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Reporters booted from conference for hacking Technology / Other 9 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public WiFi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room.

No evidence to support 'organic is best' General Science / Chemistry August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| User comments: 22 New research in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows there is no evidence to support the argument that organic food is better than food grown ...

New computer simulations show how special the solar system is Space & Earth science / Astronomy August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average in every way. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers, using recent data from the 300 exoplanets ...

JAJAH turns mobile telephones into translation tools Technology / Telecom 9 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Internet voice telephony firm JAJAH on Thursday launched a first-of-its-kind free service that lets English and Mandarin speakers use mobile telephones to translate conversations.

Google believes $1B investment in AOL is crumbling Technology / Internet 9 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google Inc. believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partner AOL is souring.

Forward step in forecasting global warming Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| User comments: 12 Arizona State University researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-warming ...

SpaceX finds cause of failed private rocket launch Space & Earth science / Space Exploration August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 17 vote(s) \| User comments: 15 (AP) -- A privately held rocket company on Wednesday blamed a design error for its latest failure to reach orbit, which caused the loss of three government satellites and human ashes, including the remains of astronaut Gordon ...

Online social networking sites are hacker playgrounds Technology / Internet 10 hours ago \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.

Quantum Chaos Unveiled? Physics / Physics August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Utah study is shedding light on an important, unsolved physics problem: the relationship between chaos theory - which is based on 300-year-old Newtonian physics - and the modern ...

Dutch town tests 'air-purifying' concrete (Update) Technology / Other August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 76 vote(s) \| User comments: 12 A road in the small Dutch town of Hengelo is to be paved with air-purifying concrete in a trial that could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against rising pollution, scientists said Wednesday.

Physicists Investigate Controversy over Room-Temperature Ice Physics / Physics August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 (PhysOrg.com) -- By confining water in nano-sized spaces, physicists from Leiden University in the Netherlands have turned water into ice at room temperature. While it’s not the first time scientists have created room-temperature ...

Bulging prison system called massive intervention in American family life General Science / Other August 03, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 14 The mammoth increase in the United States' prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males.

Researchers find cancer-inhibiting compound under the sea General Science / Chemistry 9 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers have discovered a marine compound off the coast of Key Largo that inhibits cancer cell growth in laboratory tests, a finding they hope will fuel the development of new ...

S.African drug company recalls AIDS treatment medicines Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS 2 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet A major pharmaceutical company in South Africa, which has the world's highest HIV rate, on Friday issued a recall of generic anti-retroviral drugs due to a packaging error.

If your first cigarette gave you a buzz and you now smoke, a gene may be to blame Medicine & Health / Research 2 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. For some, it brought a wave of nausea or a nasty coughing fit. For others, those first puffs also came with a rush of pleasure or "buzz."

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Reporters booted from conference for hacking Technology / Other 9 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public WiFi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room.

No evidence to support 'organic is best' General Science / Chemistry August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| User comments: 22 New research in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows there is no evidence to support the argument that organic food is better than food grown ...

New computer simulations show how special the solar system is Space & Earth science / Astronomy August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average in every way. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers, using recent data from the 300 exoplanets ...

JAJAH turns mobile telephones into translation tools Technology / Telecom 9 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Internet voice telephony firm JAJAH on Thursday launched a first-of-its-kind free service that lets English and Mandarin speakers use mobile telephones to translate conversations.

Google believes $1B investment in AOL is crumbling Technology / Internet 9 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google Inc. believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partner AOL is souring.

Forward step in forecasting global warming Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| User comments: 12 Arizona State University researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-warming ...

SpaceX finds cause of failed private rocket launch Space & Earth science / Space Exploration August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 17 vote(s) \| User comments: 15 (AP) -- A privately held rocket company on Wednesday blamed a design error for its latest failure to reach orbit, which caused the loss of three government satellites and human ashes, including the remains of astronaut Gordon ...

Online social networking sites are hacker playgrounds Technology / Internet 10 hours ago \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.

Quantum Chaos Unveiled? Physics / Physics August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Utah study is shedding light on an important, unsolved physics problem: the relationship between chaos theory - which is based on 300-year-old Newtonian physics - and the modern ...

Dutch town tests 'air-purifying' concrete (Update) Technology / Other August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 76 vote(s) \| User comments: 12 A road in the small Dutch town of Hengelo is to be paved with air-purifying concrete in a trial that could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against rising pollution, scientists said Wednesday.

Physicists Investigate Controversy over Room-Temperature Ice Physics / Physics August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 (PhysOrg.com) -- By confining water in nano-sized spaces, physicists from Leiden University in the Netherlands have turned water into ice at room temperature. While it’s not the first time scientists have created room-temperature ...

Bulging prison system called massive intervention in American family life General Science / Other August 03, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 14 The mammoth increase in the United States' prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males.

Researchers find cancer-inhibiting compound under the sea General Science / Chemistry 9 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers have discovered a marine compound off the coast of Key Largo that inhibits cancer cell growth in laboratory tests, a finding they hope will fuel the development of new ...

S.African drug company recalls AIDS treatment medicines Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS 2 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet A major pharmaceutical company in South Africa, which has the world's highest HIV rate, on Friday issued a recall of generic anti-retroviral drugs due to a packaging error.

If your first cigarette gave you a buzz and you now smoke, a gene may be to blame Medicine & Health / Research 2 hours ago \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. For some, it brought a wave of nausea or a nasty coughing fit. For others, those first puffs also came with a rush of pleasure or "buzz."

Reporters booted from conference for hacking

No evidence to support 'organic is best'

New computer simulations show how special the solar system is

JAJAH turns mobile telephones into translation tools

Google believes $1B investment in AOL is crumbling

Forward step in forecasting global warming

SpaceX finds cause of failed private rocket launch

Online social networking sites are hacker playgrounds

Quantum Chaos Unveiled?

Dutch town tests 'air-purifying' concrete (Update)

Physicists Investigate Controversy over Room-Temperature Ice

Bulging prison system called massive intervention in American family life

Researchers find cancer-inhibiting compound under the sea

S.African drug company recalls AIDS treatment medicines

If your first cigarette gave you a buzz and you now smoke, a gene may be to blame

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