A species of truffle that is considered to be rare has been found for the first time in Finland. Previously it has been thought to exist only in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The truffle ...

Biology - Ecology

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

It may be too soon to call Facebook Home a flop. But it's clearly not the breakout hit that some expected. One month after its splashy debut, fewer and fewer people are downloading Facebook's new mobile software. It took ...

Technology - Software

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

Offspring of female horses and male donkeys, mules are often associated with caution and hard work. While they'll never be mistaken for thoroughbreds, mules play important roles in modern society – performing ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 16, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists at Keele University have found a solution to one of life's great mysteries: Why people often fail to see the answer to a problem when the solution is right in front of them. The researchers have created a new method, ...

Other Sciences - Other

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

(Phys.org) —Research has detailed how acoustic communication has evolved within a unique species of cricket which exploits extremely high frequency harmonics to interact.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Norwegian research scientists will contribute to realising the concept of storing electricity at the bottom of the sea. The energy will be stored with the help of high water pressure.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (9) 1 |

Many species pair for life, or so the story goes. In reality, there is quite a bit of cheating going on. Both male and female partners may have "affairs" outside the pair bond. In such cases, how is a male ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

Ask Joshua Reeves about his online payroll service, and the last thing he'll want to discuss are its features and algorithms and software code and all that other cold jargon that usually comes pouring out of the mouths of ...

Technology - Business

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 2

For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs ...

Technology - Business

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

HTC's new One is a smartphone I like to hold but don't like to use. I love its design and some of its top features. But I found other key features disappointing, including the One's revamped interface, which ...

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

May 16, 2013 2 / 5 (8) 2

Google Glass was a common sight as software savants shared visions of games, weather reports, news and more delivered to the Internet-linked eyewear.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 1

Three-D printing technology is a game changer in the arts and crafts world. "It really takes the lid off of what's possible," says Andrej Suskavcevic, president and CEO of the Craft and Hobby Association, ...

Technology - Other

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—New Zealand's highest court ruled Thursday that it will hear an appeal by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three colleagues as they seek to avoid extradition to the United States.

Technology - Business

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —On May 31, 2013, asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail serenely past Earth, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Australia said it was pushing for a ban Thursday of any commercial use of a pioneering technique to reduce the impacts of climate change by "fertilising" the world's oceans with iron, warning of significant ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1