When it comes to handedness, righties rule. And according to a new study, they have for a long time. Because even half a million years ago, nine out of ten European humans favored their right hands
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Ballengee: Matteo Manassero doesn't hit 'em long, but his accuracy and golf mechanics is making him a force after two European Tour victories.
Read More »European Tour chief concerned about 2 Asian tours
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -The chief executive of the European Tour says he is "disappointed'' there are two competing tours in Asia and called on them to work together to "avoid confusion in the marketplace.''
Read More »Teen upstages Rory in Malaysia
PGT: Matteo Manassero turns 18 next week and he already has two European Tour wins under his belt after catching, then passing overnight leader Rory McIlory to win the Malaysian Open.
Read More »A Designer Treasure Chest
La Malle, an exquisitely crafted cabinet that will be produced only by special order, is the result of a collaboration of three European design luminaries. Tristan Auer, the man responsible for the interiors of upscale establishments like Paris’ Hotel Jules and Monte-Carlo’s Muse restaurant at the Meridien Hotel, is the ...
Read More »Climate change targets developing world’s cities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many fastest-growing cities, especially those in the developing world, stand to suffer disproportionately from the effects of climate change, a new study reported on Thursday. Few urban areas are taking the necessary steps to protect their residents -- billions of people around the globe -- from such likely events as heat waves and rising seas, according to research to appear in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability and European Planning Studies.
Read More »Horsey wins Trophee Hassan II in 3-way playoff
David Horsey of England had a birdie on the second extra hole of a three-way playoff to earn his second European Tour title Sunday, taking the Trophee Hassan II after a final round that included a hole-in-one.
Read More »FrontRunners: Fly Right
Debuting at the European boat shows this past fall was the Absolute Yachts Fly series (www.absoluteyachts.com), the first flybridge models from the 9-year-old Italian builder. The inaugural offerings are a 50-footer and a 43-footer (U.S. prices unavailable at press time), both of which can be configured with either a third ...
Read More »iFive: Microsoft: Google Cheats, Amazon’s Cloud Music Deals, Fox Vs Time Warner’s App, Zite’s C&D, Apple Pays More in Japan
1. Today in Europe Microsoft will file an antitrust complaint against Google with the authorities
Read More »Europe Fails to Reach Deal on Cloned Meat
From Nature magazine Negotiations over the sale of products from cloned animals in the European Union have broken down and run out of time.
Read More »Ferrie ties European Tour record with round of 60
Kenneth Ferrie shot a 60 to equal the European Tour record at the Andalucia Open on Saturday, climbing within one stroke of leader Paul Lawrie heading into the final round.
Read More »Bloomberg’s Push for Corporate Sustainability
Illustration by I Love Dust Why Bloomberg broke into the business of measuring other companies' good deeds. Curtis Ravenel spearheads Bloomberg's program to include enviromental data on its terminals. | Photograph Courtesy of Bloomberg SOON AFTER Bloomberg's sustainability director, Curtis Ravenel, launched an initiative to green the company's operations in 2006, he began to wonder: How do other businesses measure their impact on the environment?
Read More »The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Health Care
This post was written by Ellen McGirt and Chuck Salter . 01 / Epocrates > > For creating software that gives doctors and nurses instant information on drug-to-drug interactions, treatment recommendations, and more on their mobile devices or laptops. Coming up: mobile access to electronic health records.
Read More »Rapid etching X-rayed: Physicists unveil processes during fast chemical dissolution
A breakthrough in the study of chemical reactions during etching and coating of materials was achieved by a research group headed by Kiel physicist, Professor Olaf Magnussen. The team from the Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel (CAU), Germany, in collaboration with staff from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, have uncovered for the first time just what happens in manufacturing processes, used for the formation of metal contacts thinner than a human hair in modern consumer electronics, such as flat-screen television. The results appear as the cover feature in the current issue of the renowned Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Read More »Thinking Cap: "Mynd" Is the First Dry, iPhone-Compatible, Portable Brain Scanner
Neuromarketing goes mobile with this lightweight, dry, and iPhone- or iPad-compatible new device from NeuroFocus.
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