 Scientists resolve long-standing puzzle in climate science October 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Livermore scientists has helped reconcile the differences between simulated and observed temperature trends in the tropics. | |
Polls may underestimate Obama's support by 3 to 4 percent, researchers say October 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Current polls of the presidential election may be underestimating Barack Obama's support by 3 to 4 percent nationally and possibly larger margins in the Southeast and some strongly Republican states, according ... | |
The Panic of '08: What made investors run for the exits? October 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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"In a few months, I expect to see the stock market much higher than today," Irving Fisher, America's most illustrious economist, predicted in the middle of October 1929. Two weeks later, the Dow Jones index fell by 23 percent ... | |
US culture derails girl math whizzes October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study. | |
 Free US wireless network a step closer October 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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A free nationwide wireless Internet network has moved one step closer to becoming a reality in the United States following a key finding by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). | |
Cosmic strings might emit cosmic sparks, answer cosmological questions October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For astronomers, understanding what happened in the early moments of the universe could answer many questions in physics and astronomy. One possible player in the early universe is cosmic strings, which arise ... | |
 Tides Have Major Impact on Planet Habitability October 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers searching for rocky planets that could support life in other solar systems should look outside, as well as within, the so-called "habitable zone," University of Arizona planetary ... | |
 The Day the World Didn't End October 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Here's what didn't happen on Sept. 10th:
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 Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon. | |
You say you want evolution? Geneticist says it may be near its end October 13, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Human evolution may be winding down as the forces that once drove it - older fathers, isolated populations and widespread child mortality - are disappearing, a geneticist at the University College London argues. | |
 Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations. | |
 New spintronics effect could lead to magnetic batteries October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 81 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have recently discovered that heating one side of a magnetized nickel-iron rod causes electrons to rearrange themselves according to their spins. This so-called "spin Seebeck effect" ... | |
 ITER, IAEA sign deal to move nuclear fusion research forward October 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Key nuclear international institutions on Monday signed a deal to step up their collaboration, marking a step forward in the development of a multibillion dollar experimental nuclear fusion project. | |
 Apple to offer $999 entry laptop, better graphics (Update 2) October 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. touched up its line of laptop computers Tuesday with a minimal nod to the economic turmoil that might push consumers to be more frugal this holiday shopping season. | |
 At 2.8 km down, a 1-of-a-kind microorganism lives all alone October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometers (1.74 miles) beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa. ... | |
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