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Well Blog: The Urban Athlete Takes on Triathlons
A triathlon might evoke images of a costly Lance Armstrong-style bike and an expensive gym membership for pool access. But preparing for a race doesn't have to empty the wallet.
Stanford Hospital privacy breach puts data online
(AP) -- Stanford Hospital in California is blaming a subcontractor used by an outside vendor for a privacy breach that led to the posting online of medical information for...
MS: Win 8 starts in 10 seconds or less
Looking to fix perennial complaint, a new hibernation technology lops 30 percent to 70 percent off boot-up time
HAA honors outstanding alumni
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards were established in 1990 to recognize outstanding service to Harvard University through alumni activities. This year’s awards ceremony will take place during the fall HAA board of...
Bees are good informers
Honeybees can do far more than simply pollinate plants or make honey. The busy creatures also make excellent environmental monitors. This has been demonstrated by Wageningen UR bee researcher Sjef van...
Supreme Court cases may delay copyright bill
Heritage Minister James Moore says he's hoping for long-languishing amendments to the Copyright Act to pass by Christmas, but the Supreme Court of Canada could wind up forcing more tinkering...
The versatility of science graduates should be celebrated not criticised | Imran Khan
What's the problem if science graduates end up in alternative careers? If anything, we need more of itThe Guardian reported that "only about half of all science graduates find work that requires their...
Indians and Europeans share a milky past
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge University researchers have discovered that lactose tolerant milk-drinkers in India and Europe could be related to the same person who lived at some point in the last...
Apple wins key German patent case against Samsung
Apple won the latest battle in a global legal war with Samsung on Friday when a German court banned the Korean firm from selling a tablet computer in Germany, ruling...
Canadians denied U.S. entry over mental illness
More than a dozen Canadians have told the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office in Toronto that they were blocked from entering the United States after their records of mental illness were...
Drunken Swedish elk ends up in a tree
An intoxicated Swedish elk is freed from a fruit tree after becoming caught while hunting for fermenting apples.
Roddick's match moved to small court at US Open
NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Roddick's match against David Ferrer at the U.S. Open was moved to tiny Court 13 on Thursday because water was gathering...
US reconnaissance plane under jamming attack: aide
A US military reconnaissance plane came under electronic attack from North Korea and had to make an emergency landing during a major military exercise in March, an aide to a...
Oprah Winfrey chats on Facebook Live talk show
(AP) -- Oprah Winfrey got plenty of `likes' on Facebook Thursday from fans who tuned in to watch a live online chat with the social networking site.
Late 'Madden' saps August video game sales
(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 21 percent in August to $649 million, according to market researcher NPD Group, partly because the...
US Congress sends Obama major patent overhaul
The US Senate Thursday passed legislation to drag the web of US patent laws into the Internet age and spur high-tech innovation, sending the measure to President Barack Obama to...
Twitter to show more ads, still biding time on IPO
(AP) -- Expect to see more ads flowing through Twitter's stream of tweets in the coming weeks, but don't expect to read anything soon about an IPO from the...
App helps with foreign-language menus
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- An application for cellphones and other devices to translate foreign-language menus into English could aid people on special diets, U.S. researchers say.
Lawmaker Offers Plan to Lure Migrant Farm Workers
A leading Republican lawmaker has proposed creating a program to bring 500,000 foreign migrant farm workers to the United States each year.
The Amazon-California tax debacle: Why we all lose
States and retail lobbyists say this just evens the playing field but let's call it what it really is
Apple design chief faces new world without Jobs
Printed on the back of every iPod, iPhone and iPad is "Designed by Apple in California."
HTC Titan's a Mango monster: 4.7-inch Windows phone
If you can't decide between a small Web tablet and a smartphone, you can now compromise with an enormous phone.
Dot Earth Blog: More on Tar, Oil, Pipelines and Presidents
Varied views on a pipeline that would link a dirty oil source in Canada with American refiners.
EW Scripps to stream live video to mobile devices
(AP) -- The E.W. Scripps Co. said Thursday that it will become the first TV station group in the nation to deliver live video programming to mobile devices.
Teaching a tragedy
As the nation began to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a group of scholars and educators gathered at Harvard to explore how to teach the legacy and...
Well Blog: When Computers Come Between Doctors and Patients
The presence of computers in the exam room has had another consequence. Both physically and psychologically it has placed a wedge in the doctor-patient relationship.
Music professor analyzes the demographic profile of US high school music ensemble students
Scientists have been working to construct a national demographic profile of high school band, choir, and orchestra students in the US using evidence from the 2004 follow-up wave of the...
NSF Invests $20 Million in Iowa's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Research
The NSF is investing $20 million to build Iowa's research capacity in sustainable energy systems. Iowa's public universities -- Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of...