Black market site owner faces US murder plot charge
The accused mastermind of the online black market website Silk Road, arrested this week, has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot, court documents show.
Internet
Oct 3, 2013
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Silk Road wound through dark side of the Internet
There is a dark side to the Internet, and it can be used for evil as well as for good.
Internet
Oct 3, 2013
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60 possible new species found in Suriname forest (Update)
Braving perilous river rapids in Suriname's rainforest, international scientists found six frogs and 11 fish that are among 60 creatures that may be new species, a tropical ecologist with a U.S.-based conservation group said ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2013
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How an aggressive fungal pathogen causes mold in fruits and vegetables
A research team led by a molecular plant pathologist at the University of California, Riverside has discovered the mechanism by which an aggressive fungal pathogen infects almost all fruits and vegetables.
Biotechnology
Oct 3, 2013
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Warmer oceans could raise mercury levels in fish
Rising ocean surface temperatures caused by climate change could make fish accumulate more mercury, increasing the health risk to people who eat seafood, Dartmouth researchers and their colleagues report in a study in the ...
Environment
Oct 3, 2013
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Researchers find that bright nearby double star Fomalhaut is actually a triple
(Phys.org) —The nearby star system Fomalhaut – of special interest for its unusual exoplanet and dusty debris disk – has been discovered to be not just a double star, as astronomers had thought, but one of the widest ...
Astronomy
Oct 3, 2013
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Researchers use climate model to better understand electricity in the air
(Phys.org) —Electrical currents born from thunderstorms are able to flow through the atmosphere and around the globe, causing a detectable electrification of the air even in places with no thunderstorm activity.
Earth Sciences
Oct 3, 2013
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Naked jets of water make a better pollutant detector
When you shine ultraviolet light (UV) through water polluted with certain organic chemicals and bacteria, the contaminants measurably absorb the UV light and then re-emit it as visible light. Many of today's more advanced ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 3, 2013
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Native tribes' traditional knowledge can help US adapt to climate change
New England's Native tribes, whose sustainable ways of farming, forestry, hunting and land and water management were devastated by European colonists four centuries ago, can help modern America adapt to climate change.
Environment
Oct 3, 2013
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Intel faces threat from chip-making upstart
Even as it reels from the slowdown in personal-computer chip sales, Intel Corp. faces a new and worrisome threat from a growing group of rivals led by a puny upstart.
Business
Oct 3, 2013
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