What debt-jugglers told the sociologists
Memo to bill collectors hoping to squeeze another payment from the working-poor debt-jugglers surveyed by Cornell and Harvard sociologists:
Economics & Business
Jan 20, 2014
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With 10 years as Martians, rovers unveil true grit
In the 10th year of a 90-day warranty, the Mars rover Opportunity begins its second decade of exploration and still traverses the oxidized terrain to answer crucial questions of cosmic exploration.
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2014
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Houston, we have ants: Mimicking how ants adjust to microgravity in space could lead to better robots, scientist says
Professor Deborah Gordon recently sent hundreds of ants to the orbiting International Space Station. By studying how the ants adjust their behavior to cope with near-zero gravity conditions, scientists could improve the algorithms ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2014
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Rosetta: To chase a comet
Comets are among the most beautiful and least understood nomads of the night sky. To date, half a dozen of these most heavenly of heavenly bodies have been visited by spacecraft in an attempt to unlock their secrets. All ...
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2014
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Statistics highlight need for action against rhino poaching
The South African government today revealed that a record 1004 rhinos were killed by poachers during 2013 across the country, the equivalent of nearly three animals a day. World famous safari destination Kruger National Park ...
Ecology
Jan 20, 2014
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Your robot helper is on the way now it can learn from its friends
January is a time when many of us seek to better ourselves. We want to learn a new skill or improve an existing one. A network designed especially for robots, RoboEarth, is being tested in the Netherlands to help them with ...
Robotics
Jan 20, 2014
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Sprint shares climb on T-Mobile merger financing rumors
Shares in Sprint Corp. rose, then fell Friday after a report that the company has received proposals from at least two banks on how it could finance a takeover of T-Mobile US Inc.
Telecom
Jan 20, 2014
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Microsoft angles for exposure with NFL partnerships
Of course the Seattle Seahawks' winning season is great for the Seahawks brand. But it's also been a boon to another big hometown name: Microsoft Corp.
Business
Jan 20, 2014
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Peeking into Schrodinger's box: Direct measurement shows potential for quantum information
Until recently measuring a 27-dimensional quantum state would have been a time-consuming, multistage process using a technique called quantum tomography, which is similar to creating a 3D image from many 2D ones. Researchers ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 20, 2014
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Some Obama spy changes hampered by complications
Legal experts warn that several of the key surveillance reforms pushed by President Barack Obama face complications that could muddy the proposals' authority, slow their momentum in Congress and saddle the government with ...
Security
Jan 20, 2014
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