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EU probes new Google privacy policy

The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zuckerberg has iron grip on Facebook

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will retain an iron grip over the social network even after it becomes a public company.

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 12

A novel strategy to reduce farm runoff will be tested starting in Minnesota

Minnesota will be the nation's first test site for a novel federal program designed to stem the flow of agricultural pollution that is strangling some of the country's great waterways, including the Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Leonardo da Vinci's tree rule may be explained by wind

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci observed a particular relationship between the size of a tree’s trunk and the size of its branches. Specifically, the combined cross-sectional ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 16 | with audio podcast feature

Uncovering Da Vinci's rule of the trees

As trees shed their foliage this fall, they reveal a mysterious, nearly universal growth pattern first observed by Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago: a simple yet startling relationship that always holds between ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama health care

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to take up the case of President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform, which has come under fire from rival Republicans, in a move which could weigh on next year's elections.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Living, and coughing, downwind of Texas smoke stacks

When the black smoke pours out of the Texan oil refinery across the road in yet another unplanned discharge, Erma Lee Ellas has just one way to try to keep the cloud of chemicals from reaching her asthmatic ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Supreme Court voting patterns show high predictability

Supreme Court rulings can dramatically shape American policies, but the Court's decisions may actually be quite predictable, according to a new study published in the Nov. 9 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: Infant formula ads reduce breast-feeding

The World Health Organization said a study has found that Filipino mothers who have been influenced by advertisements or their doctors to use infant formula are two to four times more likely to feed their babies with those ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India denies nod to $31 billion hill station project

India's environment ministry has refused to clear the first phase of construction of a $31-billion "planned city" in the newest development row to flare in the fast-expanding economy.

Technology / Business

created Oct 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Tighter online privacy rules for preteens proposed

Many preteens have dived into the expanding worlds of social networks and smartphone apps, but federal rules designed to protect their privacy are still in the era of Web portals and flip phones.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Parasites help reveal new ecological rules

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and other institutions say their new research is expected to profoundly affect the field of ecology and can assist the management of ecosystems, including forests, lakes, and ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Amazon wants voters to decide on tax collection

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. wants California voters to decide whether to overturn a new law that forces online retailers to collect sales taxes there, setting the stage for a potentially high-dollar ballot fight next year that ...

Technology / Business

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

WikiLeaks delays complaint against Visa, Mastercard: lawyer

WikiLeaks is delaying its complaint to the European Commission against credit card giants Visa and MasterCard in the hopes of reaching an out-of-court deal, the website's lawyer said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amazon to cut off California-based Web affiliates

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it will stop working with online affiliates based in California since the state passed a new rule that forces online retailers to collect sales tax there.

Technology / Business

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1