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Commuters wait on the platform shrouded by fog in London

Climate change not man-made, say majority of Britons: poll

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (16) | comments 46

Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday.


Golden State: Yes, No or Maybe?

Golden State: Yes, No or Maybe?

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dan Schnur, director of the College's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, analyzes the findings from the first of six USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences/Los Angeles Times statewide ...





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Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll.


The global financial crisis is bad for more than just your pocket

Medicine & Health / Health

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

One in four Australian adults has taken an action that puts their health at risk as a result of the global financial crisis (GFC), according to a new MBF Healthwatch poll.


Cryptographic voting debuts

Cryptographic voting debuts

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...


CDC's swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million ill (AP)

CDC's swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million ill

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn't mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.


Hewlett Packard to buy 3Com for $2.7B (AP)

HP's 3Com takeover marks a shot at Cisco

Technology / Business

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com Corp. is a shot at networking leader Cisco Systems Inc. - and a sign of how old relationships are being frayed by a flurry of maneuvers by technology ...


Poll: Many parents, high-priority adults who tried to get H1N1 vaccine unable to get it

Poll: Many parents, high-priority adults who tried to get H1N1 vaccine unable to get it

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new national poll from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that a majority of adults who tried to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable ...


The x-ray machine has revolutionised how doctors detect disease and injury

X-ray named top achievement by British museum

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.


The explainer: P vs. NP -- The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open

P vs. NP -- The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 5

In the 1995 Halloween episode of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson finds a portal to the mysterious Third Dimension behind a bookcase, and desperate to escape his in-laws, he plunges through. He finds himself wander ...


Motorola's shares surge with unexpected profit (AP)

Motorola's shares surge with unexpected profit (Update)

Technology / Business

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The turnaround effort long sought at Motorola Inc. finally could be on track.


Breast cancer incidence in Spain drops in early 2000s after decades of increasing rates

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After a steady increase of invasive breast cancer cases in Spanish women during the 1980s and 1990s, incidence rates abruptly declined starting in 2001—a trend most likely explained by a period effect linked to screening ...



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