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BP's subpoena of scientists' emails questioned
Two U.S. scientists who helped BP assess the extent of the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say the company's subpoenaing of their private emails has the...
Security Cameras Turn into Super-Fast Sleuths
A new MIT surveillance system can speed up its search for intruders or suspicious packages among dozens of security camera feeds.
U.S. Agencies Unveil Competition to Develop Personal Pollution Sensor
Officials hope prize will spur innovation
Sony unveils Harry Potter game, 2nd Vita screen at E3
Sony Corp. has breathed new life into its handheld video game console Vita and at the E3 video game expo that began in L.A. Tuesday announced a partnership with children's...
Energy-dense biofuel from cellulose close to being economical
A new process for creating biofuels has shown potential to be cost-effective for production scale, opening the door for moving beyond the laboratory setting.
Facebook to allow kids under 13?
NEW YORK, June 4 (UPI) -- Facebook is said to be developing technology to allow children under age 13 to access the social network, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Gear: Sound systems to tune up workouts
Music may be the ultimate performance-enhancing drug. It makes long runs shorter, big hills smaller and hard stuff easier. In fact, studies have shown it can speed your warm-up by...
Green Blog: Emissions Fell Under Cap and Trade Program, Report Says
The decline in the nine participating Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states can be attributed not just to the carbon market, but to the cheap price of natural gas, improved energy efficiency...
Stanford professor wins $500K MIT invention prize
(AP) A Stanford University professor has won a $500,000 award from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology program in recognition of his inventions.
8 Famous Folks Who Made Surprising Job Switches
Have you ever dreamt about leaving your career behind and doing something totally different? Of course you have! Though the idea of making a drastic job switch might seem overwhelming,...
BlackBerry maker stock slips to new low
Shares in BlackBerry maker Research In Motion fell below $10, the lowest point in nearly eight years, amid growing concerns about the outlook for the troubled smartphone maker.
Out There: Big Data’s Parallel Universe Brings Fears, and a Thrill
The world’s bank of digital information is growing at a rate of five trillion bits a second, and there’s a lot going on inside that we don’t know about.
Socially barbed sitcom South Park gets videogame
The creators of the South Park cartoon sitcom known for crude language and lampooning hot-button social issues are about to whack the videogame world with "Stick of Truth."
Google buys instant messaging firm Meebo
Google has agreed to buy the online messaging firm Meebo, a move expanding the Internet giant's capabilities for instant sharing of Web pages using social networks.
Not ready to play nice: Online attacks by presidential candidates
As voters increasingly rely on websites of presidential primary candidates for news, they run a risk because candidates' online attacks are not vetted through traditional "watchdog journalists" and other gatekeepers...
UN Names Sustainability Dean at Arizona State University a 'Champion of the Earth'
Sander van der Leeuw, the dean of the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, is among the six winners of the 2012 United Nations Champions of the Earth award....
Editorial | Philosophy: Back to big
There is a new more expansive mood taking shape in British philosophy as born out at Hay-on-WyeStephen Hawking may have insisted that "philosophy is dead" in his latest book, but the numbers queuing...
How mosquitoes fly in rain? Thanks to low mass
Even though a single raindrop can weigh 50 times more than a mosquito, the insect is still able to fly through a downpour. Georgia Tech researchers used high-speed videography to...
iPad rules the tablets, Samsung tops Kindle: survey
The Apple iPad extended its lead in the global market for tablet computers at the start of 2012 while Amazon's Kindle Fire flamed out after a sizzling introduction, a survey...
Observatory: Flowers’ Petals Are a Sticky Carpet for Bees
Cone-shaped cells on most petals act like a surface of Velcro that pollinating bees can cling to, especially when the wind blows strongly, a study finds.
Axel Springer buys 76 pct of Poland's Onet portal
Poland's TVN commercial media group said Monday it had sold 76 percent of Onet, a major Polish Internet portal, to Germany's Axel Springer media for nearly 969 million zloty (220...
Solar-powered plane attempts first intercontinental flight
A Swiss adventurer aims to make the world's first intercontinental flight in a solar-powered plane Tuesday, taking off from Madrid shortly before dawn on a daring trip to Rabat.
June 2012 Story Tips
Windshields, windows, solar panels, eyeglasses, heart stents and hundreds of other products representing a multi-billion-dollar market are potential targets for Oak Ridge National Laboratory's thin-film superhydrophobic technology. A hybrid supercomputer...
Harvard entrepreneurs weave silk with science
A business idea born in a Harvard classroom to improve the delivery of vaccines in developing countries has been selected as the grand prize winner of the Harvard University President’s Challenge for social...
Why a rat is smarter than Google
And that's no dig at Google, according to artificial intelligence researchers Yann LeCun and Josh Tenenbaum. The two spoke at the World Science Festival in New York City after the...
Women engineers trace tech gender gap to childhood
From board rooms to "brogrammers," men still dominate many corners of the tech industry
Google lodges Nokia, Microsoft complaint with EU
US Internet giant Google said on Monday it has lodged a complaint with European Union competition authorities against Finland's Nokia and its US software peer Microsoft.
More about Hidden Biases and Fukushima
About six weeks ago, I posted a blog entry called Subtle and not so subtle biases shape assessment of Fukushima. It [...]