When local revenue falls, traffic citations go up. Researchers have found statistical evidence that local…
Month: January 2009
Physicists Resolve Confounding Paradox Of Quantum Theory
University of Toronto quantum physicists Jeff Lundeen and Aephraim Steinberg have shown that Hardy’s paradox,…
Why Bladder Cancer Is Deadlier For Some
Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the…
Thomas Harriot: A Telescopic Astronomer Before Galileo
This year the world celebrates the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009), marking the 400th anniversary…
Midlife Coffee And Tea Drinking May Protect Against Late-life Dementia
Midlife coffee drinking can decrease the risk of dementia/Alzheimer’s disease later in life. The study…
Primate Culture Is Just A Stone’s Throw Away From Human Evolution, Study Finds
For 30 years, scientists have been studying stone-handling behavior in several troops of Japanese macaques…
Video game sales top $21 billion in 2008 (AP)
AP – All throughout 2008, as the economy went from bad to worse, video games…
Conservatives launch low-carbon plan
Friends of the Earth welcomes the Conservative party’s vision for a super smart energy grid…
Support for motor industry should be green
Any Government financial support to the car industry must guarantee the development of greener vehicles,…
Autodesk to cut 750 jobs, sees 4Q loss (AP)
AP – Autodesk Inc., the software company that has lost its leader to Yahoo, is…