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Understanding human threats to the Earth's largest habitat -- the deep sea

(PhysOrg.com) -- When most people think about the deep sea, they picture broad expanses of muddy seafloor. However, the majority of deep-sea animals, and perhaps the majority of all animals on Earth, live ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Gestural hand-tracking interface being developed by MIT researchers (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have developed software that can track a Lycra fabric glove with a special color pattern. Using only a cheap web camera equipped with a wide angle lens, the software can ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Where's the Gulf oil? In the food web, study says

(AP) -- Scientists say they have for the first time tracked how certain nontoxic elements of oil from the BP spill quickly became dinner for plankton, entering the food web in the Gulf of Mexico.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Urban light pollution and its impact on nocturnal activity

Researchers in Germany have discovered that urban light pollution not only limits the visibility of stars, but also plays havoc with nocturnal animals that depend on a compass-like pattern of polarised light ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new model for understanding biodiversity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Animals like foxes and raccoons are highly adaptable. They move around and eat everything from insects to eggs. They and other "generalist feeders" like them may also be crucial to sustaining ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study provides insight into Southern Ocean food web

One of the most comprehensive studies of animals in the Southern Ocean reveals a region that is under threat from the effects of environmental change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study reveals how Arctic food webs affect mercury in polar bears

With growing concerns about the effects of global warming on polar bears, it's increasingly important to understand how other environmental threats, such as mercury pollution, are affecting these magnificent Arctic animals.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Flash developers in demand

Steve Cucinotta's job lets him work with state-of-the-art software, create the latest Facebook applications and collaborate with equally cutting-edge co-workers. And if that's not enough, consider this: His office has a Foosball ...

Technology / Software

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0