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These dating apps are all about location

Sitting in the stands at Dodger Stadium, Steve Bergmann began checking out nearby women he might hit on. But his eyes weren't scanning the seats - they were fixed on his smartphone.

Technology / Software

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US not ready for Arctic oil drilling, say officials

The United States is ill-equipped to deal with a major oil catastrophe in Alaska, the Coast Guard admiral who led the US response to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill and others have warned.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Russian gas tanker forges Arctic passage to China

A Russian gas tanker is this month making a historic voyage across the famed Northeast passage as receding ice opens up an elusive trade route from Asia to the West sought for centuries by explorers.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Study finds massively parallel sequencing can detect fetal aneuploidies, including Down syndrome

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that massively parallel sequencing can ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sex-specific behaviors traced to hormone-controlled genes in the brain

Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Skip the gym? You'll pay

If, in New Years past, a steadfast resolution to get your butt to the gym has resulted in your butt remaining steadfastly planted on your couch, it may be time to introduce your butt to hyperbolic discounting.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Scientists answer how bacteria fight toxic flouride

Yale researchers have uncovered the molecular tricks used by bacteria to fight the effects of fluoride, which is commonly used in toothpaste and mouthwash to combat tooth decay.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Over 100 Beluga whales 'trapped in Bering Sea'

Over 100 Beluga whales are trapped in water between ice floes in the Chukotka region of Russia's Far East, the authorities said, calling on the government to send an ice-breaker to free them.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US governors seek federal marijuana clearance

A pair of US governors have filed a petition asking the US federal government to allow wider use of medical marijuana by authorizing doctors to prescribe it and pharmacies to provide it.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan collab transmits record data speeds on terahertz waves

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Japan-based semiconductor manufacturer Rohm, together with a team from Osaka University, have come up with a chip that, in experiments, has achieved a wireless data transmission ...

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 20 | with audio podcast weblog

New approaches may prevent certain side effects in BRAF mutation-positive melanoma

Findings from preclinical studies in a skin cancer model showed that next-generation BRAF inhibitors used alone, or first-generation BRAF inhibitors used in combination with an epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

iPhone 4S making frenzied debut in 15 new markets

Apple's new iPhone 4S made glitzy and chaotic debuts in three new Asian markets on Friday, with customers and profiteers queuing for up to a week to get their hands on the popular gadget.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford researchers outsmart captcha codes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford researchers say that captcha security codes, asking Internet sign-up users to repeat a string of letters to prove the users are human, can be thwarted, and they have successfully ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 18 report


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