Rescuers from all around the world are converging on Haiti in the wake of this week's earthquake - and not all of them are human. Finding survivors amid the rubble of Port-au-Prince is a job tailor-made for dogs and devices.
The search-and-rescue operation "appears to be unprecedented in scale," Discovery.com reports.
Airborne view of the Pine Island glacier, Antarctica. (Credit: NASA/Jane Peterson)
The molecular motorcar on the left, called a "nanodragster," could spur new nanotechnologies such as factories that build products atom-by-atom. Credit: American Chemical Society
From PC World:Worried about the security hole in Internet Explorer that was used to launch attacks by China against Google and others? There are ways to help close it and limit your exposure to similar threats --- and it won't take more than a few minutes. Here's how to do it.
Microsoft has confirmed that an IE vulnerability was at fault for the Google attacks. In Microsoft Security Advisory (979352) it spells out details and in a company blog, Mike Reavey, director of Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC) provides more information.
From Arstechnica:Fox News posted an article Monday claiming that not only will next week's now-confirmed Apple event play host to the long-rumored tablet unveiling, but it will also see the next iteration of Apple's iLife software on show. Fox's report also claims that Apple will discuss the next iPhone OS update.
The article by Fox News' Clayton Morris is boldly titled "Apple Tablet, iPhone 4 Launch Confirmed for January 27th" (never mind the fact that it's always iffy to "confirm" any new Apple product until Steve Jobs stands onstage with it), and goes on to detail a conversation Morris allegedly had with an Apple source early Monday morning.
Customers play computer games at an Internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi province in this July 23, 2009 file photo. The Chinese government will offer greater cash rewards to people reporting online smut after handing out 224,000 yuan ($32,810) as of late last week, state media said on Monday. REUTERS/Stringer/Files
Apple on Monday ratcheted up the public relations buzz surrounding the launch of a new product, widely expected to be a tablet-sized computer, this month.
It sent out a press invitation via email, inviting journalists to “come see our latest creation”. Whilst far from explicit, as is Apple’s wont, the invitation was the strongest confirmation yet of what has been the company’s most anticipated new product since the launch of the iPhone three years ago.
Glider under water. (Credit: Holger v. Neuhoff, IFM-GEOMAR)
There are theories of how cell phones may cause cancer but
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Photo: Richard Branson's Virgin company already hopes to send people into space
Sir Isaac Newton was said to have discovered gravity while
Flying saucer: The AR.Drone is controlled by an iPhone. Developed by a French company, it caused a sensation when it received its public debut at a consumer electronics show in Las Vegas
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Women around the world spend billions of dollars each year on exotic smelling perfumes and lotions in the hopes of attracting a mate. However, according to a new study, going "au natural" may be the best way to capture a potential mate's attention. (Credit: iStockphoto/Catalin Plesa)
By reflecting a laser beam from a specially designed hologram (shown here as the colored circle), physicists created knots of dark filaments (represented by the colored knot). Credit: Mark Dennis.
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