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Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent (AP)

Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 9 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.


Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk (AP)

Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 10 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest ...


The iconic smartphone hits stores having already shifted more than 50,000 units in pre-sale orders

iPhone's debut in S.Korea means paradigm shift: experts

Technology / Business

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Apple's top selling iPhone made its debut in South Korea Saturday with experts saying the iconic smartphone is likely to serve as a wake-up call for an IT industry basking in an isolated market.


Signal fading on radio traffic reports

Technology / Other

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.


Lenovo buying back mobile phone business

Technology / Business

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.


Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea (AP)

Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea

Technology / Business

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.


Hammerhead shark

Wide heads give hammerheads exceptional stereo view

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Hammerhead sharks are some of the Ocean's most distinctive residents. 'Everyone wants to understand why they have this strange head shape,' says Michelle McComb from Florida Atlantic University. One possible ...


Building real security with virtual worlds

Building real security with virtual worlds

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore ...


Physician-scientist proves stem cells heal lungs of newborn animals

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dr. Bernard Thébaud lives in two very different worlds. As a specialist in the Stollery Children's Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, he cares for tiny babies, many of whom struggle ...


Holiday Web shopping looks brighter than last year

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.



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