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Apollo 11: 'A stark beauty all its own'

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image of the Apollo 11 landing site captured from just 24 km (15 miles) above the surface provides LRO's best look yet at humanity’s first venture to another world. When Neil Armstrong ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

New Zealand smashes global child pornography ring

A global network that used social networking sites such as Facebook to distribute child pornography has been smashed after a tip-off from New Zealand authorities, officials said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Archaeologists find blade production earlier than originally thought

Archaeology has long associated advanced blade production with the Upper Palaeolithic period, about 30,000-40,000 years ago, linked with the emergence of Homo Sapiens and cultural features such as cave art. ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Disabled Japanese man begins robo-suit adventure

A disabled Japanese man on Friday embarked on an ambitious trip that will take him to a mediaeval French World Heritage site with the help of a cutting-edge robotic suit.

Technology / Other

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 8

Sound effects inspired Stonehenge: US scientist

Ancient legends of thunder gods can be explained today with the modern science of sound waves, said a US scientist on Thursday who believes an auditory illusion inspired the creation of Stonehenge.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (12) | comments 10

Skeleton found near Cambridge evidence of first Christian burial in England

(PhysOrg.com) -- A British archeological team has unearthed the 1,400-year old remains of a sixteen year old girl buried with a gold and garnet cross on her chest. And because they also found with her, an ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Facial recognition software could reveal your social security number

According to a new study which will be presented August 4 at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, technology has made it possible to identify and gain the personal information of strangers by using facial recognition ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Germany may be birthplace of European music and art

The remains of the world's oldest musical instruments and human figurines suggest that music and artistic depictions of the human form may have first developed in Germany around 40,000 years ago, say researchers.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 6

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 ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Robots get social network of their very own (no kidding)

(PhysOrg.com) -- This will for some robot-alarmists seem like the last straw. For robot enthusiasts though it will seem more like refreshing innovation. A technology site says it is time to see robots expressing ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Feds shut down Megaupload.com file-sharing website (Update)

One of the world's largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws, federal prosecutors said.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 49

Art project draws US Secret Service interest

A New York electronic artist who took pictures of shoppers using computers in Apple stores as part of a project has drawn the attention of the US Secret Service.

Technology / Software

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Ohio man given choice of Facebook apology or jail

(AP) -- A man who was threatened with jail time for posting comments about his estranged wife on his personal Facebook page unless he posted daily apologies for a month says the court ruling violates his ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 8

Senator: Employers shouldn't seek site passwords

(AP) -- A Democratic senator from Connecticut is writing a bill that would stop the practice of employers asking job applicants for their Facebook or other social media passwords, he told The Associated Press on Thursday ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

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.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon them, including National Nature Reserves, Ramsar Sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation.

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