Amazon original series to air mostly week-by-week
Amazon is releasing its first two original series, but not all at once.
Business
Nov 4, 2013
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Apple CEO backs workplace protection bill for gays
Apple chief executive Tim Cook joined the White House on Monday in backing a bill to ban workplace discrimination against gay and transgender employees.
Business
Nov 4, 2013
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NJIT researchers invent flexible battery made from carbon nanotubes
Researchers at NJIT have developed a flexible battery made with carbon nanotubes that could potentially power electronic devices with flexible displays.
Nanophysics
Nov 4, 2013
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Cutting-edge detector technology for astronomical observations
Semiconductors have had a nice run, but for certain applications, such as astrophysics, they are being edged out by superconductors. Ben Mazin, assistant professor of physics at UC Santa Barbara, has developed a superconducting ...
Astronomy
Nov 4, 2013
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Study suggests repetition of rare events could reduce screening mistakes by security
The failure to detect infrequent, but obvious security threats at airport screenings and other checkpoints may have less to do with incompetence or poor training than a human tendency to overlook rare events. But a Carnegie ...
Security
Nov 4, 2013
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Limo firm hacked; politician, celeb data breached
An Internet security firm says a limousine software company has been hacked, exposing credit card numbers and potentially embarrassing details about close to 1 million customers, including politicians, star athletes and corporate ...
Internet
Nov 4, 2013
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Diamond imperfections pave the way to technology gold
(Phys.org) —From supersensitive detections of magnetic fields to quantum information processing, the key to a number of highly promising advanced technologies may lie in one of the most common defects in diamonds. Researchers ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 4, 2013
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Genetic study proves Israel's wild boars originated in Europe
Wild boars look more or less the same in Israel as they do anywhere else: stalky and hairy with big heads, long snouts, and beady eyes. So scientists had no reason to suspect Israeli wild boars were any different than their ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2013
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Dolphin genetic study provides revelations
The old saying goes: "Don't judge a book by its cover." Well, the same could be said about bottlenose dolphins.
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2013
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Fossil of largest known platypus discovered in Australia
No living mammal is more peculiar than the platypus. It has a broad, duck-like bill, thick, otter-like fur, and webbed, beaver-like feet. The platypus lays eggs rather than gives birth to live young, its snout is covered ...
Archaeology
Nov 4, 2013
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