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Study reveals sandfish tucks legs and swims like a snake through desert sand

Study Reveals Small Lizard Tucks Legs and Swims Like a Snake Through Desert Sand (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study published in the July 17 issue of the journal Science details how sandfish -- small lizards with smooth scales -- move rapidly underground through desert sand. In this first thorou ...


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Researchers learn why robots get stuck in the sand -- and how to keep them going (Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's advanced mobile robots explore complex terrains across the globe and even on Mars, but have difficulty traversing sand and other granular media like dirt, rubble or slippery piles ...





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Download of the day: FireFound tracks your stolen computer, nukes your personal data

Technology / Software

created 4 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The worst thing about losing your laptop isn't the cost of replacing your gear; it's the loss of personal info and saved passwords. Firefox extension FireFound tracks your lost laptop's location and nukes your personal data ...


Scientists think 'killer petunias' should join the ranks of carnivorous plants

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 5 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Natural History Museum believe that carnivorous behaviour in plants is far more widespread than previously thought, with many commonly grown plants - such as petunias ...


Spitzer Unveils Biggest Milky Way View at Adler Planetarium

Spitzer Unveils Biggest Milky Way View at Adler Planetarium

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's largest image of our Milky Way galaxy, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, went on display this week at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.


Fishing the online stream

Technology / Internet

created 10 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

On West Lancaster Avenue in Wayne, Pa., local businessman Robert Lail runs what he calls "YouTube for business."


Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content (AP)

Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content

Technology / Telecom

created 15 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. The point is to give it a position of strength if fewer people sign up for its ...


Web ad group launches privacy education campaign

Technology / Internet

created 23 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A group of leading Internet publishers and digital marketing services on Thursday launched an online campaign to educate consumers about how they are tracked and targeted for pitches on the Web.


New rules for court reporting puts the privacy of children ?at risk?

New rules for court reporting puts the privacy of children 'at risk'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New legislation to relax the restrictions on media reporting of family court cases could put the privacy of vulnerable children at risk, according to a paper published by the Department of ...


New software to simulate future financial crises

New software to simulate future financial crises

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can economics better predict how banks will react to future credit crunches and their impact on the wider economy? Breakthrough simulation software by European researchers could hold the answers ...


Acculturation influences smoking cessation by Latino men

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Latino men who are more adapted to U.S. culture are more likely to quit smoking than their less-acculturated counterparts, according to research by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center published ...


AP sources: Comcast to pay $13.75B for NBC stake (AP)

Comcast aims to reshape entertainment with NBC

Technology / Business

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. announced Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator control of the Peacock network, an array of cable ...



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