It's not often that the Winter Olympic Games come with an ocean view, but that's what we are getting this year at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. Sochi is the warmest city ever to host the winter games, which officially ...
Earth Sciences
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Earth's Sun was a weakling when it was younger. Around three or four billion years ago, the star's energy was about 20 percent to 25 percent lower than what's experienced today. If that was still true today, one would expect ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2014
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Minneapolis-based Target isn't commenting on reports that a Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration company is being investigated as the possible portal through which computer hackers stole credit card numbers from 40 million ...
Security
Feb 7, 2014
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You know how your fingers wrinkle up in the bath? The outer layer of your skin absorbs water and swells up, forming ridges – but quickly returns to its old state when dry. Two physicists, Professor Roland Roth of Tübingen ...
General Physics
Feb 7, 2014
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After weeks of rain and wind, miserable penguins at a marine centre in England are being fed anti-depressants to cheer them up.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2014
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Seismic ruptures are akin to unzipping a zipper—a gap in the crust starts in one location and travels along the fault in a particular direction. When a strained fault ruptures in an earthquake, seismic waves also spread out ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2014
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Government requests for Twitter user information are on the rise, the messaging service said as it released figures while pressing for more transparency.
Internet
Feb 7, 2014
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Apple has repurchased $14 billion of its stock in the two weeks after its first-quarter financial results and second-quarter revenue outlook disappointed investors.
Business
Feb 7, 2014
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They were a British family on a day out—almost a million years ago.
Archaeology
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EPFL researchers will track emotions of the viewing public during the Olympic Games in Sochi. Via social media, they will show in real time what people are feeling during the competitions.
Computer Sciences
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