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WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours

WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 13 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Liftoff of a Delta II rocket and its NASA payload, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has been delayed 24 hours. At the soonest, launch now will be Saturday, Dec. 12, during a ...


Rear Wheel Trouble Continues

Spirit Rover: Rear Wheel Trouble Continues

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Results of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on Sol 2109 (Dec. 8, 2009) continue to indicate a troubled wheel, which may leave the rover with only four operable wheels.


Texting, tweeting ought to be viewed as GR8 teaching tools, scholar says

Texting, tweeting ought to be viewed as GR8 teaching tools, scholar says

Technology / Hi Tech

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The impact of text messaging on the decline of formal writing among teens has been debated in pedagogical circles ever since cell-phone ownership became an adolescent rite of passage in the mid-2000s. But ...


Cyclone Cleo back down to tropical storm status

Cyclone Cleo back down to tropical storm status

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 16 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cleo has run into wind shear and it has weakened it from a cyclone to a tropical storm. Cleo's maximum sustained winds are now down to 69 mph, and expected to continue falling. NASA's TRMM satellite noticed ...


Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk of death increases.


Nokia Booklet 3G

Nokia Booklet has flashy looks, but little substance

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 20 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If the iPhone ushered in the era of cell phones that act like computers, then the recently released Nokia Booklet 3G netbook is an attempt to bring some of the features of a smart phone to a computer.


Abundance of a look-alike species clouds population status of a million dollar fish

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The prized white marlin, sought by anglers in million dollar prize tournaments and captured incidentally in commercial fisheries, is among the most overfished marine species under international management and the subject ...


Family life can lead to cannabis disorders

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- One in five young people experience a cannabis use disorder, according to a UQ and Mater Hospital study published today in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.


Review: Barnes & Noble reader is dual-screen mess (AP)

Review: Barnes & Noble reader is dual-screen mess

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (14) | comments 4

(AP) -- The e-book reading device is the gadget gift of the season. Both Sony and Barnes & Noble have sold out of their new models, and new buyers will have to wait until January for delivery. So why are ...


Study finds gender gap persists in cardiac care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gender differences persist in the quality of cardiac care across Ontario, according to a health study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Ontario women who had ...



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