In human relationships, a certain “spark” often governs whether we prefer one person to another….
Month: November 2008
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Record Set Simulating Seismic Wave Propagation Across The Earth
Scientists have successfully completed record-setting, petascale-level simulations of the earth’s inner structure, paving the way…
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Sling.com like video site Hulu with a twist (AP)
AP – Since its launch in March, video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place…
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Watchdogs Give Video Game Raters, Vendors High Marks
The National Institute on Media and the Family released its 13th annual video game report…
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How the turtle’s shell evolved
A 220 million year old fossil from China shows that the ancestors of modern turtles…
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Guyana to close Net cafes that offer cheap calls (AP)
AP – The South American country of Guyana plans to close hundreds of Internet cafes…
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UK ‘support’ for waste payments
A survey for BBC News suggests that most people in the UK support the principle…
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Ad watchdog: FiOS not ‘so much more bright’ (AP)
AP – Verizon’s FiOS TV service doesn’t make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry’s…
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Climate change wiped out cave bears 13 millennia earlier than thought
Environmental News Network: Enormous cave bears, Ursus spelaeus, that once inhabited a large swathe of…
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How geothermal heat pumps could power the future
Live Science: The term “geothermal energy” might bring to mind hot springs and billows of…