Researchers seek to preserve where the wild things are
It was August 1941, four months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Ecology
Jul 26, 2013
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Isolated Turkmenistan bows to Internet age
When Turkmen mother Selbi Dzhafarova wanted to buy a toy car for her son's birthday, he burst into tears. "He asked us to buy him a computer instead," she said.
Internet
Jul 26, 2013
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How to break the people smugglers' real business model
The Australian government claims that its new asylum seeker policy – the PNG solution – breaks the people smugglers' business model. Anyone smuggled by boat to Australia will be removed to Papua New Guinea for processing ...
Other
Jul 26, 2013
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Extrusion for greener aluminum production
Aluminum recycling has become a successful business since its inception a century ago. Nearly a third of the aluminum produced in the United States is made from aluminum scraps that have been recycled in a process—usually ...
Engineering
Jul 26, 2013
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Flawless launch of Alphasat, Europe's largest and most sophisticated telecom satellite
Alphasat, Europe's largest and most sophisticated telecommunications satellite, was launched into its planned orbit today from Kourou, French Guiana.
Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2013
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Birds' good vibrations power mini backpacks
Birds that yield good vibration provide motion excitation ... for engineers: As Earth warms, birds may be changing their migratory patterns. But to obtain avian data, scientists need in-flight tracking sensors – and those ...
Engineering
Jul 26, 2013
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Discoveries from Planck may mean rethinking how the universe began
This spring, humanity was shown its most detailed map of the early universe ever created. Generated by observations from the Planck spacecraft, the map revealed fluctuations in temperature in the relic radiation left over ...
Astronomy
Jul 26, 2013
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Google discloses it paid $966 million for Waze
(AP)—Google says that it paid $966 million to buy online mapping service Waze, six weeks after closing the deal.
Business
Jul 26, 2013
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How anti-poverty programs go viral
Anti-poverty researchers and policymakers often wrestle with a basic problem: How can they get people to participate in beneficial programs? Now a new empirical study co-authored by two MIT development economists shows how ...
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2013
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US Navy to retrieve bombs it dropped over Barrier Reef
The United States Navy said it will spearhead a search for four unarmed bombs it dropped over Australia's Great Barrier Reef and make sure they are safely removed.
Environment
Jul 26, 2013
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