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Conservatives still control high court despite healthcare ruling
Nestled within the justices' opinions are some disquieting hints that the Supreme Court's hostility toward government control over corporate power hasn't changed.Supporters of the healthcare reform act upheld by the...
New law could shift employee health benefits to private market
The Affordable Care Act could entice companies to give employees a fixed amount to buy their own insurance.The Supreme Court's endorsement of the federal healthcare law this week could spur...
Why supermarket tomatoes tend to taste bland
Scientists suggest breeding for uniformity inactivates a gene that affects color and sugar content.The mass-produced tomatoes we buy at the grocery store tend to taste more like cardboard than fruit....
Adoption of advanced techniques could propel crop improvement
Scientists could take greater strides toward crop improvement if there were wider adoption of advanced techniques used to understand the mechanisms that allow plants to adapt to their environments, researchers...
The New Frontier in Food Science: Replicating the Nutrition, Texture and Taste of Meat and Eggs
Food scientists are working to replicate the nutrition, as well as the texture, taste and functionalities of meat and eggs, by utilizing plant-based products and in-vitro technologies, according to a...
AOL launches $400 mn share buyback
AOL on Thursday launched a $400 million stock buyback in the latest move aimed at improving shareholder value at the Internet and media group.
High-tech maps keep track of Colorado wildfires
Emergency information is faster and more accurate thanks to up-to-the-minute map data from Google and Esri
Google releases Chrome browser for iPhone, iPad
Google's Chrome browser can now be used to surf the Web on the iPhone and iPad.
Supreme Court lets $19B cellphone lawsuit proceed
The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for a $19-billion class-action lawsuit against the country's biggest cellphone companies to proceed.
Green Blog: Car Rentals for the 'Eco-Curious'
Disappointed by rental figures for electric cars, Enterprise Holdings plans to reach out to urbanites who care about energy efficiency and new technology.
Flavor Is the Price of Tomatoes’ Scarlet Hue, Geneticists Say
A gene mutation that breeders latched onto because it makes a tomato uniformly red also stifles genes that contribute to its taste, researchers say.
Green Blog: Tides Canada Stands Up to Government Critics
After Conservative politicians accuse it of "laundering" and operating as a shill for American groups, Tides discloses its finances and denounces what it calls Glenn Beck-style attacks.
Review: Wireless speakers great fit for phone use
(AP) -- Diminutive wireless speakers are filling the shelves at electronics stores. They're proving to be the ideal accessory for people who listen to the bulk of their music on...
Communication scheme makes popular applications ‘gracefully mobile’
The Secure Shell, or SSH, is a popular program that lets computer users log onto remote machines. Software developers use [...]
Private Foundation Gets Into Hunting Asteroids Business | Video
The B612 Foundation - a mash mix of astronomers, astronauts and tech pioneers - aims to launch their Sentinel Program to discover and map most of the larger and some...
Green Business Plan Competition Is A Hit
Sustainability: Event to encourage green chemistry start-up firms, awards $50,000 in prize money
New apps redefine poetry
Poetry has been following the rules for centuries. From the strict structure of the haiku to the rhythmic rhyme of the ballad, verse can be daunting to both professional poets...
IT World and other trade magazines drop print, go digital-only
Some long-running specialty magazines are switching to online-only editions at the end of this month, raising the question once again: Is this the end of print?
Reforestation linked to development in Central America
Deforestation and reforestation rates in Central America are linked to the countries’ human development index, a study has found.
Green Blog: On Our Radar: Landslides in Bangladesh
Workers rush to move people from shanty housing.
Responsibility misused by politicians: study
The concept of responsibility is being used by politicians as a distraction from the real problems in society, which have to do with inequality according to research from the University...
Voters bypass their own representatives and reward Presidents for federal spending, new research shows
Voters of all political stripes tend to reward Presidents for federal spending in their areas, new research shows.
Self-Plagiariasm Is The New Prius
Self-plagiariasm is big news these days. A short while ago, former ACS president Ron Breslow had an article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society pulled - not because...
Software identifies censored China microblog posts
Hong Kong researchers have developed software able to identify censored posts on China's main microblog, they said Thursday.
New Zealand court rules Megaupload raid was illegal
New Zealand police acted illegally when armed officers raided Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's Auckland mansion earlier this year, a High Court judge ruled on Thursday.
Recipes for Health: Cherry Bread Pudding
A lighter version of a traditional Alsatian dish called a bettelmann, this sweet dish features a classic pairing: cherries and almonds.
HP says some motherboards failing
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 27 (UPI) -- Hewlett-Packard says "higher than expected" failures of some desktop PC motherboards led it to offer a one-year warranty extension to cover possible...
Faster search, better photo sharing in new Android
Faster ways to search content on the Internet and share photos between two phones are promised in the next version of Google's Android operating system for mobile devices.