The early bird doesn't always get the worm. Moreover, said a consumer-finance expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, being in a hurry to file your federal income tax forms in pursuit of a quick refund isn't ...
Economics & Business
Dec 13, 2010
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At Biosphere 2, scientists can move things around, control the climate, turn off certain parameters and run others full tilt.
Environment
Dec 13, 2010
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Intelligent software from Siemens for virtual planning and for the control of machine tools is making it possible for medical implants to be manufactured faster and less expensively. The challenge with artificial knee, shoulder, ...
Software
Dec 13, 2010
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Two great light shows should be visible to Arizonans this month: the annual Geminids meteor shower and a total lunar eclipse.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2010
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Among one of the first exoplanet systems imaged was HR 8799. In 2008, a team led by Christian Marois at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics in Canada, took a picture of the system directly imaging three giant planets. ...
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2010
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For the first time ever, scientists have found a difference in the way males and females of the same species of vertebrate see things – and that sexes likely use that difference to select their mates.
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2010
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How much is that new computer server contributing to your company's carbon footprint? What about the laptop you bought your child for Christmas? As it turns out, answering those questions may be more difficult than you might ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2010
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Fog is a common feature along the West Coast during the summer, but a University of Washington scientist has found that summertime coastal fog has declined since 1950 while coastal temperatures have increased slightly.
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2010
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Deep sediment cores retrieved from the Bering Sea floor indicate that the region was ice-free all year and biological productivity was high during the last major warm period in Earth's climate history.
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2010
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"Man up!" is an emerging expression whose significance has become loaded in our society, according to Anthony Synnott, a professor at the Concordia University Department of Sociology and Anthropology. In his most recent book, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2010
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