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Climate protection game developed
A team of computer animation students have designed an online computer game to help children understand ways they can reduce their impact on climate change.
Babies sent out of province for care, nurses say
A nursing shortage has forced Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority to send newborn babies out of province for care, the nurses union says.
Model Helps Computers Sort Data More Like Humans
Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. Faced with a large set of data, computers...
MIT software aims to thwart cyber hackers
(PhysOrg.com) -- In response to the chronic cyber threat of hackers, MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are developing a software tool to identify the most vulnerable points in a computer network....
Hutton warns over energy policy
John Hutton appears to warn against a windfall tax, saying the "right framework" is needed to attract future energy investment.
Study: DNA barcoding in danger of 'ringing up' wrong species
DNA barcoding is a movement to catalog all life on earth by a simple standardized genetic tag, similar to stores labeling products with unique barcodes. The effort promises foolproof food...
Stuck Pin Delays Shuttle's Trek to Launch Pad
A stuck metal pin prompted delay for shuttle Atlantis' launch pad move.
Unconventional Coverage On The Web
With bloggers and other new media journalists covering the DNC from quarters partially sponsored by Google, the blogosphere and video sites like YouTube will provide views and perspectives that political...
Nielsen: 'Obama Text' Reached 2.9 Million
The statistics firm says that the SMS campaign stunt announcing his VP pick reached 2.9 million people.
Drug uptake rule challenged
Membrane study contradicts a century-old pharmacologists’ rule on drug transport
Consumers Predict Inflation as Accurately as Economists
By watching everyday prices, consumers estimate inflation rate.
Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walk
A human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.
Broadcom co-founder apologizes after plea deal
(AP) -- Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli has apologized for lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission during its probe of stock options backdating at the chip maker.
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Laptop with bank details of over a million Britons sold on eBay
The British government began an investigation Tuesday into how a computer containing highly sensitive bank information of over a million people was sold via online auction site eBay.
Bond finds new terror fighting technique
LEICESTER, England, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A British scientist says his new fingerprinting technique on bullets could also be used to identify bomb makers.
This Pill Will Change Your Life
Along with flying cars and underwater bubble cities, pills curing every ill are a staple of science fiction. But while aero-autobahns and submerged metropolises have not moved any closer to...
Green tech in 'Formula Zero' race
Six international teams competed this weekend in the first-ever hydrogen-powered motorsport race.
Architects HOK win bid to design secure laboratory
Plans to build a controversial £500m high security medical research laboratory in the heart of London are now in full swing after the architects HOK won the bid to design...
California tobacco control program saved billions in medical costs
California's state tobacco control program saved $86 billion--in 2004 dollars--in personal healthcare costs in its first 15 years, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San...
UK 'should end biofuel subsidies'
The government should spend biofuel subsidies on safeguarding rainforests and peatland instead, a think tank says.
Rogers iPhone speeds among fastest in the world: report
Canadian 3G iPhone users are experiencing some of the fastest network speeds in the world, according to a study by Wired magazine's website.
How to clear confusion from food allergy warnings
(AP) -- It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient. The warnings are...
Motorola Releases Next Gen Push-To-Talk on CDMA 1x EVDO Rev A
Motorola, Inc. today announced that it has released its next generation Push-To-Talk over Cellular (PoC) solution, optimized for CDMA 1x networks equipped with EVDO Rev A data capability. This solution...
Intel CTO Says Gap between Humans, Machines will Close by 2050
Intel Corporation's chief technology officer took a fascinating look at how technology will bring man and machine much closer together by 2050.
Child malnutrition is an old stain on a new India
Half of young Indians are malnourished. In a nation seen as a rising power, combating the problem 'has not been a policy priority . . . for the last 40...
Century City Doctors Hospital begins shutting down
Unable to find a buyer, the facility files for financial liquidation. It will close its emergency room and discharge or transfer patients. ...
Intensity Of Human Environmental Impact May Lessen As Incomes Rise, Analysis Suggests
The richer you are, the more of the world's resources you can afford to consume. But in many parts of the world, rising incomes are not having the proportionate effect...