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Why England's soccer team keeps losing on penalties

Why England's soccer team keeps losing on penalties

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

A new study may explain why the England soccer team keeps losing in penalty shootouts - and could help the team address the problem in time for the World Cup 2010. Research by the University of Exeter shows ...


Old math reveals new thinking in children's cognitive development

Biology / Other

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Five-year-olds can reason about the world from multiple perspectives simultaneously, according to a new theory by researchers in Japan and Australia. Using an established branch of mathematics called Category Theory, the ...


Glasgow's joking computer

Glasgow's joking computer

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Glasgow Science Centre in Scotland is exhibiting a computer that makes up jokes using its database of simple language rules and a large vocabulary.


WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours

WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 20 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 ...


First phase of pan-tropical forest mapping debuting at COP15

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tropical forest loss accounts for an estimated 17% of global emissions of carbon dioxide. As part of a strategy to reduce these greenhouse gas fluxes to the atmosphere, the UNFCCC's Conference of the Parties 15 in Copenhagen ...


Brainstorming works best in less specialized efforts, study says

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Applying brainstorming techniques to new product development works best when the collaboration employs participants from varied specialties gathering to develop a less complex product, according to the Management Insights ...


An unusual light phenomenon above the Norwegian city of Skjeroy

New Russian missile failure sparks UFO frenzy

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 17

Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said Thursday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway.


Solar power coming to a store near you (AP)

Solar power coming to a store near you

Technology / Energy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 20

(AP) -- Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install.


Penn State scientist at center of a storm

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 4

A few words culled from some hacked e-mails in Britain have generated chaos in the world of climate science -- throwing dark clouds over Pennsylvania State University and stirring up negative publicity for the field that ...


Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have fascinated future engineers for generations. Recently, a group of young students had an opportunity to design and build their own robots using LEGOs, the popular plastic pieces ...



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