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To Sing Like Shakira, Press '1' Now

16 years ago from Science Daily

Scientists have developed an electronic ear to judge and coach vibrato technique. Vibrato -- the pulsating change of pitch in a singer’s voice -- is an important aspect of a...

An Impossible Coexistence: Transgenic And Organic Agriculture

16 years ago from Science Daily

The cultivation of genetically modified maize has caused a drastic reduction in organic cultivations of this grain and is making their coexistence practically impossible. This is the main conclusion reached...

Q & A: Fruit, Cut and Dried

16 years ago from NY Times Health

How does dried fruit compare with fresh fruit in nutritional value?

Milk Jug Gets A Makeover

16 years ago from CBSNews - Science

The price of milk isn"t the only thing changing at the grocery store. The shape of the iconic milk jug is getting edgier, Ben Tracy reports. But not all customers...

Nutrition Intervention as the Fountain of Youth

16 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

NEW ORLEANS-An anti-aging pill is not yet an over-the-counter phenomenon, but it's never too late to start eating better to live a longer, healthier life. Studies prove that consuming more...

Pizza Loses Favor as Italians Turn to Pasta

16 years ago from National Geographic

In another sign of markets gone askew, the number of Italians who prefer pizza has nearly halved since prices started shooting up two years ago. Part of Global Food Crisis:...

Bell's BlackBerry service disrupted

16 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Customers of Bell Canada's BlackBerry wireless service experienced disruptions in the hand-held device's e-mail, video streaming and web browsing functions Monday afternoon, Bell said.

When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same

16 years ago from Physorg

The mind apparently has a consistent way of ordering an event that defies the order in which subjects, verbs, and objects typically appear in languages, according to research at the...

Watermelon May Have Viagra-Effect

16 years ago from Science Blog

A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. But according to recent studies, the juicy fruit may be better suited for Valentine’s Day. read more

VIDEO: Voice Joystick: A Sound-Steered Mouse

16 years ago from Live Science

In development for paralysis patients, this computer peripheral device picks up where speech recognition leaves off

The perils of overconfidence

16 years ago from Physorg

Overestimating one's abilities can have hazardous consequences. The overconfident investment banker may lose millions on a "can't-miss" start up or a driver who's had one too many may insist...

Popularity of Ethnic Foods: a Cause for Concern?

16 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Ethnic foods constitute one of the fastest growing segments of the food service industry. The rise of ethnic dining establishments throughout the nation presents barriers to the food inspection process....

Swedes protest new wiretap law

16 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Swedes have bombarded their country's legislators with more than one-million e-mails protesting a new eavesdropping law that allows officials to listen in on all cross-border e-mail and telephone traffic without...

3-D mammograms, cameras may improve breast exams

16 years ago from AP Health

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids' toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D....

Statistical Relationships Simplified

16 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Dave Saville, Lincoln Research Centre, New Zealand, and Jacqueline Rowarth, Massey University, New Zealand, present a flow chart of common statistical techniques in the 2008 Journal of Natural Resources and...

Hydrogen cars commercially unavailable until 2020: Mazda

16 years ago from Physorg

Hydrogen-powered cars will not be commercially available on a large scale before 2020, a senior official from Japanese auto maker Mazda said Monday in Spain at an international oil conference.

Tech heavyweights team up to fend off patent lawsuits

16 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Several major U.S. technology companies are collaborating to buy up patents in a move aimed at warding off lawsuits for intellectual-property infringement.

RAISE Project Catalogues More than 1,000 Awards in Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine

16 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

The RAISE Project, a program of the Society for Women's Health Research to increase recognition of women in science, technology, engineering and medicine through professional awards, has documented more than...

Cellphone software shows where the crowds are

16 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

A new software application for mobile devices enables users to see, down to the nearest intersection and in real time, what zones of a city are attracting crowds and what...

New tool would help internet providers thwart file-sharing

16 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Internet providers who selectively slow certain kinds of traffic on their networks, such as file-sharing, could soon have a new technique at their disposal to prevent savvy users from evading...

eBay told to pay $59M to fashion brand for fakes

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- A French commercial court Monday ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $59 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction...

Yahoo's board takes its case to shareholders

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is starting to meet with its major shareholders in hopes of fending off activist investor Carl Icahn.

Acoustics World Wide Press Room Now Open: Scores of Lay Language Papers Available Online

16 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Reporters interested in the upcoming Acoustics '08 Paris meeting in France are invited to visit the ASA World Wide Press Room (http://www.acoustics.org/press). On this site are posted dozens of lay...

Happiness is rising around the world: study

16 years ago from Physorg

People in most countries around the world are happier these days, according to newly released data from the World Values Survey based at the University of Michigan Institute for Social...

Feds preview long awaited mathematics reference

16 years ago from Science Blog

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF). read more

Drilling Down: Overindulgence in Small Packages

16 years ago from NY Times Health

While food companies have reduced portion sizes to respond to concerns about overeating, a new study shows that small packages can also lead to over-consumption.

Rising cost of oil 'due to speculation'

16 years ago from Physics World

Statistical physics-based study implies growing demand cannot account entirely for trend

Model forecasts city development

16 years ago from Science Alert

Researchers have made a model that predicts how cities might develop, forecasting patterns such as housing growth on a map of the city.