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Researchers examine correlation between political speeches, voting

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

Although politicians are often criticized for making empty promises, when it comes to their voting records, their words may carry more weight than previously thought, according to findings by two Penn State information technology ...


Absence of evidence for a meteorite impact event 13,000 years ago

Absence of evidence for a meteorite impact event 13,000 years ago

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have found no evidence supporting an extraterrestrial impact event at the onset of the Younger Dryas ~13000 years ...


UN: 2000-2009 likely warmest decade on record (AP)

UN: 2000-2009 could be Earth's warmest decade ever

Space & Earth / Environment

created 10 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 8

(AP) -- A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.


Cosmic rays hunted down: Physicists are closing in on the origin of cosmic rays

Cosmic rays hunted down: Physicists are closing in on the origin of cosmic rays

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A thin rain of charged particles continually bombards our atmosphere from outer space. The mysterious particles were first detected 100 years ago but until 10 years ago when a new type of ...


EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health (AP)

EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (8) | comments 24

(AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment.


Archaeological study of ostrich eggshell beads collected from SDG site

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ostrich eggshell (OES) beads from SDG site reflect primordial art and a kind of symbolic behavior of modern humans. Two different manufacturing pathways are usually used in the manufacture of OES beads in Upper Paleolithic. ...


Researchers show brain waves can 'write' on a computer in early tests

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 3

Neuroscientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville, Fla., have demonstrated how brain waves can be used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen. By merely focusing on the "q" in a matrix of letters, ...


Chicken of the sea? Tuna farming getting a boost (AP)

Chicken of the sea? Tuna farming getting a boost

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Thousands of tuna, their silver bellies bloated with fat, swim frantically around in netted areas of a small bay, stuffing themselves until they grow twice as heavy as in the wild. Is this sushi's ...


Gadgets: Gift ideas for your holiday shopping

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Black Friday has come and gone and if you're like me, you barely made a dent in your holiday shopping list.


Embodied Cognition: Using Movement to Understand the Mind

Embodied Cognition: Using Movement to Understand the Mind

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology professors look at movement to study communication and cognition.



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