Siri lifts veil on intelligent assistant
May 28, 2009 |
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What could be one of the most significant advances in artificial intelligence in a decade is heading toward the iPhone App store this fall.
Pelosi appeals for China's help on climate change
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Beijing on Thursday to cooperate on climate change, calling a safe environment a basic human right.
Spanish prostitutes least likely to use condoms
May 28, 2009 |
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The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among ...
Google hoping Web surfers will ride its 'Wave'
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is hatching a new species of e-mail and instant messaging, but the Internet search leader first wants the hybrid service to evolve even more with the help of independent computer programmers.
The coming of biofuels: Study shows reducing gasoline emissions will benefit human health
May 28, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Steve Chu are consistent in their message that when it comes to transportation fuels, carbon-neutral biofuels as an alternative to gasoline are coming. While the ...
Studies shed light on collapse of coral reefs (w/Video)
May 28, 2009 |
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An explosion of knowledge has been made in the last few years about the basic biology of corals, researchers say in a new report, helping to explain why coral reefs around the world are collapsing and what ...
Rare deer found on Philippine island: scientists
May 28, 2009 |
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One of the world's rarest deer has been found in a tiny patch of Philippines forest that is being cut down by farmers and loggers, according to a British-Filipino scientific expedition.
Non-toxic hull coating resists barnacles, may save ship owners millions
May 28, 2009 |
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North Carolina State University engineers have created a non-toxic "wrinkled" coating for use on ship hulls that resisted buildup of troublesome barnacles during 18 months of seawater tests, a finding that could ultimately ...
The Phantom Torso Returns
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2009 |
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The Phantom Torso is back, and he has quite a story to tell. He's an armless, legless, human-shaped torso, a mannequin that looks like he's wrapped in a mummy's bandages. Scientists at the European Space Agency ...
Low turnout mars Hawaii's digital vote
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- They built a new digital voting system, but the voters didn't come.
A global responsibility to help vulnerable communities adapt
May 28, 2009 |
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For one international community - the 165,000 strong Inuit community dispersed across the Arctic coastline in small, remote coastal settlements in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Siberia - it is already too late to prevent ...
Unstated assumptions color Arctic sovereignty claims
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Settling the growing debate over ownership of Arctic Ocean resources is complicated by the fact that the various countries involved have different understandings of the geography of the place.
All the carbon counts
May 28, 2009 |
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Cutting down forests for agriculture vents excess carbon dioxide into the air just as industrial activities and the burning of fossil fuels do. But whether policies to stabilize greenhouse gases in the atmosphere ...
Is cherry juice a new 'sports drink?'
May 28, 2009 |
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Drinking cherry juice could help ease the pain for people who run, according to new research from Oregon Health & Science University presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Conference in Seattle, Wash. The study ...
Using your mood to operate a computer game
May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain Computer Interfaces measure electrical signals from the brain and convert them into data that can be used by a computer. You can move a cursor on your screen, for example, simply by ...
