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A star is born? Herschel space observatory captures the birth of stars

A star is born? Herschel space observatory captures the birth of stars

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 8 hours ago | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency has released a preview of the first science results from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. The new data which include images ...


The screen of a computer featuring the home page of Internet giant Google's website

Swiss and Google reach privacy accord pending verdict

Technology / Internet

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Google has agreed not to put pictures of Switzerland on its "Street View" picture map under a provisional accord to end a privacy battle with Swiss authorities, the government said Friday.


More Filipinos leave homes as volcano spills lava (AP)

More Filipinos leave homes as volcano spills lava

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Security forces in army trucks Friday sent about 3,000 residents outside the danger zone surrounding the smoldering Mayon volcano, which looked set for a major eruption after days of shooting ash ...


New study finds gender divide in children's use of cell phone features (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's a given that many children will ask their parents for cell phones this Christmas. Now, a recent study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) sociologist Shelia Cotten, Ph.D., finds that the way the kids will use ...


New pictures reveal rich Antarctic marine life in area of rapid climate change

New pictures reveal rich Antarctic marine life in area of rapid climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New photographs of ice fish, octopus, sea pigs, giant sea spiders, rare rays and beautiful basket stars that live in Antarctica’s continental shelf seas are revealed this week by the British ...


Want privacy on Facebook? Here is how to get some (AP)

Want privacy on Facebook? Here is how to get some

Technology / Internet

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Over the past week, Facebook has been nudging its users - first gently, then firmly - to review and update their privacy settings.


Education Budget Cuts to Cause Increase in Mobile Technology Use

Technology / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As budget cuts in education continue, we will see more use of mobile technologies in the classroom in 2010, predicts Dr. Vivian Wright, a University of Alabama educator.


Handheld Touch Screen Device May Lead to Mobile Fingerprint ID

Handheld Touch Screen Device May Lead to Mobile Fingerprint ID

Technology / Engineering

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Rescue Team had a problem -- they needed a small, portable tool to identify fingerprints and faces, but couldn't get anyone interested in building ...


World's rarest gorilla ready for its close-up

World's rarest gorilla ready for its close-up (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The world's rarest -- and most camera shy -- great ape has finally been captured on professional video on a forested mountain in Cameroon, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society and Germany's NDR Naturfilm.


Internet-based customized newscast has been cooking in the InfoLab at a US university for over three years

US university coding future of news

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Personalized newscasts culled from the Web and presented by digital avatars. Baseball stories written by computers using raw data.



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