Apple Mac Pro orders to begin Thursday
Apple will start taking orders for its high-end Mac Pro desktop computer on Thursday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 18, 2013
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Study finds Catalina Island Conservancy contraception program effectively manages bison population
The wild bison roaming Catalina Island are a major attraction for the nearly 1 million tourists who visit the Channel Island's most popular destination every year. But managing the number of bison so that the herd remains ...
Ecology
Dec 18, 2013
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Powerful ancient explosions explain new class of supernovae
Astronomers affiliated with the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) have discovered two of the brightest and most distant supernovae ever recorded, 10 billion light-years away and a hundred times more luminous than a normal supernova. ...
Astronomy
Dec 18, 2013
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Physicists delve into fundamental laws of biological materials
Physicists at the University of Chicago and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, are uncovering the fundamental physical laws that govern the behavior of cellular materials.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2013
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NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Bruce develop near Cocos Island
NASA's Aqua satellite flew overhead as the fourth tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean cyclone season developed today, December 18, while it was passing to the northwest of Cocos Island, Australia.
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2013
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NASA catches Tropical Cyclone Amara's stretched out eye
Tropical Cyclone Amara's eye appeared elongated on satellite imagery from NASA on December 18.
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2013
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Growers the big winners in Malawi's tobacco industry
Tobacco growers are the big winners, while the environment and people who have lost land to tobacco estates are the major losers in Malawi's expanding tobacco industry. This is according to Alois Mandondo of the Centre for ...
Environment
Dec 18, 2013
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Researchers design first battery-powered invisibility cloak
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have proposed the first design of a cloaking device that uses an external source of energy to significantly broaden its bandwidth of operation.
General Physics
Dec 18, 2013
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Atlantic amphipods are now reproducing in Arctic waters
Biologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have for the first time shown that amphipods from the warmer Atlantic are now reproducing in Arctic waters to the west of ...
Ecology
Dec 18, 2013
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It's all in your head: NASA investigates techniques for measuring intracranial pressure
Do you ever turn your world upside down by standing on your head? After a few minutes you might feel some pressure in your face and around your skull. This is because headstands invert the body's blood flow, pushing more ...
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2013
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