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Internet pioneers oppose US online piracy bills

The founders of Craigslist, eBay, Google, Twitter, Yahoo! and other Internet giants expressed concern to the US Congress on Wednesday over legislation intended to crack down on online piracy.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (19) | comments 10

Ancient Bethlehem seal unearthed in Jerusalem

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,700-year-old seal that bears the inscription "Bethlehem," the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday, in what experts believe to be the oldest artifact ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (16) | comments 47

Scientists reveal a first in Ice Age art

Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Florida have announced the discovery of a bone fragment, approximately 13,000 years old, in Florida with an incised image ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

An electronic bucket brigade could boost solar cell voltages

If solar cells could generate higher voltages when sunlight falls on them, they'd produce more electrical power more efficiently. For over half a century scientists have known that ferroelectrics, materials ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Coins show Herod built only part of Second Temple walls

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered ancient coins near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City which challenge the assumption that all of the walls of the Second Temple were built by King Herod.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 48

Which plants will survive droughts, climate change?

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by UCLA life scientists could lead to predictions of which plant species will escape extinction from climate change.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists reengineer antibiotic to overcome dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria

A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have successfully reengineered an important antibiotic to kill the deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The compound could one day be used clinically to treat patients ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

US income distribution winners and losers

People all over the world have spent almost six months in front of universities, public parks, banks, and even Wall Street to publicly protest their dissatisfaction with economic inequality. But how much disparity really ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Google might launch Drive for cloud storage soon

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google's next big move, according to the Wall Street Journal, is a cloud storage service called Drive. Hardly first to the plate, Google is simply catching up to introducing its cloud reposi ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

US sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices

(AP) -- The government says avid best-seller readers who use electronic books have been getting ripped off. Tina Fey's "Bossy Pants," Tim Tebow's "Through My Eyes" and Keith Richards' `"Life" - maybe they ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 19

Google bypassed Apple privacy settings: researcher (Update)

Google was under fire Friday after it was revealed the Internet giant's ad-targeting "cookies" bypassed track-blocking software on Apple's web browser for iPhones and computers.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Apple, book publishers facing potential US suit: WSJ

The Justice Department is threatening to sue Apple and five major US publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

37,000 years old: Earliest form of wall art discovered

Anthropologists working in southern France have determined that a 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art. Their research, reported in the most recent edition of the Proceedings of ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

IPhone to get larger screen: A report to take with a grain of salt?

Apple has begun preparing to launch an iPhone with a larger screen than its previous models, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 1.4 / 5 (19) | comments 13

Amazon tablet seen as worthy iPad rival

With Amazon reportedly poised to launch a tablet computer, technology research firm Forrester is predicting the device could be the first legitimate challenger to Apple's iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3