For most people, the sea is a deep, dark mystery. That is changing, though, as scientists find innovative ways to track the movements of ocean-going creatures.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP)—Felix Baumgartner stood poised in the open hatch of a capsule suspended above Earth, wondering if he would make it back alive. Twenty four miles (38 kilometers) below him, millions of people were watching ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Oct 15, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 20

Facebook Inc. is on the outs with investors, and the tumbling stock price has dented employees' morale and personal net worth. But at 1 Hacker Way, there's no stopping the hacker culture - or the hackathon.

Technology - Other

Oct 12, 2012 not rated yet 1

A European project, ALFA, has developed a state-of-the-art automatic system to control the most important variable parameters in live feed production for fish hatcheries. The systems were geared to suit conditions ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 17, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Take a commercially available panoramic video camera used for recording, add a computer for storing recorded footage, and a head-mounted visual display that can switch seamlessly between the ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Aug 28, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 18 |

They can be stored for months and then hatch in seawater within 24 hours. Production of copepods, the ultimate live feed for Ballan wrasse and the fry of other marine fish species, can soon be industrialised.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 27, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

Every year or so - and sometimes more often - Facebook manages to miff a vocal percentage of users by changing the look and feel of its site. As it adds new features, it invariably takes away things that people ...

Technology - Internet

Sep 23, 2011 2 / 5 (2) 0

(AP) -- Facebook is at it again. The social network is tweaking the home pages of its 750 million users, much to the chagrin of some very vocal folks.

Technology - Internet

Sep 21, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University at Buffalo Web camera is capturing life in a peregrine falcon nest on the UB South Campus in Buffalo, where, for the second consecutive year, a female has laid her eggs.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 12, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 0

First off, I'd like to thank Facebook for confusing its users yet again with a new feature that is hard to decipher and makes users grumpy. It really makes my job of picking a column topic so easy when they ...

Technology - Internet

Nov 11, 2009 5 / 5 (3) 0

(AP) -- Worried about missing a birth announcement, or details on what your portly uncle had for lunch?

Technology - Internet

Oct 23, 2009 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- Roku says its pioneering Internet video set-top box is adding its first live feed, from Major League Baseball.

Technology - Internet

Aug 13, 2009 not rated yet 0