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Science magazine honors web site that makes physics come alive
Physics professor Wolfgang Christian learned about the wonder of science when he was very young. Among the toys Christian's engineer father introduced to his son were electric trains, magnets, and lenses.
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Facebook helps find missing Philippine grandfather
Tens of thousands of sympathetic Facebook users helped reunite a Philippine grandmother with her 78-year-old husband who went missing for two weeks, the family said Wednesday.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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China microblog users top 300 million: reports
More than 300 million people in China now have microblogging accounts, a state-run newspaper reported, as the country's fast-growing online population seeks to bypass tight media controls.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Human, artificial intelligence join forces to pinpoint fossil locations
In 1991, a team led by Washington University in St. Louis paleoanthropologist Glenn Conroy, PhD, discovered the fossils of the first and still the only known pre-human ape ever found south of ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Study finds a weak spot on deadly ebolavirus
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and the US Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have isolated and analyzed an antibody that neutralizes Sudan virus, a major species of ebolavirus ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Big payouts from startups excite Silicon Valley
Everyone dreams of striking it rich - and what they would do with such a windfall. A new house? A fancy car? Maybe designer clothes selected by a personal shopper. For some in Silicon Valley, those wishes may soon come true.
Nov 20, 2011 |
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Facebook users get graphic images in spam attack
Facebook said Tuesday that a "coordinated spam attack" was responsible for graphic images appearing in the news feeds of some members of the world's largest social network.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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China cracks down on 'fake journalists and news'
China said Monday it had launched a campaign to crack down on "fake journalists and news" and "illegal media outlets", as it further tightens its grip on the media in the Internet era.
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Tourists invited to see erupting Congo volcano
(AP) -- Virunga National Park is inviting tourists on an overnight trek to a spectacular eruption of Mount Nyamulagira in eastern Congo.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Feds: Social network for kids violated privacy law
(AP) -- Federal regulators have reached a settlement with an Atlanta-based social networking site over claims that it illegally obtained personal information from children.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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US teens say peers are 'mostly kind' online: study
Most US teenagers who use social networking sites say their peers are "mostly kind" to one another online although the vast majority have witnessed mean or cruel behavior, a study said Wednesday.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Facebook founder returns to Harvard to recruit
(AP) -- Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg has returned to Harvard University to enlist new talent for his social networking site.
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Siri a challenge to Google search: Eric Schmidt
The voice-activated Siri assistant on Apple's iPhone 4S is a direct challenge to Google's search engine, chairman Eric Schmidt said.
Nov 06, 2011 |
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China web firms vow to curb 'harmful' information
The heads of China's largest Internet and technology firms have vowed to stop the "spread of harmful information" on the web after attending a three-day government workshop, state media said Sunday.
Nov 06, 2011 |
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Monkeys with larger friend networks have more gray matter
New research in the UK on rhesus macaque monkeys has found for the first time that if they live in larger groups they develop more gray matter in parts of the brain involved in processing information on social ...