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Female birds 'jam' their mates' flirtatious songs

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When a single female is nearby, female antbirds will sing over the songs of their male partners in an apparent attempt to keep their messages from getting through, according to a new report published online on March 12th ...





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Scientists develop technique to determine ethnic origin of stem cell lines

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An international team of scientists led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a straightforward technique to determine the ethnic origin of stem cells.


Broadcasters' woes could spell trouble for free TV (AP)

Broadcasters' woes could spell trouble for free TV

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 11

(AP) -- For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer.


Scientists Show How Bacteria Move Electrons Across a Membrane

Scientists Show How Bacteria Move Electrons Across a Membrane

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of East Anglia, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated for the first time the mechanism by which some bacteria ...


Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears (AP)

Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

(AP) -- High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because ...


First molars provide insight into evolution of great apes, humans

First molars provide insight into evolution of apes, humans

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The timing of molar emergence and its relation to growth and reproduction in apes is being reported by two scientists at Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins in the Dec. 28 ...


AT&T temporarily halts online iPhone sales in NYC

AT&T temporarily halts online iPhone sales in NYC

Technology / Business

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. suspended online sales of iPhones to New Yorkers over the weekend for unknown reasons, then abruptly started selling them again just as mysteriously on Monday.


Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) asked the FTC to oppose Google's acquisition of AdMob

Consumer groups try to block Google purchase of AdMob

Technology / Internet

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Two consumer groups urged the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday to block Internet search and advertising giant Google's proposed purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob.


Disinfectants may promote growth of superbugs

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Using disinfectants could cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics as well as the disinfectant itself, according to research published in the January issue of Microbiology. The findings could have important implic ...


Cell phone mania forces scramble for more airwaves (AP)

Cell phone mania forces scramble for more airwaves

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Wireless devices such as Apple's iPhone are transforming the way we go online, making it possible to look up driving directions, find the nearest coffee shop and update Facebook on the go. All this ...


Voyager makes an interstellar discovery

Voyager makes an interstellar discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (60) | comments 24

The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery.



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