Toyota cuts price of automatic braking safety devices
Those pricey high-tech systems that automatically stop or slow your car if it's about to run into something are getting a lot cheaper.
Engineering
Mar 30, 2015
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Blooming row over cherry blossom splits China, Korea, Japan
A perennial debate over the birthplace of the cherry blossom has taken a fresh turn as a Chinese industry group claims the Asian giant is the tree's true home, rather than Japan or claimant South Korea.
Environment
Mar 30, 2015
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New idea for Dyson sphere proposed
(Phys.org)—A pair of Turkish space scientists with Bogazici University has proposed that researchers looking for the existence of Dyson spheres might be looking at the wrong objects. İbrahim Semiz and Salim Oğur have ...
China suspected as software site GitHub hit by attack (Update)
The software collaboration website GitHub said Monday it was fighting off a cyber attack since late last week, and security analysts said the effort appeared to originate in China.
Internet
Mar 30, 2015
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Fruit flies crucial to basic research
The world around us is full of amazing creatures. My favorite is an animal the size of a pinhead, that can fly and land on the ceiling, that stages an elaborate (if not beautiful) courtship ritual, that can learn and remember… ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2015
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Crete's mystery croc killed by cold snap
A man-eating crocodile that became an attraction on the Greek island of Crete last year after its mysterious appearance in a lake has died, probably of cold, an official said Monday.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2015
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The most complete review of the peptide behind Alzheimer's
The hope is to be able, one day, to fight the pathogenic action of the amyloid-beta protein, whose build-up is associated with Alzheimer's disease. In the meantime, scientists—including a group from the International School ...
Biochemistry
Mar 30, 2015
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What if our children are the screen-obsessed couch potatoes of the future?
The idea of "digital addiction" has returned to the fore with UCL researchers suggesting physical activity should displace the compulsive watching of television, internet surfing and video gaming. Often it's suggested that ...
Other
Mar 30, 2015
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Individual privacy versus digital driftnets
The great irony of the Abbott government's plan enforce the mandatory data retention legislation is that while this is being done to make us safer, in fact it creates new data security risks for us all.
Internet
Mar 30, 2015
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Cook calls 'religious objection' laws dangerous
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that so-called "religious objection" legislation being introduced in a number of states is dangerous and bad for business.
Business
Mar 30, 2015
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