News tagged with stick
Why NHL goalies prefer wooden sticks?
Goalies in the National Hockey League overwhelmingly continue to use wooden sticks largely indistinguishable from those used decades ago by their mask-less predecessors.
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Sexless for a million years, stick bugs elude extinction
(PhysOrg.com) -- Simon Fraser University biologists say a species of stick insect found to be celibate for 1.5 million years raises questions about why these particular lineages have escaped extinction thus ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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BBC top 10 new species of decade includes stick-insect
A spectacular stick-insect, a rare specimen of which is looked after at the Natural History Museum, is in a top 10 new species of the decade list.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Levels of coumarin in cassia cinnamon vary greatly even in bark from the same tree
A "huge" variation exists in the amounts of coumarin in bark samples of cassia cinnamon from trees growing in Indonesia, scientists are reporting in a new study. That natural ingredient in the spice may carry ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Sony Speeds Up Storage Media With New Memory Stick Duo HX
Digital photographers have come to expect top performance from their equipment. Quick response and high quality image capture are not just features of their digital cameras, but also functions of the memory cards on which ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Flag has ladies all of a flutter
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how the male common snipe 'flies the flag' to get the girl.
Apr 28, 2010 |
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'Stick men' may be rendered obsolete in insect world
(PhysOrg.com) -- Male stick insects are becoming increasingly redundant, with new research showing some New Zealand female stick insects can reproduce as efficiently on their own as with a male mate.
Mar 24, 2010 |
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So many passwords, so little memory
How many keys are on your keychain? I just looked at mine and counted nine keys. And that's not counting the bulky little remote control key fob that locks and unlocks my car. I've tried to consolidate my keys by making one ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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The Raging Windows Worm has attacked over 8.9 Million Computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week the global internet community was hit by the Downadup worm also know as Conficker, or Kido. This worm is now using multiple ways of infecting computers, including USB sticks. If s ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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