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British scientist Stephen Hawking

Britain's Royal Society puts rare scientific manuscripts online

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Historic manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and other ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said Monday.


Iran to unveil new home-built satellite: report

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Iran will unveil a new home-built satellite in February, a newspaper reported Thursday, amid Western concerns that Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons.


MIT wins Pentagon prize in social networking contest

MIT wins Pentagon prize in social networking contest

Technology / Other

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won a 40,000-dollar prize for using social networking tools to identify the locations of 10 large weather balloons in a contest sponsored by ...


Cars drive towards the Oracle world headquarters in Redwood Shores, California

Brussels welcomes Oracle's concessions in Sun bid

Technology / Business

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The EU's competition watchdog on Monday welcomed concessions made by US business software giant Oracle over its bid for Sun Microsystems, saying the deal is now likely to be approved.


The drink and violence ?gender gap?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women and men are at the same risk of violence - until they start drinking, new research from Cardiff University has shown.


Nobel Prizes honor a record 5 women in 2009

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A record five women were among the 13 people awarded Nobel Prizes on Thursday, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron Curtain and researchers who showed how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading.


XMM-Newton celebrates decade of discovery

XMM-Newton celebrates decade of discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory is celebrating its 10th anniversary. During its decade of operation, this remarkable space observatory has supplied new data for every aspect of astronomy. ...


Charles Darwin: More than the origin

Charles Darwin: More than the origin

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although Charles Darwin is most well-known for his book On the Origin of Species, in which he described the process of natural selection, he greatly contributed to many specific fields within biology. As ...


US-China showdown still looms over climate talks (AP)

US-China showdown still looms over climate talks

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- In a showdown between the world's two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations Tuesday of backsliding on fighting global warming and the top U.S. envoy said Chinese ...


Kew botanists discover more than 250 new plant species in 250th anniversary year

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Giant rainforest trees, rare and beautiful orchids, spectacular palms, minute fungi, wild coffees and an ancient aquatic plant are among more than 250 new plant and fungi species discovered and described by botanists from ...



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