Publisher puts new limits on library e-books
The public library has long attracted avid readers with an unrivaled pitch: Check out a best-selling book for free and renew it multiple times.
The public library has long attracted avid readers with an unrivaled pitch: Check out a best-selling book for free and renew it multiple times.
Internet
Mar 8, 2011
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(AP) -- Libraries have been lending e-books for longer than there's been a Kindle, but until recently only a few devices worked with them. That's changed in the past few months with the arrival of software for reading library ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 19, 2011
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Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive females ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2009
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Cornell researchers have discovered a genetic mechanism in fruit flies that prevents two closely related species from reproducing, a finding that offers clues to how species evolve.
Biotechnology
Oct 26, 2009
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For years researchers have puzzled over whether adaptation plays a major role in human evolution or whether most changes are due to neutral, random selection of genes and traits.
Jan 16, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Observing and betting on cricket fights has been part of Chinese cultural tradition since at least the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1278). This ancient practice has resulted in a detailed list of characteristics ...
Jan 5, 2009
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