(Phys.org) —Sea turtle populations may be increasing—or decreasing—but by using the most common method of simply counting nests or nesting females there is no way to know for sure, a University of Florida research team ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

New observations of comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) have allowed NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. to further refine the comet's orbit.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 4

Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday that its CEO, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30.

Technology - Business

Mar 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

African elephants face the worst crisis since global trade in ivory was banned almost a quarter-century ago, with the risk of extinction rising in worst-hit nations, conservationists said Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

Facebook and BlackBerry lost ground on Wall Street Thursday as investors gave a cool reception to earnings at social network Facebook and the Canadian firm's launch of a new smartphone platform.

Technology - Business

Jan 31, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 1

Yahoo! shares bounced in after-hours trading Monday as the struggling Internet pioneer topped Wall Street expectations despite a slip in quarterly profit.

Technology - Business

Jan 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

Population growth in Virginia outpaced the nation, with highly varied growth across localities, according to the most recent official annual population estimates for the state developed by demographers from the University ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

IBM's fourth-quarter earnings grew 6 percent even as revenue was largely flat, as the company benefited from growing, lucrative software businesses such as Internet-based computing and data analytics.

Technology - Business

Jan 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

A team of American and Chinese conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Montana recently counted nearly 1,000 wild yaks from a remote area of the Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau. ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—Ethologists – those who study animal behavior under natural conditions – have long recognized that groups of various species, or animal collectives, use a variety of decision-making system ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 18, 2012 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

Scientists have developed a new approach for evaluating past climate sensitivity data to help improve comparison with estimates of long-term climate projections developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 28, 2012 4 / 5 (12) 0 |

The population of South Asian vultures, which suffered a 99 percent drop since the 1990s, has stabilised for the first time, a study said, offering a glimmer of hope that the birds could be saved.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—Yahoo ushered in Marissa Mayer as its new CEO with a third-quarter earnings report that topped analyst estimates.

Technology - Business

Oct 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

IBM's revenue slipped below Wall Street's expectations in the third quarter as the technology company dealt with jittery customers and a weakening euro that undercut its results. Despite the problems posed by the wobbly economy, ...

Technology - Business

Oct 16, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—The Russian space program's Mission Control Center says it will move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with a fragment of debris.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Oct 03, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 1