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3 Jul 2009 at 12:27pm AP - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they’ve named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator. 3 Jul 2009 at 9:03am 2 Jul 2009 at 7:14pm AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. 3 Jul 2009 at 7:10pm 3 Jul 2009 at 9:13pm AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week. 3 Jul 2009 at 7:05am AFP - Japan’s near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, according to an official. 3 Jul 2009 at 3:15pm 3 Jul 2009 at 6:48pm AFP - France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union’s food safety watchdog that said a controversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe. 2 Jul 2009 at 9:45pm 3 Jul 2009 at 5:45pm Reuters - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past. 3 Jul 2009 at 10:11am AFP - Australian scientists hailed the country’s most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong. 3 Jul 2009 at 12:08pm AFP - India’s foreign minister on Friday called for an ambitious but fair greenhouse gas reduction target under a new climate treaty, saying any pact should not hinder the economic growth of developing countries. 3 Jul 2009 at 9:59am AP - Strong thunderstorms were expected Friday across the Northern Plains as a weak area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere slides down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. A few of these storms could be capable of producing damaging weather. 3 Jul 2009 at 6:01pm 2 Jul 2009 at 10:19pm AFP - A genetic mutation of swine flu that is resistant to the anti-viral Tamiflu has been discovered in Japan, the first such case in the country, the health ministry said.
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Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found
(AP)
Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard
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AP - Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep
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How the Declaration of Independence Changed the World
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LiveScience.com - In between mouthfuls of hot dogs and potato salad, Americans on
this July Fourth might actually ponder those famous phrases scrawled near
the top of the Declaration of Independence:Environmental group WWF urges G8 to make climate pledge
(AFP)
Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety
(AFP)
No Fireworks in Space on July 4
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SPACE.com - This Fourth
of July weekend will be filled with dazzling fireworks displays for many
Americans, but not for NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, who is flying high above
Earth on the International Space Station.GMO corn: France rejects report by EU food agency
(AFP)
NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space en Espanol
(AP)
AP - NASA has tweeted in space, but now one of its astronauts is breaking a new space Twitter barrier. He’ll tweet from space in Spanish and English.Australia discovers 3 new large dinosaurs
(Reuters)
Three new dinosaur species found in Australia
(AFP)
Indian FM urges ‘ambitious but fair’ climate targets
(AFP)
The Nation’s weather
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Wild Fireworks Spotted in Space
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SPACE.com - A new image of a gaseous space nebula reveals tens of thousands of giant comet-like knots raining down in a star-spangled cosmic fireworks display.Tamiflu-resistant swine flu patient found in Japan: govt
(AFP)
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NASA's lunar orbiter sends back results of first Kodak moments - Christian Science Monitor
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NASA's lunar orbiter sends back results of first Kodak moments
Christian Science Monitor The first images have come back from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Although they are test images, they give a clear sign that the craft's camera suite, LROC, is ready to rock. A little over a week ago, one of two tandem … New Moon Orbiter Sends First Lunar Snapshots Satellite Offers New View of Dark, Light Sides of Moon Lunar mapping satellite snaps first test images |
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 11:24 pm -0400 EDT
Why I'm Dropping Bing For Google - InformationWeek
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Why I'm Dropping Bing For Google
InformationWeek It's been about a month since I started a Bing experiment, and it's gone pretty well. Search results are about as good as Google, sometimes better. After a month, though, I've decided to go back to Google. The problem isn't with the search results … Microsoft: Bing needs to improve when news breaks Bing: Not Really Gaining on Google Microsoft Gets Twitter Search First |
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 10:26 pm -0400 EDT
Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store - CNET News
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Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store
CNET News An employee was shot Friday at this Apple store on Clarendon Blvd. in Arlington, Va. Customers were inside the store when the shooting happened, but no one else was injured, police say. An employee at an Apple store near Washington DC … Gunfire at Apple Store in DC Suburb Leaves One Injured Employee Shot at Apple Store; Suspect Sought Colonel Mustard, in the Apple Store, with the revolver |
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 5:28 pm -0400 EDT
BlackBerry vs. iPhone 3.0: Smackdown Revisited - PC World
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BlackBerry vs. iPhone 3.0: Smackdown Revisited
PC World The new iPhone 3.0 OS is now old news, but do its enhancements overcome any advantages that the BlackBerry has over the iPhone? In May, I pitted the BlackBerry Bold in a head-to-head competition against the iPhone 3G, which handily beat RIM's business … Deathmatch rematch: BlackBerry versus iPhone 3.0 Apple Shoots Down Obama's Hope La Sierra University to offer course on creating iPhone applications |
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 4:22 pm -0400 EDT
Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sites - CNET News
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Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sites
CNET News Tenants of the Fisher Plaza data center carry servers out of the building Friday morning. The building houses the Bing Travel servers, among others. Updated at 4:51 pm PDT with time fire started and statement from Fisher Communications. … Fire in downtown Seattle data center knocks out businesses, online … Fire at Seattle's Fisher Plaza disrupts web sites Electrical fire disrupts broadcasts, Web sites |
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 3:17 pm -0400 EDT
'GeoHot' gets a shower, cleans up nice, reveals new iPhone 3G S … - BetaNews
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'GeoHot' gets a shower, cleans up nice, reveals new iPhone 3G S …
BetaNews Either puberty has been very kind to the author of the new 'Purple Ra1n' jailbreak tool, or George Hotz may also have some adequate Photoshop skills. By Scott M. Fulton, III | Published July 3, 2009, 12:44 PM In a comically blatant display of bravado … iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web Apple Obliquely Addresses iPhone 3GS Overheating AT&T Says iPhone 3GS is Hot in a Good Way |
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 12:49 pm -0400 EDT
Facebook criticised over privacy - BBC News
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Facebook criticised over privacy
BBC News The social networking site Facebook has come under fire for planned changes to its privacy settings. It wants to "simplify" the process so users only have to set them once, instead of for each individual feature. … Facebook undergoes drastic changes one more time New Facebook Privacy Controls Take On Twitter Facebook changes privacy controls so members feel safe to share |
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 11:03 am -0400 EDT
MySpace victim's mom disappointed by ruling - msnbc.com
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MySpace victim's mom disappointed by ruling
msnbc.com AP By Mike Celizic Tina Meier had hoped to see her neighbor and former friend, Lori Drew, go to prison for her role in the online hoax that caused Meier's 13-year-old daughter, Megan, to end her life. But even though a judge is throwing out Drew's … MySpace cyber-bullying conviction tentatively dismissed Mom in MySpace case says it was properly dismissed Report: Guilty verdict overturned in MySpace suicide case |
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 9:52 am -0400 EDT
Suit Over China's Web Filter to Target Lenovo, Acer, Sony - PC World
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Suit Over China's Web Filter to Target Lenovo, Acer, Sony
PC World A US company will seek legal action against Lenovo, Acer and Sony next week over their shipment in China of controversial software that the company says stole its programming code. Solid Oak Software may also take action against other PC makers that … China Says Green Dam Still Coming, Mac Version in the Works China's Green Dam 'Definitely' Coming There's a big hole in China's Green Dam |
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 5:41 am -0400 EDT
Climate change causes sheep in Scottish herd to shrink - Los Angeles Times
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Climate change causes sheep in Scottish herd to shrink
Los Angeles Times Researchers have concluded that rising temperatures have made it easier for scrawnier sheep to survive, thus reducing the average size of animals in the herd. The average weight and size of sheep on a remote island have been falling in small but steady … The Case of the Shrinking Sheep Climate change is shrinking sheep Sheep Shrinking Each Generation Amid Global Warming |
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 6:21 pm -0400 EDT
EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, says Stanford study
The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says “baa”. It’s the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, which is to be published July 3 in PLoS ONE, finds that not only are these ruminants low-maintenance and parasite-resistant, they’re also perfect blood donors for the microbiology tests necessary to diagnose infectious disease in the developing world.
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Study identifies how tamoxifen stimulates uterine cell growth and cancer
University of California - San Francisco researchers have identified a new “feed-forward” pathway linking estrogen receptors in the membrane of the uterus to a process that increases local estrogen levels and promotes cell growth.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Perfect pitch study offers window into influences of nature and nurture
Practice, practice, practice might get you to Carnegie Hall, but for aspiring musicians, there’s new evidence that genes may influence one’s ability to get there, as well.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken and received its first images of the Moon, kicking off the year-long mapping mission of Earth’s nearest celestial neighbor. The LROC imaging system is under the watchful eyes of Arizona State University professor Mark Robison, the principal investigator.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Plants’ internal clock can improve climate-change models
The ability of plants to tell the time, a mechanism common to all living beings, enables them to survive, grow and reproduce. In a study published in the latest issue of the prestigious journal Ecology Letters, an international team has studied this circadian clock from a molecular viewpoint, and has found an ecological implication: It makes climate change scenarios and CO2 level figures more accurate.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Second Life data offers window into how trends spread
Do friends wear the same style of shoe or see the same movies because they have similar tastes, which is why they became friends in the first place? Or once a friendship is established, do individuals influence each other to adopt like behaviors?
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Intelligent countryside management could improve the survival chances of animal and plant species threatened by climate change. The creation of small heat-shielded habitats and better links between habitats would counteract a moderate temperature increase, and give threatened species more time to adapt better and/or to migrate to cooler regions. This is the conclusion drawn by scientists at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research from a British study on saving the Large Blue butterfly.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
AGU journal highlights - July 2, 2009
Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: “Ancient supervolcano’s eruption caused decade of severe winters”; “Understanding fault movement during Wenchuan earthquake”; “First direct measurement of lunar backscatter from solar wind”; “Reducing uncertainty in estimates of global sea level rise”; “Boost in freshwater content of Arctic Ocean “; “Data gaps in records hinder detection of climate trends”; “Glaciers cause seismic activity in Iceland”; and more.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis
A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft’s two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, were activated June 30. The cameras are working well, and have returned images of a region in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds).
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Many characteristics of Mars, including ice, are similar to Earth, paper says
Mars gets as far as 250 million miles away, but many parts of it closely resemble places on Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather, says a Texas A&M University researcher in the current issue of Science magazine.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Prostate cancer patients disease free after 5 years likely to be disease free after 10 years
Prostate cancer patients who receive brachytherapy and remain free of disease for five years or greater are unlikely to have a recurrence at 10 years, according to a study in the July 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Brain malformations significantly associated with preterm birth, Wake Forest research shows
New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides for the first time a solid scientific answer for the long-standing question of whether there is an association between preterm birth and brain malformations.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Overweight kids experience more loneliness, anxiety, MU study finds
As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Pacific Northwest forests could store more carbon, help address greenhouse issues
The forests of the Pacific Northwest hold significant potential to increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, a recent study concludes, if they are managed primarily for that purpose through timber harvest reductions and increased rotation ages.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Ben-Gurion U. researchers reveal connection between cancer and human evolution
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have discovered that gene mutations that once helped humans survive may increase the possibility for diseases, including cancer. The findings were recently the cover story in the journal Genome Research.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
UT multimedia program increases middle school interest in science
Middle school students who were part of a unique science learning program developed by the University of Texas School of Public Health showed significant increases in interest and achievement scores compared to other students, a recent study found.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Natural compound stops retinopathy
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
Sexist jokes favor the mental mechanisms that justify violence against women
These are the conclusions of research work carried out at the University of Granada in a sample of 109 18-26 year old university male students. The results of this work will be released July 2 in the framework of the International Summer School and Symposium on Humor and Laughter.
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 12:00 am -0400 EDT
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