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MU expert looks back to debate 1 and forward to the vice presidential debate
The 2008 presidential campaign has been running for a very long time, but we have now entered another phase with the commencement of the debates. Friday night saw the first...
Freighter starts dive manoeuvres
Europe's biggest, most sophisticated spaceship is about to bring its six-month mission to an end by plunging into the Pacific in a ball of flames.
How to build a Web we can trust
The World Wide Web's inventor wants to make websites more trustworthy. This should be done by encouraging good practice, not imposing strict rules.
UCLA mathematicians discover a 13-million-digit prime number
The mathematicians have found the first verified Mersenne prime number with more than 10 million digits, putting them in line to win a six-digit prize from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. ...
Professors teach robot to 'play ball'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Baseball is elegant in its simplicity. Pitch a ball, hit the ball. Score more runs than your opponent and you win the game.
New underwater robot can hover in place
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have designed a new robotic underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter -- an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, oceanographers...
Tourism on Antarctica Threatening South Pole Environment; Solution Offered
Tourism on Antarctica is increasing and that can form a threat for the vulnerable South Pole area. New research provides a possible solution: market the visitor rights to the highest...
How A 'Stuck Accelerator' Causes Cancer Cell Expansion
What allows cancer cells to divide uncontrolled? The cellular oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes are analogous to the accelerator and brake pedals in a car. If an oncogene is permanently...
Breaking up telecom companies is hard to do
Splitting internet providers in two is an idea that's gaining steam globally, but would it fly in Canada?
Biotechnology 'no cure-all' for food insecurity
Biotechnology will not offer the full solution to Africa's food problems, warn scientists at the All Africa Congress on Biotechnology.
Microsoft revamps executive pay
Microsoft is changing the way it compensates its top executives, but details on the new plan were scant Thursday.
Student hacker drops out of Carleton
A Carleton University student has quit school after being hit with a fine worth more than $2,700 and other sanctions for hacking into a university computer and stealing identification and...
Mobile phone subscriptions to reach 4 billion by year-end: ITU
The number of mobile phone subscriptions in the world will reach four billion by the end of the year driven by growth in developing economies, the International Telecommunications Union said...
US Nobel laureates: vote Obama
Prize-winners rally behind Democratic nominee as he issues 'plan for science and innovation'
Ellen Kullman Is Dupont's New CEO
Incoming chief executive will focus on expanding a transformed chemical giant
Study reveals high cost of dengue epidemics in Panama
Panama spent US$17 million to fight the 2005 dengue epidemic, an amount five times the budget of the country's main health centre.
Court rules for Microsoft in patent case
A US appeals court ruled Thursday that US computer software giant Microsoft does not have to pay French-US telecom firm Alcatel-Lucent 1.5 billion dollars in a patent infringement case.
Facebook closing market share gap with MySpace
MySpace's share of the US online social networking market slipped while rival Facebook's piece grew in the year leading up to September, industry tracker Hitwise reported Thursday.
Computer applications float in Internet cloud
When Merlin Mann is on the go and needs to access his computer information he steps into the cloud. Mann, a 41-year-old technology blogger, is one of thousands of Americans...
Chinese women don't hold up half of space... yet
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chairman Mao Zedong might have famously proclaimed that "women hold up half the sky," but China has no firm plans yet to send a woman into space...
Dismissed EPA toxicologist denies bias
Rice clashes with industry over PBDE safety at Congressional hearing
Climate-Change Program Gets New Funds and Home
A program that helps poor countries reduce their vulnerability to climate-related hazards will move to the University of Colorado, Boulder, under a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
UK opposes green aviation target
The government wants the aviation industry to be exempt from EU targets on renewable energy
Myanmar After Cyclone Nargis
Improved agricultural productivity can help developing countries reduce their reliance on international emergency food relief following natural disasters.
Global poverty: We must act, PM urges
Gordon Brown blasts developed world's 'shaming indifference' to African poverty at UN assembly
Fresh Phish
After discovering a flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System, computer-security expert Dan Kaminsky helped to coordinate an industry-wide effort to patch the relevant software and prevent unwary users from...
A Less Well-Oiled War Machine
The U.S. military, one of the world's most energy-hungry organizations, is tackling the mammoth task of its future security using renewable energy resources.
Millenium development goals under scrutiny
At the halfway point of the global project to eradicate poverty, asks how much has been achieved and how science can help.