruptions that have shaken the Mount Etna volcano on the southern Italian island of Sicily have subsided, experts said Sunday at the Palermo Geophysics and Volcanology Institute. | |
 Japan aims to cut emissions by 60-80 pct by 2050: reports 20 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Japan aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 60 and 80 percent by 2050, news reports said on Sunday, as part of measures setting out the country's long term environmental goals. | |
Is divorce bad for the parents? 20 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The elderly are cared for by their adult children regardless of their marital status. In a unique study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, researchers found British adult children help their elderly parents ... | |
UV lotion lights the way to cleaner facilities 20 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of Canadian scientists using a lotion which glows under ultraviolet light have shown that up to a third of patient toilets are not properly cleaned. Their findings, published in BioMed Central’s journal, BMC Infectious ... | |
 Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction May 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches. The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final ... | |
Peer pressure, the new weapon against teen smoking May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Enrolling an influential student to convey an anti-smoking message to schoolmates is a valuable way of getting youngsters to say no to cigarettes, a British study suggests. | |
Facebook to let users carry profiles with them May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Facebook Inc. is loosening its grip on millions of personal profiles to allow inhabitants of its popular Internet hangout to transplant the information and applications to other Web sites. | |
Apple agrees to settle iPod lawsuit May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Apple Inc. has agreed to settle a pair of class-action lawsuits in Canada alleging it misled customers about the staying power of their iPods, the latest courtroom truce over the dwindling battery life of early generations ... | |
Microsoft appeals $1.4B EU antitrust fine May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order. | |
 Planets by the Dozen May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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You know the planets of our solar system, each a unique world with its own distinctive appearance, size, and chemistry. Mars, with its bitter-cold, rusty red sands; Venus, a fiery world shrouded in thick clouds ... | |
Train quarantined in Canada after passenger dies (Update) May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Doctors in hazardous materials suits swarmed a passenger train in Canada's outback on Friday to contain a possible outbreak after one person died and several fell ill, officials said. But the emergency was soon deflated after ... | |
 Phoenix Flying True Enough to Skip One Scheduled Adjustment May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continues on course for its May 25 arrival at Mars. After targeting its certified landing site with a trajectory, or flight path, correction maneuver on April 10, the spacecraft's ... | |
Texas may claim Amazon owes sales taxes May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Texas officials may claim that Amazon.com owes millions in sales taxes on purchases that state residents made from the Internet retailer. | |
 Retailers can use DNA tracing to track meat May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Meat retailers can now trace their wares from the ranch to the refrigerator case using DNA analysis. IdentiGEN Ltd., based in Ireland with U.S. offices in Lawrence, Kan., said its DNA TraceBack technology ... | |
US co-inventor of nicotine patch dies May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A pioneer in the fight against tobacco and the co-inventor of the nicotine patch, Murray Jarvik, died this week of congestive heart failure, the University of California said Saturday. He was 84. | |
Study debunks myth of job testing as race barrier May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Conventional wisdom holds that the standardized tests some employers require of job applicants serve as a barrier to equal employment. But a pioneering study shows just the opposite: Screening increases employers' precision ... | |
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