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Ancestry hunters' bonanza as London records go online

Technology / Internet

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Some 77 million documents dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries and including the ancestors of David Beckham and Britney Spears are to go online, under a service launched Thursday.





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Bermuda to Put RFID in All Vehicles on Island

Technology / Other

created May 08, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Bermuda is using RFID technology to automate vehicle registration, compliance and enforcement.


Some discrepancies exist between outcomes indicated in trial registration and later publications

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Comparison of the primary outcomes of registered clinical trials with their subsequent publication appears to show some discrepancies, according to a study in the September 2 issue of JAMA.


Scandal of invisibility plagues countries with no civil registries

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created Oct 29, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most people in Africa and Asia are born and die without leaving a trace in any official records, giving policymakers and researchers little information on which to base public health decisions, a University of North Carolina ...


Judge finds Dell Inc. in contempt

Technology / Business

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A state court judge has found Dell Inc. in contempt of court for what the plaintiffs have alleged to be piecemeal production of documents in a civil lawsuit over the New Orleans crime camera system.


People learn to use the Internet in Gabon

Internet still under US grip: forum delegates

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Internet is still under the control of the United States, participants at a governance forum said, despite a move by America to loosen its grip over the private corporation that administers the net.


Climate change could boost incidence of civil war in Africa

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (17) | comments 11

Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decades, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at University of California, Berkeley, ...


Rush hour traffic on a major road in Beijing

1,200 new cars hit Beijing every day: state media

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than 1,200 new cars hit the roads of China's capital Beijing every day on average in the first seven months of the year, state media reported Sunday.


Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a comprehensive new analysis of public opinion surveys conducted over the last 15 years, support for the legalization of same-sex marriage has grown substantially in the United ...


ID card can learn lessons from history

ID card can learn lessons from history

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Identity theft is increasingly prevalent in today's society, yet we have repeatedly failed to develop a reliable technology of identification to prevent misuse and forgery.


GOES-O satellite arrives at KSC for final pre-launch testing

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived this morning by a C17 military ...



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