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Football: Goal-line technology for England friendly - FIFA

Goal-line technology will be tested in an international match for the first time, when England take on Belgium in a Euro 2012 warm-up, FIFA said on Thursday.

Technology / Other

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The quick and easy way to measure power consumption

The ambitious goals set by the German government to promote energy efficiency have put pressure on companies to change their energy-use policies. But the sustainable management of energy resources and the associated energy-saving ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High food prices derail Millennium goals: report

High food prices have derailed ambitious aims to slash extreme poverty and hunger across the world by 2015, a World Bank and International Monetary Fund report said Friday.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Study shows arts education benefits at-risk youth

A new international study shows teenagers and young adults of low socio-economic status involved in arts activities have better academic results and higher career goals.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GoalRef goal-line technology advances to final

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) announced on Saturday, March 3, 2012, that it had shortlisted two goal-line technologies and approved them for a final round of testing. One of the remaining ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Australian birds status declining faster than elsewhere in world

A newly published study shows Australians must work with international partners if they are to save all of Australia's birds.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Girl power surges in India

By putting 18 million cracks in the proverbial glass ceiling, Hillary Clinton changed the way Americans think about women in politics, and new Northwestern University research suggests that an affirmative action law in India ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Automakers embrace high-tech in safety drive

Automakers displaying the latest technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) are relying on sensors, digital cameras and connectivity in a drive towards a common goal -- eliminating accidents.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Google search gets more personal, raises hackles (Update)

Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its Internet search results can include more personal information.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Study shows family solution to teen troubles

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do you keep at-risk teens off drugs and out of trouble? According to a new University of Georgia study, family can make a difference.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

Microscopic worms could hold the key to living life on Mars

The astrophysicist Stephen Hawking believes that if humanity is to survive we will have to pull up sticks and colonise space. But is the human body up to the challenge?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

If consumers are close to fitness goals, do they prefer a larger or limited variety of products?

Consumers who believe they are making progress toward their goals are motivated by limited product variety, unlike people who think they are further from their goals, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Re ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cisco CEO's pay fell by third, same as share slump

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. CEO John Chambers saw his pay package fall by nearly a third in the company's fiscal year that ended in July, a period when the company's shares dropped by about the same amount.

Technology / Business

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: NASA made proper pick for retired shuttles

(AP) -- NASA acted properly when it picked new homes for the retired space shuttles, the space agency's watchdog said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study identifies psychological factors that keep young adults employed

Today's rapid economic change and labor market turbulence make early careers particularly unstable, but new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association shows that young workers ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0