Amazon breaks out the wine for US customers
Amazon on Thursday launched an online wine store selling "more than a thousand" varieties of US vintages.
Business
Nov 8, 2012
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Israel dig uncovers 8,500-year-old well
Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a well dating back to the Neolithic period some 8,500 years ago, Israel's Antiquities Authority said on Thursday, adding that two skeletal remains were found inside.
Archaeology
Nov 8, 2012
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Twitter 'unintentionally' resets people's passwords
Some people logging onto Twitter on Thursday were greeted with word that their passwords were reset due to concerns their accounts may have been breached by hackers.
Internet
Nov 8, 2012
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Samsung had best-selling Q3 smartphone, survey says
Samsung's Galaxy S3 overtook Apple's iPhone 4S in the third quarter to give the South Korean firm the world's best-selling smartphone model for the first time ever, a research firm said Thursday.
Business
Nov 8, 2012
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Report: Cleanup of some contaminated groundwater sites unlikely for decades
At least 126,000 sites across the U.S. have contaminated groundwater that requires remediation, and about 10 percent of these sites are considered "complex," meaning restoration is unlikely to be achieved in the next 50 to ...
Environment
Nov 8, 2012
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Cell biologists identify new protein key to asymmetric cell division
Recently biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by Wei-lih Lee have identified a new molecular player in asymmetric cell division, a regulatory protein named She1 whose role in chromosome- and spindle positioning ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 8, 2012
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Fairy-wren babies need password for food
It's always a good idea to listen to your mother, but that goes double for baby fairy-wrens even before they are hatched.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2012
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What if the nanoworld slides: A new study to better understand how friction works
A study published by Andrea Vanossi, Nicola Manini and Erio Tosatti - three SISSA researchers - in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) provides a new tool to better understand how sliding friction works ...
Nanophysics
Nov 8, 2012
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Social networks give rise to Internet law specialty
The next time you log into Facebook, Twitter or any other social media network, keep in mind that anything you post could be used as evidence in a lawsuit.
Internet
Nov 8, 2012
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Netflix has challenges on path to 'Internet TV' dominance
Depending on whom you ask, Netflix is either a company that's poised for a remarkable resurgence or a washed-up has-been whose best days are behind it.
Business
Nov 8, 2012
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