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A baseball cap that reads your mind

11 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s) | User comments: 2

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 ...


Strange star stumps astronomers

10 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 22 vote(s) | User comments: 6

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 ...


Russian cargo ship docks with the ISS

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A Russian Progress M-64 cargo ship docked Saturday with the International Space Station, the Interfax news agency reported.


AOL seeks growth in shift from mass site to niches

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(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 ...


Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch

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(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.


Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit

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(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 ...


Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service

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(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 ...


NIST tool helps Internet master top-level domains

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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 ...


Item! Candidates are buying your vote

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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 ...


Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF

7 hours ago | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 2

The world's wildlife populations have reduced by around a quarter since the 1970s, according to a major report published Friday by the WWF conservation organization.


A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles

7 hours ago | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s) | User comments: 6

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?

7 hours ago | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 1

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 ...


Canada scraps plans for new reactors for making medical isotopes

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Canada announced Friday it is scrapping development of two new nuclear reactors that would have supplied radioactive materials, essential for medical tests, to most of the world.


Snakes Hear in Stereo

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Physicists from the University Munich in Germany and the University of Topeka, Kansas have strong new evidence that snakes can hear through their jaws. Snakes don't have outer ears, leading to the myth that they can't hear ...


Entrepreneurs value 'ideas' over weatlh, study finds

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A study at the University of Liverpool has revealed that entrepreneurs are driven to start companies by their passion for ideas rather than the pursuit of wealth.


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