The National Research Council in Washington is urging educators to teach K-12 students to think spatially, using geographic information systems.

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University of Maryland scientists using infrared cameras and ultrasonic microphones have found exactly how a bat moves in response to sound.

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A University of Victoria study suggests dedicated dog owners log more exercise time than their urban neighbors without pet dogs.

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University of Maine scientists say they have completed a long-term study of the effects of groundfish trawling on the sea floor of the Gulf of Maine.

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Looking like a child's pinwheel ready to be set a spinning by a gentle breeze, this dramatic spiral galaxy is one of the latest viewed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Stunning details of the face-on spiral ...

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California's $30-million-a-year squid industry has quadrupled during the past decade and now scientists are using sonar to assess squid stocks.

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Gen X and Y are sparking the Valentine's Day romantic fire with some technological assistance.

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The Seattle company behind the familiar Real Player made a major move in the online games sector Tuesday with the acquisition of Dutch developer Zylom Media.

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Scientists have completed the oldest mitochondrial genome sequence from the 33,000-year-old remains of a woolly mammoth; results show mammoths and Asian elephants are a sister species that diverged soon after ...

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Toshiba Corporation and NEC Corporation today announced that they have developed a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) that combines the highest density with the fastest read and write speed yet achieved. ...

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LG Electronics unveiled the upgraded flat panel TV equipped with enhanced HD-Digital Video Recorder (DVR) at a launch event and press conference held today at Seoul Hilton Hotel.

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If the world continues to burn greenhouse gases, California may have an increased risk of winter floods and summer water shortages, even within the same year. This scenario may be more severe in future El ...

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Italy has built a laboratory on top of Mount Everest to better analyze the Earth's atmosphere.

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Amtel announced Tuesday it was launching a line of single-chip transceivers designed specifically for WiMax applications.

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Sonae's unsolicited bid for Portugal Telecom was seen in a somewhat dim light by financial analysts who feared the telco could be saddled with unwelcome debt.

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