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FTC warns of explicit content in virtual worlds
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The US consumer protection agency warned parents Thursday that children can easily bypass age requirements in virtual worlds and access violent or sexually explicit content.
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Vermicompost from pig manure grows healthy hibiscus
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Vermicomposting, the practice of using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. During vermicomposting, earthworms and microorganisms stabilize organic ...
Texting, tweeting ought to be viewed as GR8 teaching tools, scholar says
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The impact of text messaging on the decline of formal writing among teens has been debated in pedagogical circles ever since cell-phone ownership became an adolescent rite of passage in the mid-2000s. But ...
Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff
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Rapid population growth and urbanization have raised concerns over stormwater runoff contamination. Studies on watersheds indicate that excess nutrients, specifically nitrate-nitrogen and soluble reactive ...
'Fighting' IED attacks with SCARE technology
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maryland researchers have developed and successfully tested new computer software and computational techniques to analyze patterns of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks ...
Samsung unveils new smartphone platform 'bada' to the world
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Samsung Electronics today unveils its new smartphone platform, Samsung bada. At this unveiling, Samsung showcases the bada SDK (Software Development Kit) for partners and presents the unique benefits and unprecedented opportunities ...
Potential new heart attack biomarker uncovered
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Though they remain a leading killer, heart attacks can be effectively treated provided they can be rapidly diagnosed following initial onset of symptoms. In a study appearing in this month's Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, resear ...
Helpful or creepy? Overpersonalized Web sites may spook shoppers
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune."
Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.
Earliest toothless bird found
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of bird from the Cretaceous period in China has been identified. It had toothless upper and lower jaws, and provides significant information on the diversification in the evolution ...
Woods scandal a boon to Internet publications
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Tiger Woods sex scandal has been a boon for online publications, even though it hasn't generated the same amount of Internet traffic as Michael Jackson's death or President Barack Obama's inauguration.
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