Site of Special Scientific Interest
hideA Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon them, including National Nature Reserves, Ramsar Sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation.
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Studying hair of ancient Peruvians answers questions about stress
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent studies show that one in three Canadians suffer from stress and the number is on the rise. But stress isn't a new problem.
EBay official: Employees shared Craigslist data
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(AP) -- Employees of Internet auction site eBay shared confidential information gained from Craigslist with other employees developing eBay's own online classifieds business, an eBay executive said Wednesday.
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Facebook change gives users more privacy controls
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Facebook is giving users better control over who sees information on their personal pages.
'Anti-social network' aims to be Facebook killer app
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Facebook makes you despair? Social networking makes you want to end it all? You may be ready for online ritual suicide with the aid of a new website that helps you kill your virtual identity.
Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature
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Scientists have designed a synthetic protein that is both a structural model and a functional model of a native protein, nitric-oxide reductase.
Helpful or creepy? Overpersonalized Web sites may spook shoppers
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Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune."
Woods scandal a boon to Internet publications
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(AP) -- The Tiger Woods sex scandal has been a boon for online publications, even though it hasn't generated the same amount of Internet traffic as Michael Jackson's death or President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Variety to begin charging for Web access Thursday
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(AP) -- The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is putting its Web site behind a "pay wall" starting Thursday. That means it will be reserving its online content for paid subscribers and hoping its advertisers stick around ...
Study reveals H1N1 unexpected weakness
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The H1N1 influenza virus has been keeping a secret that may be the key to defeating it and other flu viruses as well.
Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook
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A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in what she calls deceptive ads.
Atom smasher catches 1st high-energy collisions
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(AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher has recorded its first high-energy collisions of protons, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Fossils shake dinosaur family tree
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists have unearthed a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur in New Mexico, settling a debate about early dinosaur evolution, revealing a period of explosive diversification and ...
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