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Friday, June 8, 2012

The Biggest Cost For Facebook

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Data store: Facebook’s data center in Prineville, Oregon, is one of several that will help the company cope with its always growing user bas...
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'Prime Suspect' In Bee Colony Deaths Is Found

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Photo: Bee populations have been falling rapidly in many countries, fuelled by a phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder 'Prime Su...

The U.N. Wants To Tax Web Sites

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U.N. Could Tax U.S.-Based Web Sites, Leaked Docs Show -- CNet Global Internet tax suggested by European network operators, who want Apple, G...

Here Comes 'Big Brother'

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Surveillance: The new BRS Labs AISight software is used with devices are installed in places like train stations or public buildings where t...

New Ways To Hear ET

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Despite there being no 'intelligent' signal detected coming from Gliese 581, the new technique could prove useful to future SETI pro...

Thinking About Wine Can Help You Relax

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Just the thought of a glass of wine could be enough to help you relax because of the power of positive thinking Photo: Alamy Thinking About ...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Quantum Computers Move One Step Closer

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Image Caption: SFU physicist Mike Thewalt and grad student Kamyar Saeedi with a sample of highly isotopically enriched silicon - its unique ...

Looking At Nature For Inspiration In Developing New Body Armor

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A mantis shrimp in the lab of David Kisailus. (Credit: Carlos Puma) Armored Caterpillar Could Inspire New Body Armor -- Science Daily Scienc...

Bing Signs Encyclopaedia Britannica To Expand Search Results

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What the Encyclopedia Britannica search results look like on Bing. (Credit: Bing) Bing Plugs Encyclopedia Britannica Into Its Search Results...

Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives At The Intrepid Sea, Air And Space Museum.

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New Yorkers Turn Out For Docking Of A Space Shuttle — Close Up -- Geek Mom/Wired There was an impromptu party on Manhattan’s West Side yeste...

Getting Ready For A Manned Mars Mission

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The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Project will test inflatable decelerators and advanced parachutes in a series of rocket sled, wind tu...

Drug Resistant Gonorrhoea Spreading Around The World

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Untreatable Gonorrhoea Spreading Around World: WHO -- Reuters (Reuters) - Drug-resistant strains of gonorrhoea have spread to countries acro...

Has The Gold-Laden Lost City Of Ciudad Blanca Been Found At Last?

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A view of the Honduras rain forest. Laser mapping scientists flew over a remote part of the forest and discovered what appear to be ruins. T...

'Vampire' Skeletons Found In Bulgaria

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People believed the rod would pin the dead into their graves and stop them from becoming vampires 'Vampire' Skeletons Found In Bulga...

Twitter's Users Tweet Over 400 Million Times Per Day

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Twitter's 140 Million Users Tweet Over 400 Million Times Per Day -- MSNBC I currently follow 159 users on Twitter and I occasionally get...

Stunning New Footage Of Venus Transit

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Nasa Releases Stunning New Ultra-High Definition Footage Of 2012 Venus Transit -- The Telegraph One of the rarest astronomical events is cap...

Cancer: An Interview With The Author Of The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography Of Cancer

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Self-Guided Bullet

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Straight Shooter Trevor Johnston Rough Sketch: Self-Guided Bullet -- Popular Science “Our .50-caliber bullet can guide itself to a hit half ...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Mercedes Embraces More User-Facing Technology

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Mercedes Makes the Mundane ‘Magical’ -- Autopia Leave it to the Germans. Just when you think the most simplistic, mundane bits of a vehicle ...

A Look At The Most Active And Most Explosive Volcanoes In The Cascade Range

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Map of the Cascadia Volcanic Arc by NASA. Image courtesy Wikipedia Commons. Prelude To A Catastrophe: “One Of The Most Active And Most Explo...
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