For stars, high-tech gaffes hard to hide

Technology / Internet

13 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 - and you post something you probably shouldn't on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online.

Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

Technology / Other

14 hours ago | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.

Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent

Biology / Plants & Animals

16 hours ago | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

(AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.

Climate experts debate strategies for reducing atmospheric carbon and future warming

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 25, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (12) | 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- Reducing carbon dioxide to safe levels may require extracting carbon from the air, says Cornell climate researcher.

New climate targets may not change daily life much

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 27, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (14) | 13

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.

Oceans absorbing carbon dioxide more slowly, scientist finds

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 24, 2009 | 3 / 5 (4) | 9

The world's oceans are absorbing less carbon dioxide (CO2), a Yale geophysicist has found after pooling data taken over the past 50 years. With the oceans currently absorbing over 40 percent of the CO2 emitted by human activity, ...

CO2 emissions continue significant climb

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 24, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (10) | 7

The annual rate of increase in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has more than tripled in this decade, compared to the 1990s, reports an international consortium of scientists, who paint a bleak picture of the Earth's ...

Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 25, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (12) | 6

Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to ...

U.S. losing its lead in space, experts warn Congress

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 24, 2009 | 3 / 5 (8) | 6

America's once clear dominance in space is eroding as other nations, including China, Iran and North Korea, step up their activities, a panel of experts told the House subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Thursday.

A quantum leap forward?

Physics / Quantum Physics

Nov 23, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 6

The dusty boxes that line the walls of Jeff Barrett's UC Irvine office mark a high point in his academic career. Their contents: pages and pages of notes, most more than 50 years old, penned by late quantum ...

Nuclear weapons: Predicting the unthinkable

Physics / General Physics

Nov 22, 2009 | 3 / 5 (6) | 4

If a nuclear weapon were detonated in a metropolitan area, how large would the affected area be? Where should first responders first go? According to physicist Fernando Grinstein, we have some initial understanding to address ...

Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails

Technology / Other

Nov 24, 2009 | 2.4 / 5 (5) | 4

(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.

UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition

Technology / Other

Nov 26, 2009 | 4 / 5 (6) | 3

A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.

Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn

Medicine & Health / Other

Nov 24, 2009 | 1.7 / 5 (3) | 3

(AP) -- Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped ...

Intelligence inside metal components

Technology / Engineering

Nov 24, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 3

Up to now, extreme production temperatures made it impossible to equip metallic components with RFID chips during the operating process. At Euromold in Frankfurt (Dec. 2-5), Germany, Fraunhofer researchers ...

NASA Releases Climate Change Multimedia Resource Reel

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 24, 2009 | 1 / 5 (3) | 3

In advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, NASA has released a new multimedia climate change "resource reel" showcasing free downloadable videos, data visualizations, animations, and still images ...