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NASA Wants Space Gas Stations
$2.4 million in contract money went out to companies working on storing and transporting rocket fuel in space.
Japan Passes Law Supporting Stricken Nuclear Plant’s Operator
Japan’s Parliament on Wednesday passed a law that will allow the use of public funds to support the company operating the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Defibrillator for stalled software
Its happened to everyone: Youre using a familiar piece of software to do something youve done a thousand times before say, find a particular word in a document ...
Cooked green vegetables, dried fruit, legumes, and brown rice associated with fewer colon polyps
Eating legumes at least three times a week and brown rice at least once a week was linked to a reduced risk of colon polyps by 33 percent and 40...
Chinese-English bilinguals are 'automatic' translators
New research into how the bilingual brain processes two very different languages has revealed that bilinguals' native language directly influences their comprehension of their second language.
Mindful eating: Researchers are making every bite count
Two researchers seek to make diners mindful of mindless eating. A psychology professor and an electrical and computer engineering professor have created the Bite Counter, a measurement device that will...
Amazon starts AmazonLocal online deals site
(AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com is trying to become a bigger player in the mushrooming market for online deals. It has launched a website that offers large discounts on...
Court quashes stem-cell lawsuit
US judge throws out case meant to halt federal funding, but research remains vulnerable.
Readers of British tabloid warned over cyberattack
(AP) -- A British newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch is warning some readers that their personal details may have been stolen during a cyberattack.
Report shows data centers not using as much power as projected
A new report commissioned by the New York Times, shows that electricity consumption used by data centers in the United States and around the world grew at a much slower...
RIBA-II, the next generation care-giving robot
A new robot using high-precision tactile sensors and flexible motor control technology has taken Japan one step closer to its goal of providing high-quality care for its growing elderly population....
Project could help colonize space
Humans may move one step closer to colonizing space thanks to a new research project that NASA is funding at South Dakota State University, the South Dakota School of Mines...
S.African high-speed train link takes off
The main link on Africa's fastest railway opened Tuesday to thousands of commuters who shuttled at 160 kilometres (100 miles) per hour between Johannesburg and the South African capital Pretoria.
Computing giants launch free science metrics
New Google and Microsoft services promise to democratize citation data.
Early version of Apple's iCloud goes live (for developers)
Service will let customers sync music, books, music and photo between multiple devices
OPINION: Explainer: the point of pure mathematics
Lashi Bandara writes about the importance of pure mathematics and its applications.
Free crack pipes to be handed out in Vancouver
Health officials in Vancouver say they will launch a pilot project later this year to distribute clean, unused crack pipes to drug users.
Indonesians lie on train rails for 'therapy'
Ignoring the red-and-white danger sign, Sri Mulyati walks slowly to the train tracks outside Indonesia's bustling capital, lies down and stretches her body across the rails to seek electric therapy.
Driver fatigue remains a risk despite laws
Stiff competition and tight deadlines are often pushing long-distance truck drivers to stay on the roads longer despite the risk of driver fatigue.
2011 Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference & Expo
Advancing Technology for Critical Incident Preparedness: Learning from the past, preparing for the future
KU entomologist leads new drive to make 'dark data' available online to anyone
Caroline Chaboo regularly fields phone calls and emails from homeowners, gardeners and even U.S. customs officials who ask her to help identify bugs. The University of Kansas entomologist is a...
Product placements market unhealthy food to children
Children are being exposed to almost one advertisement every day for unhealthy food, beverage, and restaurant brands via product placements on prime-time TV, finds a study from Yale's Rudd Center...
Abused and Used : Reaping Millions From Medicaid in Nonprofit Care for Disabled
New York spends $10 billion a year caring for the developmentally disabled, more than half of which goes to private providers, with little oversight on their spending.
How researchers picked the saddest flick
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: For decades, scientists have been using a clip from a 1979 boxing movie called "The Champ" as a standard for film-induced sadness, but there are...
Mardy Fish withdraws from Washington tournament
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mardy Fish withdrew from the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on Monday, citing a bruised right heel, leaving the tournament without the top two...
Well: Breaking Bread Everywhere, Plentifully or Pitifully
A photo exhibit in Boston is an anthropological exploration of the culture of eating that is both mouthwatering, repulsive and surprising.
Taiwan's Foxconn to use one million robots by 2014
Taiwan IT giant Foxconn -- hit by a spate of suicides at its Chinese plants -- plans to replace 500,000 workers with robots in the next three years, state media...
Sign of Advancing Society? An Organized War Effort
Organized hostilities between chiefdoms required that people subordinate individual self-interest to that of the group.