News tagged with ghost
Hobbs, NM, picked as site of scientific ghost town
(AP) -- Gov. Susana Martinez and a group of investors announced Tuesday that a city in the heart of southeastern New Mexico's oil and gas country will be the site of a new $1 billion scientific ghost town where researchers ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 08, 2012 |
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Amazon streams video to Xbox 360 consoles
Online retail powerhouse Amazon.com on Tuesday announced a collaboration with Microsoft to begin streaming films and television shows to Xbox 360 videogame consoles.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 30, 2012 |
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Ghostly gamma-ray beams blast from Milky Way's center
(Phys.org) -- As galaxies go, our Milky Way is pretty quiet. Active galaxies have cores that glow brightly, powered by supermassive black holes swallowing material, and often spit twin jets in opposite directions. ...
May 29, 2012 |
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The 2012 transit of Venus
On June 5th, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2012 |
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Beyond Tupac -- the future of hologram technology
Last week the world watched on as a supposed hologram of the late rapper Tupac Shakur performed at the Coachella music festival in California.
Apr 26, 2012 |
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US video game sales drop 25 percent in March
(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 percent in March from a year earlier to $1.1 billion. It marked the fourth month of decline as Sony Corp.'s new PS Vita handheld failed to ...
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Endangered bats find sanctuary in Israeli 'ghost bunkers'
Abandoned army bunkers along the Jordan River have become a habitat for 12 indigenous bat species, three of which are already designated as endangered and two that are on the critical list. The bats were recently identified ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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'Smart City' ambitions for quake-struck Italian town
Three years after a quake devastated L'Aquila, the Italian town has launched a bid to become a hi-tech European city -- to the scepticism of thousands of people still living in temporary housing.
Apr 04, 2012 |
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An elusive new scorpion species from California lives underground
Even in places as seemly well-studied as the national parks of North America, new species are still being discovered. Using ultraviolet light that cause scorpions to fluoresce a ghostly glow, researchers from ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Middle school boys who are reluctant readers value reading more after using e-readers: study
Middle school boys rated reading more valuable as an activity after two months of using an e-reader, according to a new study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Using virtual worlds to 'soft control' people's movements in the real one
Eighty-eight percent of Americans now own a cell phone, forming a massive network that offers scientists a wealth of information and an infinite number of new applications. With the help of these phone users and their ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 16, 2012 |
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