Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday. | |
 N.M. cavers chart unique 'snowy' river of crystals July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Hundreds of feet beneath Earth's surface, a few seasoned cave explorers venture where no human has set foot. Their headlamps illuminate mud-covered walls, gypsum crystals and mineral deposits. The ... | |
Limiting fructose may boost weight loss July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly, according to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical ... | |
Cow power could generate electricity for millions July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse ... | |
South Korea's Hynix to close US chip plant July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest memory chip manufacturer, said Thursday it will close its only U.S. factory amid changes in production standards and steep price declines buffeting the industry. | |
Sony opens up e-book Reader to other booksellers July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- With the market for electronic books still relatively sleepy, Sony Corp. is trying a new tack: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its own online bookstore. | |
 Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. | |
Statin study could lead to test for gene variant July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world. | |
 Facebook to help some programmers, punish others July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules ... | |
UN agency pushes global ID for emergency contacts July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- In the English-speaking world, many cell phone users leave emergency contact information in the devices' address books under an entry labeled "ICE" - for "in case of emergency." | |
AOL integrates widget tech to boost social-net ads July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Install a little photo program to show off pictures of your dog on Facebook, and you might find you're really spreading an ad. | |
 A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak. | |
Tech awards go to plane de-icing goo, headlights July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Camera flashcubes of the 1960s, high-definition TVs and the Nicoderm quit-smoking patch have at least one thing in common: Each found a place over the years on R&D Magazine's annual list of the 100 most technologically ... | |
AT&T introduces global GPS service for phones July 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Is it a long, long way to Tipperary? Don't know if you're on the path to Bath? AT&T Inc. aims to help, with a new phone service that truly puts the "global" in the Global Positioning System, or GPS. | |
 Google unveils reference tool after 7-month test July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is taking the wraps off an Internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on any topic. | |
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