Revealed: Secret of bees' honeycomb
For thousands of years, thinkers have marvelled at the feat of engineering that is the honeycomb.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2013
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Fossil shows fish had sucker on its back
(Phys.org) —A 30-million-year-old fossil has revealed how remoras – also called sharksuckers – evolved the sucker that enables them to stick to other fish and 'hitch a ride'.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2013
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Google eyes television over the Internet: reports
US Internet giant Google is scrambling to deliver pay television online and has met with some content providers on licensing, The Wall Street Journal reports Tuesday.
Telecom
Jul 17, 2013
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China's online population rises to 519 million
(AP)—China's population of Internet users has grown to 591 million, driven by a 20 percent rise over the past year in the number of people who surf the Web from smartphones and other wireless devices, an industry group ...
Internet
Jul 17, 2013
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Dell faces key shareholder vote on go-private plan
With a critical vote looming on a private equity buyout for Dell, it has become clear the struggling computer giant faces a tough road as it tries to revive its fortunes.
Business
Jul 17, 2013
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Baby giraffe at Buenos Aires zoo a head above the rest
He's just a week old but already stands 1.9 meters (6.2 feet) tall, and the spindly gait of the Buenos Aires zoo's new baby giraffe is a crowd-pleaser.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2013
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Weird fossil sheds light on dinosaurs' lost continent
Palaeontologists in Utah on Wednesday said they had found the fossil of a strange horned dinosaur which roamed an island continent known as Laramidia.
Archaeology
Jul 17, 2013
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Newborn pandas split time between mom, zoo nursery
(AP)—Two giant panda cubs are being rotated between their mother and an incubator to ensure the newborn twins are properly fed and receive equal doses of maternal nurturing, officials at an Atlanta zoo said Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2013
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