SPHERE—the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch instrument—has been installed on ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. This powerful facility for studying exoplanets uses multiple ...
Astronomy
Jun 4, 2014
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West Coast trawler fishermen just got some new opportunities.
Ecology
Jun 4, 2014
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An Australian study has blamed feral cats for the extinction of native mammals and warns 100 species are under threat from the creatures that inhabited the homes of early British settlers.
Ecology
Jun 4, 2014
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Researchers at Washington State University have used a super-cold cloud of atoms that behaves like a single atom to see a phenomenon predicted 60 years ago and witnessed only once since.
Quantum Physics
Jun 4, 2014
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A major initiative to cut the pollution emitted from the nation's power plants set off a scramble Monday in Washington - where Republicans instantly pounced on the proposed rules - and in states, where much of the work in ...
Environment
Jun 4, 2014
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There still are lots of cellphone users here and abroad that haven't yet switched to smartphones, and Motorola is hoping to finally lure them over.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 4, 2014
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Today, let's switch on airplane mode and tune out our wireless carriers, their out-there monthly charges and long-term contractual obligations.
Telecom
Jun 4, 2014
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit an Idaho woman filed against President Barack Obama and other federal officials over the National Security Agency's collection of cellphone information.
Security
Jun 4, 2014
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A team of Australian researchers looking into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 released data on Wednesday about an unusual underwater sound recorded around the time the plane vanished, though the lead scientist ...
Other
Jun 4, 2014
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When a deadly avalanche hit Mount Everest last April, reporters made a beeline for 90-year-old Elizabeth Hawley, the woman Edmund Hillary once called "the Sherlock Holmes of the mountaineering world".
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2014
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