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Astronaut recruitment drive fetches over 5,000 applications
Over 5,000 Canadians handed in their resumés to the Canadian Space Agency in hopes of getting shot at proving they have the right stuff to be astronauts.
China Mobile says main hurdle in Apple iPhone talks cleared
China Mobile said Friday the main obstacle keeping iPhone out of the world's largest mobile phone market had been cleared now that Apple has dropped its revenue-sharing demands.
Online Service Lets Blind Surf The Internet From Any Computer, Anywhere
New software lets blind and visually impaired people surf the Internet on the go. The computer science student who created the software, called WebAnywhere, says more accessibility tools must move...
Architect to build shape-shifting skyscrapers in Dubai, Moscow
An ambitious architect has unveiled plans to build an 80-storey, revolving, shape-shifting skyscraper in both Dubai and in Moscow.
Climate Change May Challenge National Security, Classified Report Warns
The National Intelligence Council has completed a new classified assessment that explores how climate change could threaten US security in the next 20 years by causing political instability, mass movements...
Yahoo confirms Google commitment, pans Microsoft
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer's commitment...
Gene Testing Questioned by Regulators
Regulators are cracking down on companies that sell genetic tests directly to consumers, threatening to crimp the growth of one of the hottest sectors of the biotechnology industry.
Feature: The Second Life of science research
Australian researchers are using online community Second Life to create 3D worlds in which scientists can collaborate with colleagues and students, reports Tony Malkovic.
Marketers are creating an imaginary, cross-cultural, Asian world
Despite vast cultural differences among Asian nations, marketers are mixing a number of cultural influences to create an imaginary Asian world, according to new research in the Journal of Consumer...
Media bias can net mistakes at the ballot box
The media slant political news to the left or right to increase ratings and profits, spinning up an information vacuum that can lead to mistakes at the ballot box, a...
In Your Face! Remote Control
Jacob Whitehill has built a smile detector that can turn his face into a remote control device that can send simple commands to a computer. Credit: UC San Diego Jacobs...
Charter drops Web tracking plans
(AP) -- Charter Communications Inc. is dropping plans to track the Web usage of some high-speed Internet subscribers, citing concerns raised by customers, the company said Tuesday.
Payback time
The UK government has invested heavily in science. Now it's looking for a return, and some worry that the research councils are being pressured to deliver, possibly at the expense...
Skyrocketing Energy Demands Predicted
Despite persistently high oil prices, global energy demand will grow by 50 percent over the next two decades with continued heavy reliance on environmentally troublesome fossil fuels, especially coal and...
Managing incidental findings in human subjects research
Article offers first major consensus recommendations for IFs An incidental finding (IF) is a finding concerning an individual research participant that has potential health or reproductive importance, is discovered...
Florida Buying Big Sugar Tract for Everglades
The dream of a restored Everglades moved a step closer to reality when the nation’s largest sugarcane producer agreed to sell all of its assets to the state.
Economic Scene: High Medicare Costs, Courtesy of Congress
Medicare pays $110 for a walker that Wal-Mart sells for $60, and medical equipment makers would like to keep it that way.
Waste-to-energy plans raise concerns in Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver's plan to build several new waste-to-energy plants is raising concerns amongst residents who are worried the plants will funnel more air pollution toward the Fraser Valley.
Coalition seeks federal nudge for broadband
(AP) -- One of the Internet's founding fathers and a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission joined forces Tuesday in renewing calls for the U.S. government to more actively...
Use of nanomaterials in food packaging poses regulatory challenges
Report uses product scenarios to examine the oversight and regulatory pathways to commercialization Engineered nanoscale materials (ENMs), which contain novel properties that offer potential benefits for use in food...
Biofuel use 'increasing poverty'
The rush to use biofuels in rich countries has dragged more than 30 million people worldwide into poverty, an aid agency says.
Online healthcare marketplace started
BOSTON, June 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. company has started an online healthcare service marketplace that allows physicians to communicate with patients.
European Cargo Ship Gets Longer Stay at Space Station
Europe's first orbital cargo ship is pulling double duty as an astronaut washroom.
Hurricane Center director talks forecasting in interview
MIAMI (AP) -- Substantially improving the accuracy of hurricane intensity predictions could take years and tens of millions of dollars, the National Hurricane Center's director said Tuesday....
Lose the iPod, pay attention, urge traffic experts
Calgary safety experts are urging drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to slow down and pay more attention during the summer months after two people died in separate traffic accidents this past...
Washington Congressman Calls for Return to American "Science Diplomacy" in the Middle East
Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA), in an interview with Conversations, is urging the United States to resume its role as, "A leader in science diplomacy" in the Middle East. Rep....
Breakthrough for schools now possible
A long running study has found that the English education system has the potential to turn around problems endured by schools in areas of high deprivation.
Kodak to buy back $1 billion in shares
(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday it is buying back up to $1 billion, or about a quarter, of its outstanding stock, by tapping a $581 million tax...