Research finds that a duck's boon might be a turtle's bane
Duck nest boxes used to aid cavity-nesting ducks can prove to be turtle death traps.
Ecology
Nov 3, 2011
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Amazon deal with Calif. may set precedent for online tax collection
California braced for a fight this year when its budget deal included a provision to force online retailers - Amazon.com Inc. by far the most prominent among them - to collect sales taxes on purchases made by the state's ...
Business
Oct 5, 2011
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Study 'changes our understanding' of youth voting behavior
Low-income youth are more apt to vote if they are engaged in political activism and influenced by friends and family, according to a study by Michigan State University education scholars that sheds new light on voting behavior.
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2011
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How bumblebees tackle the traveling salesman problem
It is a mathematical puzzle which has vexed academics and travelling salesmen alike, but new research from Queen Mary, University of London's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, reveals how bumblebees effectively ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2011
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Google cranks up search speeds with images, voice (Update)
Google on Tuesday ramped up Internet search speeds by letting people use speech or images to express what they want faster.
Internet
Jun 14, 2011
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Stress may lead to better bird parenting
Birds with high levels of stress hormones have the highest mating success and offer better parental care to their brood, according to new biology research at Queen's University.
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2011
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The blackbox in your car
(PhysOrg.com) -- It is expected that within the next month officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will declare that all cars must have an event data recorder inside the vehicle.
Bumblebee nest boxes don't work
Bumblebees, honeybees, butterflies and other pollinating insects are in decline worldwide. So what better way to help stem their decline than by installing a bumblebee nest box in your garden? The only trouble is they don't ...
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2011
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Through unique eyes, box jellyfish look out to the world above the water
Box jellyfish may seem like rather simple creatures, but in fact their visual system is anything but. They've got no fewer than 24 eyes of four different kinds. Now, researchers reporting online on April 28 in Current Biology, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2011
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Asus ships cardboard PC cases with motherboards (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When you order components to build a new computer you don't really give a lot of thought to the box that they come in. You throw it out and keep what is inside. Then, ironically, you go out and get another ...
