Barmageddon: Law students sue when software fails
Thousands of law students attempting to take the bar exam in 42 states got a nasty surprise: They couldn't upload their answers.
Business
Aug 12, 2014
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US Gulf oyster harvest nose-dives since BP spill
Gulf Coast oyster harvests have declined dramatically in the four years since a BP PLC oil well blew in the U.S.'s worst offshore oil disaster, spilling millions of gallons off Louisiana's coast in 2010.
Environment
Aug 12, 2014
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Jews who fled Nazis revolutionized US science, Stanford economist says
U.S. patents increased by 31 percent in fields common among Jewish scientists who fled Nazi Germany for America, according to Stanford economist Petra Moser. Their innovative influence rippled outward for generations, as ...
Economics & Business
Aug 12, 2014
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Meteorites expose Moon surface formation
Lunar meteorites contradict a theory of how the Moon's crust formed, originally based on Apollo mission samples.
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2014
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Research masters the misunderstood mixed-phase cloud
They are ice, they are rain—and sometimes in-between. Mixed-phase clouds, ubiquitous in the Arctic, are an enigma for scientists trying to understand their role in affecting the climate. In a study led by Dr. Mikhail Ovchinnikov ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2014
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Rising gas prices make renewables a sure bet
New analysis by UNSW suggests that renewable investment is likely to be cheaper and lower risk for Australia, since rising and uncertain gas prices make baseload gas-fired electricity high risk and high cost.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 12, 2014
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Promising new approach enables efficient, automatic mapping of urban areas from night lights
From far above the Earth, a satellite's view of nighttime lights reveals the globe's most populous urban areas. A new method maps urban areas using the night sky light intensity measured by those satellites; the method was ...
Environment
Aug 12, 2014
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A possible signal from dark matter?
(Phys.org) —Galaxies are often found in groups or clusters, the largest known aggregations of matter and dark matter. The Milky Way, for example, is a member of the "Local Group" of about three dozen galaxies, including ...
Astronomy
Aug 12, 2014
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NASA carbon counter reaches final orbit, returns data
(Phys.org) —Just over a month after launch, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)—NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide—has maneuvered into its final operating orbit and produced ...
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2014
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ESA image: Saturn's moon Rhea, Epimetheus transiting
Saturn has a great many more moons than our planet – a whopping 62. A single moon, Titan, accounts for an overwhelming 96% of all the material orbit the planet, with a group of six other smaller moons dominating the rest. ...
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2014
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