(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit surged 68 percent, showing that consumers are even more comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer as the economy slowly improves. But investors ...
Business
Apr 22, 2010
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Impact craters found on Titan could help scientists determine the age of this Earth-like moon and its potential for life.
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2010
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Through a new course posted online for free, the Stanford School of Engineering and NVIDIA Corp. will give a big boost to programmers who want to take advantage of the substantial processing power of the graphics processing ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 22, 2010
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Concerns about the economy are changing Houstonians' attitudes toward jobs, immigration and the role of government, according to the 2010 Houston Area Survey, conducted by the Institute for Urban Research at Rice University.
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Bath research student has helped with a study that has found children with poor language skills improve when their parents make a few simple changes in the way they interact with them.
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It pays to keep employees who are good friends side by side in the workplace, suggests a University of Florida study that finds pals often help each other by working closely on a job but can reduce productivity ...
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2010
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The Galapagos Islands, made famous by Charles Darwin, have a unique biota now highly threatened by invasive species because of increased tourism and population growth. Indeed, alien or exotic insects today constitute 23 percent ...
Ecology
Apr 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Women who receive postsecondary career and technical education are still being short-changed in their career earnings when compared with male counterparts, according to a study released online today by the ...
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2010
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Attenuated live vaccines that protect poultry against Newcastle Disease may be altering the genetic makeup of the wild virus strains, which could make future outbreaks unpredictable and difficult to tackle, according to biologists.
Other
Apr 22, 2010
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Scientists have discovered "striking similarities" between human brains, the nervous system of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and computer chips.
Evolution
Apr 22, 2010
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