Aquatic creatures mix ocean water

Physics / General Physics

5 hours ago | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Understanding mixing in the ocean is of fundamental importance to modeling climate change or predicting the effects of an El Niño on our weather. Modern ocean models primarily incorporate the effects of winds and tides. However, ...

Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf

Biology / Other

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

(AP) -- An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.

Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks

Technology / Internet

6 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.

Generating electricity from air flow

Physics / General Physics

9 hours ago | 3.9 / 5 (8) | 1

A group of researchers at the City College of New York is developing a new way to generate power for planes and automobiles based on materials known as piezoelectrics, which convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity. ...

Nuclear weapons: Predicting the unthinkable

Physics / General Physics

9 hours ago | 2.7 / 5 (3) | 0

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 ...

Butterfly proboscis to sip cells

Physics / General Physics

6 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

A butterfly's proboscis looks like a straw -- long, slender, and used for sipping -- but it works more like a paper towel, according to Konstantin Kornev of Clemson University. He hopes to borrow the tricks of this piece ...

American Express takes aim at PayPal with Revolution

Technology / Internet

13 hours ago | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

With its deal to buy Revolution Money, American Express is taking aim at the growing market for online and alternative payments, in a challenge to recognized leader PayPal, analysts say.

South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

17 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.

Climate change not man-made, say majority of Britons: poll

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 15, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (16) | 46

Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday.

Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach

Technology / Software

17 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.

UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests

Technology / Internet

Nov 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 11

(AP) -- A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.

Giant atom-smasher set to restart this weekend: CERN

Physics / General Physics

Nov 20, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 7

The world's biggest atom-smasher, which was shut down soon after its inauguration amid technical faults, is set to restart this weekend, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said on Friday.

Right-handed chimpanzees provide clues to the origin of human language

Biology / Plants & Animals

Nov 16, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 7

Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), reported in the January 2010 issue ...

China to become 'global leader in green tech'

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 6

China can become the world's top exporter of "green technology" if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday.

Full recovery now possible for an 'untreatable' mental illness

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Nov 19, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 3

Patients coping with the chaos and misery of Borderline Personality Disorder now have reason for strong confidence in making major life changes through a new treatment, Schema Therapy. For the first time, three major outcome ...

All eyes on Murdoch as newspapers ponder digital future

Technology / Internet

Nov 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 3

Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure?