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CFIA expands Hershey's advisory beyond Toronto to other Ont. cities
Hershey's chocolates and candies recalled two years ago over salmonella fears and subsequently stolen from a recycling depot are being sold in stores in Toronto and other Ontario cities, the...
Beatles Come Together For New "Rock Band"
For the first time, the legendary group's music will be featured in the lucrative video game market in a deal with MTV Games and Harmonix, creators of the "Rock Band"...
100,000 Sony Laptop Battery Packs Recalled
Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp. after 40 reports of overheating, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notice Thursday.
Nature's Little Shop of Horrors
Double, double, toil and trouble! Fire burn and cauldron bubble! Something wicked this way comes... read more
New robot gets rid of bombs
Australian scientists have developed a robot called SPIKER that gets rid of explosives, so that soldiers don't need to risk getting hurt.
OSA's Interactive Science Publishing Initiative Launches with Research on Breathing Disorders and Congenital Heart Defects
Two groups of researchers, one in the United States and one in Australia, are announcing the development of new optical techniques for visualizing the invisible processes at work in several...
Gender biases in leadership selection during competitions within and between groups
What makes a great leader? Traits that we look for typically include a sense of power, great negotiating skills and lots of charisma. However, a recent study suggests that it...
Beatles getting new life in custom videogame
Surviving members of The Beatles announced on Thursday that their songs will take on new lives in a videogame that lets people pretend to be the world-changing 1960s British rockers.
Verizon told to sell assets with Alltel merger
(AP) -- The Justice Department on Thursday effectively gave Verizon Wireless the go-ahead to buy Alltel Corp. in a $28 billion deal that would create the nation's largest wireless...
Congress to tackle Medicare in 2009
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers in Congress are expected to battle over Medicare next year as program spending increases, The Wall Street Journal said.
Good looks help women candidates, men not so much
(AP) -- Women running for top offices need to appear competent and attractive, according to a new study. For male candidates, seeming competent may be enough. It's a finding...
UC Davis: Troublesome, Non-native Squirrels Will Get Birth-control Shots
(PhysOrg.com) -- Before someone gets bitten, or neighboring farmlands are invaded, UC Davis officials will launch a birth-control research program to curb a campus population explosion of non-native tree squirrels.
Electronic Arts posts larger loss, cuts jobs
(AP) -- Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a wider quarterly net loss Thursday and said it is laying off about 6 percent of its work force to...
Court limits 'business method' patents
(AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against a man trying to patent a business idea, a decision with far-ranging implications for the financial services and high-tech...
Google's version of Wikipedia goes multi-lingual
Google on Thursday made its version of communally-constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia multi-lingual, opening its Knol compendium to nuggets of knowledge shared in French, Italian or German.
Voting for a candidate is not about policy or experience -- it's about charisma, researchers find
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a matter of seconds, voters can decide -- based on their perception of a candidate's charisma -- which of two candidates will win a race. About 60...
Minimising downtime by decentralising control
(PhysOrg.com) -- When complex, computerised control systems encounter a malfunction in any part of the process they control, the whole operation often grinds to a halt while the problem is...
VIDEO: Obama Wins Shaman Vote
Barack Obama has already won a landslide among one demographic. Shamans in Peru burned incense over a llama fetus and threw flowers on posters of Obama and John McCain to...
AOL.com rolls out homepage redesign
AOL.com, the web portal of America Online, rolled out a redesigned homepage on Thursday it hopes will become a central station of sorts for Internet travelers by letting people coordinate...
Research Development
The technological dominance of the United States may soon go the way of the dollar. Our statistical snapshot shows that government spending on pure research—the kind of investment that pays...
New industry minister faces tech and science challenges
A long list of science and technology issues are awaiting new Industry Minister Tony Clement, who takes over the role from Jim Prentice after Thursday's cabinet shuffle.
Intel invests 11.5 mln to help develop Taiwan 4G network
Intel Corp Thursday said it would invest 386 million dollars (11.5 million US) in Taiwanese carrier VMAX Telecom Co. to help it develop the island's first fourth-generation mobile network.
FDA staff, White House disagreed on drug lawsuits, papers show
Waxman releases documents showing that regulators tried to guard injured patients' right to sue as the Bush administration pushed to shield drug makers. The Supreme Court takes up the issue...
Nunavut's Aglukkaq named federal health minister
Conservative Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq was sworn in as health minister on Thursday, more than two weeks after she toppled the Liberals in the federal election.
Professors Call For Regulation Of Electronic Health Records
Cost and security concerns about bringing health care record keeping into the 21st century through electronic health records have led to a call for an effective regulatory and oversight system...
Dominance In Presidential Debates: Barack Obama's 'Rope-a-dope' Style
Research on nonverbal vocal communication in the presidential debates demonstrates that subtle, nonconsciously perceived cues in candidates' voices may provide a clue to dominance in electoral contests.
Motorola posts $397M 3Q loss; postpones spinoff
(AP) -- Motorola Inc. posted a hefty loss in the third quarter Thursday, citing the continued troubles of its cell phone division. Motorola said it will postpone the planned...
Cancer inquiry receives computer records; machine located in U.S.
An easy-going technician has solved a mystery for Newfoundland and Labrador's breast cancer inquiry, and led the probe to data thought to have been buried at a dump.