 A baseball cap that reads your mind 16 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you’re getting too sleepy when driving ... | |
 A Smarter Way to Grow Graphene May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Graphene, a sheet of carbon just one atom thick, has many potential uses in the electronics industry, but producing these ideal two-dimensional carbon sheets is very difficult and, as a result, their use has ... | |
 Strange star stumps astronomers 16 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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An obese oddball of a star has left astronomers wondering how it could have formed. Dr David Champion and his colleagues at CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility publish their findings about the star ... | |
 Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere. | |
 Physicists Demonstrate How Information Can Escape From Black Holes May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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Physicists at Penn State have provided a mechanism by which information can be recovered from black holes, those regions of space where gravity is so strong that, according to Einstein's theory of general ... | |
 Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, engineers say May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future. | |
 Russian cargo ship docks with the ISS 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A Russian Progress M-64 cargo ship docked Saturday with the International Space Station, the Interfax news agency reported. | |
NIST tool helps Internet master top-level domains 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new “top-level domains”—the last ... | |
Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend. After a dismal 2007 in which their shares took a big pounding, cable is seeing a rebound as Wall Street ... | |
 Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch 8 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind Wii Fit, Nintendo's latest attempt at getting you off the couch when you play video games. | |
Item! Candidates are buying your vote 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Mention the words “vote buying” and modern-day political villains Jack Abramoff and Tony Rezko probably come to mind, or perhaps special interest groups that donate to a politician’s campaign and expect support when relevant ... | |
 AOL seeks growth in shift from mass site to niches 8 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A company rooted in bringing the Internet to the masses, AOL is shifting its focus toward serving niche audiences with the launch of dozens of specialty Web sites. The latest - ParentDish for parents ... | |
Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company's board improperly thwarted Micrsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover offer, raising shareholder questions over ... | |
A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles 12 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for some forms of "Anthropic Principles" that strive to explain why ... | |
 How Did That Chain Letter Get To My Inbox? 12 hours ago | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Everyone who has an e-mail account has probably received a forwarded chain letter promising good luck if the message is forwarded on to others--or terrible misfortune if it isn't. The sheer volume of forwarded ... | |
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