News tagged with north
New tropical mistletoe described just in time for Christmas
As the UN's International Year of Biodiversity draws to a close, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are celebrating the diversity of the planet's plant and fungal life by highlighting some of the ...
Dec 19, 2010 |
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Governments worldwide censor Web content: study
Where you live in the world largely determines how freely you can access the internet. The level of cyber censorship in different countries around the world is directly related to how authoritarian the governing regime is, ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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22 charged for prank emails, texts after S.Korea attacks
South Korean police said Friday they had charged 22 people with spreading rumours and false information online or in text messages after North Korea shelled an island in the South, a news report said.
Nov 26, 2010 |
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NKorea unveils new nuclear plant: US scientist
North Korea has unveiled a secret new uranium enrichment plant equipped with at least 1,000 centrifuges, a US scientist said, raising new fears Sunday about Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 21, 2010 |
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Growth of sole is sped up by selective breeding
Dutch doctoral researcher Robbert Blonk has found a way of speeding up the growth of North Sea sole considerably. This may make sole farming more viable.
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Invasive fruit fly found in North Carolina
(PhysOrg.com) -- A potentially important invasive insect species – the fruit fly Drosophila suzukii, or spotted wing Drosophila (SWD) – winged its way to North and South Carolina this summer. The insect has the ...
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Denver Zoo hatches 4 Komodo dragons
(AP) -- The Denver Zoo says it's become the only zoo in the world to hatch endangered Komodo dragons for a third time.
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Crew circles North Pole in one summer
A trimaran sailing boat circled the North Pole in a single summer season, a feat made possible by global warming and the melting of the Arctic ice cap, the boat's international crew said Thursday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Oil boom possible but time is running out
Oil recovery using carbon dioxide could lead to a North Sea oil bonanza worth £150 billion ($240 billion) – but only if the current infrastructure is enhanced now, according to a new study published ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Northern Lights hit 100-year low point: Finnish researchers
The Northern Lights have petered out during the second half of this decade, becoming rarer than at any other time in more than a century, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2010 |
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UF researchers to document boating patterns; could aid endangered whales
One of the world's most endangered whale species makes its way south every winter to give birth in waters near northeast Florida and southeast Georgia. During that trip, North Atlantic right whales face two major threats: ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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North Korea reportedly joins Facebook
(AP) -- North Korea appears to have added Facebook to other social networking sites it recently joined to ramp up its propaganda war against South Korea and the U.S.
Aug 20, 2010 |
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SKorea blocks access to NKorea's Twitter account
(AP) -- South Korea has blocked North Korea's new Twitter account from being accessed in the South, saying the tweets contain "illegal information" under the country's security laws, officials said Thursday.
Aug 19, 2010 |
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N.Korea uses Twitter for propaganda offensive
North Korea's propaganda campaign has surged into the 21st century with a new Twitter account, hot on the heals of its foray into video with clips posted on YouTube.
Aug 15, 2010 |
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Police search Google Korea for alleged privacy breach
South Korean police Tuesday searched the offices of Google Korea to investigate whether it breached privacy law in collecting information for its Street View service, an officer said.
Aug 10, 2010 |
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