» 02 Sep 2010
An ancient reef found in the Pacific
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 An ancient reef found in the Pacific may provide clues to what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise. |
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» 01 Sep 2010
Mammoth-killing space blast 'off the hook
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 The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.
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» 30 Aug 2010
Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction
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 The dinosaurs were wiped out 65 million years ago by at least two meteorite impacts, rather than a single strike, a new study suggests. |
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» 27 Aug 2010
Wheat genome may help tackle food shortages
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 UK scientists have released draft sequences of the wheat genome, which they think could make a vital contribution to securing global food supplies. |
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» 26 Aug 2010
Oetzi the Iceman may have been buried, says team
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 Oetzi, the 5,000 year old "Iceman" found in the Italian Alps, may have ceremonially buried, archaeologists claim. |
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» 25 Aug 2010
Rich exoplanet system discovered
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 Astronomers have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets that orbit a star called HD 10180, which is much like our own Sun.
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» 24 Aug 2010
Space is the final frontier for evolution, study claims
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 Charles Darwin may have been wrong when he argued that competition was the major driving force of evolution. |
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» 23 Aug 2010
Computer blow to Europe's Goce gravity satellite
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 A flagship European Earth observation satellite has been struck by a second computer glitch and cannot send its scientific data down to the ground. |
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» 20 Aug 2010
Fate of Universe revealed by galactic lens
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 A "galactic lens" has revealed that the Universe will probably expand forever. |
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» 19 Aug 2010
Fossils may be earliest animals
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 Tiny, irregularly shaped fossils from South Australia could be the oldest remains of simple animal life found to date. |
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» 17 Aug 2010
Microsoft links new smart phones to Xbox Live
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 Microsoft Corp. is bringing its video-game expertise to the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 line, an attempt to capitalize on the success of the Xbox 360 as the software maker tries to compete with Apple Inc.'s iPhone. |
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» 16 Aug 2010
Sun
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 Solar physicists may have discovered why the Sun recently experienced a prolonged period of weak activity. |
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» 13 Aug 2010
Home computers discover rare star
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 By putting their home computers to work when they would otherwise be idle, three "citizen scientists" have discovered a rare astronomical object. |
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» 12 Aug 2010
Lucy species used stone tools, fossil study says
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 Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say. |
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» 11 Aug 2010
Galactic jewel shines in its setting
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 A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image shows a majestic face-on spiral galaxy located deep within the Coma Cluster of galaxies, which lies 320 million light-years away in the northern constellation Coma Berenices. |
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» 09 Aug 2010
Net neutrality talks stall in US
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 US regulators have halted closed-door meetings intended to find a way to make sure all web data is treated equally.
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» 07 Aug 2010
Google Waves Goodbye To Messaging App
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 Google has abandoned work on Wave, its ambitious real-time messaging and collaboration application, after admitting it had not become a hit with the public. |
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» 04 Aug 2010
Google China answer page inaccessible
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 A Google question-and-answer page for Chinese users was inaccessible from mainland China on Tuesday less than a month after the search giant's Internet license was renewed amid a dispute over online censorship. |
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» 02 Aug 2010
Microsoft takes aim at tablet market
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 Microsoft wants your money.
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» 30 Jul 2010
Sky Confirms 3D TV Launch Date And Line-Up
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 Sky will launch its 3D TV channel to millions of homes on October 1, the broadcaster has announced. |
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» 28 Jul 2010
Panasonic Goes 3D With New Camcorder and G-Series Lens
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 Panasonic unveiled a slew of new Lumix cameras just last week, but the company wasn't quite done with its fall camera and camcorder announcements. |
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» 27 Jul 2010
Nasa Discoveries Spark Hopes Of Alien Life
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 Nasa's planet-hunting deep space observatory has found hundreds of new potential planets, sparking hopes of finding other worlds similar to Earth. |
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» 23 Jul 2010
Windows 7 sales boost Microsoft 4Q net income
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 Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that its net income surged in the most recent quarter, the latest sign that businesses are again spending on technology. |
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» 22 Jul 2010
The Topic: The future of books
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 Amazon just reported that over past three months, Amazon Kindle e-book sales have surpassed its hardcover book sales by nearly 50 percent — and last month by nearly double. |
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» 21 Jul 2010
Apple fiscal 3Q net income jumps 78 percent
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 Apple Inc. blew past expectations with its latest quarterly report on Tuesday, selling almost as many of its new iPad tablets as it sold Mac computers. |
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» 20 Jul 2010
Digital movie locker UltraViolet nears launch
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 A group of media and electronics companies will soon start testing a system that will let you watch the movies you buy... |
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» 19 Jul 2010
Bionic Legs Help Paraplegic To Walk Again
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 Inventors in New Zealand have created a pair of bionic legs that could banish the need for wheelchairs. |
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» 15 Jul 2010
Thousands Left Without Freeview TV Guide
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 Thousands of Freeview customers are without an electronic programme guide because the supplier failed to seal a new contract. |
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» 14 Jul 2010
Virtual human Milo comes out to play at TED in Oxford
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 Milo made his world debut in 2009 at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles |
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» 12 Jul 2010
Googles Back In China: Licence Is Renewed
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 Beijing has renewed Google's licence in a move that allows the web giant to continue operating in China, the company has said. |
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» 09 Jul 2010
A New Era: Solar Plane Completes Test Flight
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 An experimental solar-powered plane has completed its first 24-hour test flight amid hopes it will one day circle the globe using only energy collected from the sun. |
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» 08 Jul 2010
YouTube Asks Users To Help Produce New Film
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 YouTube is launching a "life in a day" movie, where users will be given the chance to become co-directors after uploading footage of their daily lives. |
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