HBO stops selling DVDs to Netflix
(AP) -- HBO fired a shot across Netflix's bow this week, confirming it will no longer sell discounted DVDs of hit shows like "Boardwalk Empire" to the subscription video service.
Business
Jan 5, 2012
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Earth's massive extinction: The story gets worse
Scientists have uncovered a lot about the Earth's greatest extinction event that took place 250 million years ago when rapid climate change wiped out nearly all marine species and a majority of those on land. Now, they have ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 5, 2012
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Cloud computing's ubiquity brings down prices
If you've ever had your laptop stolen, watched your toddler baptize your PC with Pepsi, or had your MacBook come to a cold, dead stop, you know that the digital memories we store on our home computers are anything but indelible.
Internet
Jan 5, 2012
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Ohio well owner undertakes study after earthquakes
(AP) -- An energy company that agreed to shut down operations of a northeastern Ohio brine injection well last week after earthquakes in the vicinity says it's commissioning a geologic study of the area.
Environment
Jan 5, 2012
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ISU scientist helps find structure of gene-editing protein named Method of the Year
In the two and a half years since Adam Bogdanove, professor at Iowa State University in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, along with Matthew Moscou, a former graduate student in that department, discovered ...
Biotechnology
Jan 5, 2012
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Gartner lowers 2012 tech spending growth forecast
Research firm Gartner Inc. has lowered its global technology spending growth forecast because of the sluggish economy and the euro crisis.
Business
Jan 5, 2012
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Narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made show the same current capability as copper
The narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made – just four atoms wide and one atom tall – have been shown to have the same electrical current carrying capability of copper, according to a new study published ...
Nanophysics
Jan 5, 2012
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Flatworms' minimalist approach to cell division reveals molecular architecture of human centrosome
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have discovered that planarians, tiny flatworms fabled for their regenerative powers, completely lack centrosomes, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 5, 2012
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File sharing group seen as religious in Sweden
(AP) -- A file-sharing group that considers itself a spiritual organization said Thursday that Sweden has recognized it as a religious community.
Other
Jan 5, 2012
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Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease
British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease.
General Physics
Jan 5, 2012
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