Ever had to find your friend in a crowd? Imagine at a festival your mate saying: "I'll be wearing a yellow t-shirt by the hotdog stall behind the jazz stage." Using this information, you could walk around listening out for ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 08, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Discovering direct animal behavior from the fossil record can only be done in exceptional circumstances. Such circumstances exist in the German Posidonia gas shale from the Jurassic period ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 08, 2012 5 / 5 (11) 1 |

Sweeping medieval fantasy game "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" and addictive puzzle play in "Portal 2" won accolades at the world's largest gathering of game makers that wraps up Friday in San Francisco.

Technology - Software

Mar 08, 2012 3 / 5 (1) 0

Apple certainly has lots of buzz and corporate cache behind its products, but there's a hidden - almost mundane - reason its newest iPad is likely to dominate the competition: the advantageous deals the company ...

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 08, 2012 1.6 / 5 (10) 0

Nanoparticles are everywhere. From cosmetics and clothes, to soda and snacks. But as versatile as they are, nanoparticles also have a downside, say researchers at Binghamton University and Cornell University ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Mar 08, 2012 4.3 / 5 (7) 1 |

The role of sex in driving genetic variation and generating higher biodiversity has been debated for over a century. Speeding up evolution may increase genetic variation, but surprisingly it can reduce species diversity, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 08, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

The term "bush meat" conjures up images of exotic animals hunted by men in traditional dress using handmade weapons. But in reality, bush meat is a lot closer to our North American venison, quail, and pheasant ...

Biology - Ecology

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A team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, used video cameras to count Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) inside and outside marine reserv ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

Thanks to a generous gift, National University of Singapore study traced historical shipping records and vindicated Darwin from accusations of deceit.

Biology - Evolution

Mar 08, 2012 4.3 / 5 (9) 0

Rovio's Angry Birds are taking their battle against the egg-stealing pigs into space and NASA is giving them a boost.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 08, 2012 not rated yet 1

(AP) -- An elite computer hacker who stunned fellow Internet saboteurs by becoming an FBI informant didn't put up any resistance when agents first knocked on his door.

Technology - Internet

Mar 08, 2012 2 / 5 (2) 3

Personal computer shipments are expected to remain weak this year amid growing competition from tablets and even high-powered smartphones, research company Gartner said Thursday.

Technology - Business

Mar 08, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A recent US Supreme Court decision is hurting the ability of federal law enforcement agencies to monitor criminal suspects with global positioning satellites (GPS), according to FBI Director Robert Mueller.

Technology - Other

Mar 08, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 6

"Titanic" director James Cameron will try in the coming weeks to dive to the deepest place on Earth, further than any other human has on a solo mission, to return with specimens and images.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 08, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

Within a decade, personal robots could become as common in U.S. homes as any other major appliance, and many if not most of these machines will be able to perform innumerable tasks not explicitly imagined by their manufacturers. ...

Electronics - Robotics

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