China blocks BBC website amid Hong Kong protests
The BBC's website was blocked in China Wednesday, hours after a video of Hong Kong police beating and kicking a pro-democracy protester began circulating online.
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Researchers' new way of syncing music to video will revolutionise the production of TV ads
A university of Huddersfield researcher has shown that tiny tweaks to the soundtrack can make TV adverts much more memorable, increasing their commercial impact.
Internet
Oct 15, 2014
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Sheltering habits help sharks cope with acid oceans
A shark's habitat can reduce its sensitivity to rising CO2 levels, according to Australian scientists.
Environment
Oct 15, 2014
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Product placement can curb TV commercial audience loss by more than 10 percent
Coordinating product placement with advertising in the same television program can reduce audience loss over commercial breaks by 10%, according to a new study in the Articles in Advance section of Marketing Science, a journal ...
Economics & Business
Oct 15, 2014
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Graduate inventor captures the imagination with interactive typewriter
An antique typewriter has been transformed for the digital generation, using sensors and circuit boards to turn it into an interactive social tool.
Engineering
Oct 15, 2014
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Robot project envisions factories where more people want to work
Rather than taking jobs, robots will one day soon join people on the factory floor, as co-workers and collaborators. That's the vision of a EUR 6.5 million project led by Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Robotics
Oct 15, 2014
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Dolphin 'breathalyzer' could help diagnose animal and ocean health
Alcohol consumption isn't the only thing a breath analysis can reveal. Scientists have been studying its possible use for diagnosing a wide range of conditions in humans—and now in the beloved bottlenose dolphin. In a report ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 15, 2014
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Comet A1 Siding Spring vs Mars—views in space and time
Oh, to be a stranded astronaut on the surface of the planet Mars this week. There's a great scene from Andy Weir's recent novel The Martian where chief protagonist Mark Watney uses the swift moving moons of Phobos and Deimos ...
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2014
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Discarded cigarette ashes could go to good use—removing arsenic from water
Arsenic, a well-known poison, can be taken out of drinking water using sophisticated treatment methods. But in places that lack the equipment or technical know-how required to remove it, it still laces drinking water and ...
Other
Oct 15, 2014
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Prehistoric crocodiles' evolution mirrored in living species
Crocodiles which roamed the world's seas millions of years ago developed in similar ways to their modern-day relatives, a study has shown.
Archaeology
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