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NORAD is tracking Santa Claus's progress

Follow Santa Claus, courtesy Google and NORAD

Technology / Internet

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the North American airspace, on Thursday ...


US Senate votes on landmark health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Senators gave Barack Obama a huge political boost on Thursday by passing a sweeping remake of the US health care system that aims to extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans.


Mendenhall Glacier

Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 8

Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source - ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. ...


Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe (AP)

Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Police and soldiers donned Santa hats and red clown noses and belted out songs in crammed evacuation centers in hopes of keeping 47,000 displaced residents from sneaking back to their homes on the ...


The Thought Is What Counts

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Holiday gift givers who expect to be appreciated for choosing the most expensive gifts are likely to be disappointed when their presents are unwrapped. Cost has little impact on how much we value the gifts we receive, according ...


China's Lenovo to build research centre in Taiwan: report

Technology / Business

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chinese high-tech giant Lenovo plans to set up a research and development centre in Taiwan as the firm tries to take advantage of warming cross-strait ties, a report said Tuesday.


Disability may be on the rise again after 20-year decline

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability rates among non-institutionalized older Americans increased between 2000 and 2005, a trend that could seriously impact the quality of life of seniors in the coming decades if it continues, according ...


Bioengineered materials promote the growth of functional vasculature, new study shows

Bioengineered materials promote the growth of functional vasculature, new study shows

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Regenerative medicine therapies often require the growth of functional, stable blood vessels at the site of an injury. Using synthetic polymers called hydrogels, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology ...


Marketing Professor Studying Adolescents' Sources of Happiness

Marketing Professor Studying Adolescents' Sources of Happiness

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lan Nguyen Chaplin, an assistant professor in the Eller College of Management, says children and teenagers, in finding happiness, do not always place material things before personal relationships.


Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time

Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (57) | comments 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- By implanting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, scientists have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The "thought-to-speech" ...



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