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Feed SubscriptionShould Captive-Bred Chimpanzees Have Full Endangered Species Act Protection?
In a move that’s probably long overdue, the U.S. [More]
Read More »Following the Crowd: Changing Your Mind to Fit In May Not Be a Conscious Choice
Beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder--it is also in the eyes of the beholder’s friends.
Read More »More organ seekers turning to Web to find them
Average five-to-ten year wait for organs prompting patients so try to hasten the process via the Internet
Read More »Groupon IPO Delay, Facebook Boosts iPhone App, Antitrust Raid For Google Korea, AT&T Can’t Dodge $3B T-Mobile Deal Fee
Groupon Delaying IPO . The high-profile initial public offering of Groupon is now thought to be delayed because of highly unfavorable market conditions.
Read More »Commemorative Calculus: How an Algorithm Helped Arrange the Names on the 9/11 Memorial
At first glance--and even after deep scrutiny--the names on a new memorial to those killed on September 11, 2001, seem randomly arrayed. The names are not arranged alphabetically nor, for the most part, are they presented in labeled groups. But the memorial's layout is anything but random
Read More »What Was in the World Trade Center Plume? [Interactive]
Story begins below the infographic. [More]
Read More »Use It Better: The Smart Ways to Pick Passwords
If you want to be absolutely secure, you should make up a different password for every single Web site you visit. Each password should have at least 16 characters, and it should contain a scramble of letters, numbers, and punctuation; it should contain no recognizable words.
Read More »Password Prevented
Nobody seems to think much about passwords.
Read More »Central Texas is on fire – vulnerability, the grid, and the view from space
Not to be outdone by the East Coast, we are fighting through our own natural disasters here in Texas. [More]
Read More »Pals and playtime may turn bad fat into good
Researchers may have found a new way to put ordinary fat cells to work, changing them from lazy blobs that store our extra calories into energy-burners.
Read More »Making Agriculture Preserve Land, Not Destroy It
Combining principles of conservation with the needs of agriculture might be the only way to keep growing enough food to feed an exploding global population.
Read More »Why is Average IQ Higher in Some Places?
Being smart is the most expensive thing we do. Not in terms of money, but in a currency that is vital to all living things: energy
Read More »NASA Unveils New Detailed Photos of Apollo Moon Landing Sites
New photos of several Apollo moon landing sites were released today (Sept. 6), showing extraordinary new details about three areas on the lunar surface that were visited by humans. The images include the sharpest views yet of tracks left by the astronauts and their lunar rovers
Read More »Rare surgery spurs greater weight loss, more risks
A less common form of obesity surgery may spur more weight loss than its far more popular cousin, gastric bypass — but at the price of greater long-term risks, researchers reported Tuesday.
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