A new app for Android phones blurs faces, strips metadata, integrates easily into Facebook, and is open source. It's great news for activists and protesters--and also for keg-standing partiers who want to make their photo albums safe for work.
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* Mine regulator says coal dust sparked blast * MSHA says owner Massey intimidated miners [More]
Read More »Lindau Nobel Meeting–Evolutionary Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn
Between the laws of the universe and the rules of life lies a bridge. That bridge, said Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Lehn today, is chemistry
Read More »Top 10 dirtiest beaches in America
New report shows 10 beaches as repeat offenders on list of most polluted - is one near you?
Read More »PGT: Garrigus smoked dope on Nationwide Tour
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Read More »PGT: Tiger to pitch heat rub in Japan
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Read More »"Green" Positions on Climate Change Can Help All Candidates, Survey Finds
Against all political intuition, Republican candidates could win votes by taking "green" positions on the controversy over climate change, according to new poll results released Tuesday. Voters
Read More »New Poll Finds Most Americans See No Immediate Threat from Climate Change
Nearly 40 percent of Americans are part of categories called the "alarmed" or "concerned," meaning they are more likely to say global warming is man-made and are motivated to do something about it. At the opposite end of the ideological spectrum, there are the "doubtful" and "dismissive," -- the 25 percent of Americans who are more likely to express climate skepticism or doubt that climate change will ever harm them personally. [More]
Read More »Jellyfish keep UK nuclear plant shut
LONDON (Reuters) - An invasion of jellyfish into a cooling water pool at a Scottish nuclear power plant kept its nuclear reactors offline on Wednesday, a phenomenon which may grow more common in future, scientists said. Two reactors at EDF Energy's Torness nuclear power plant on the Scottish east coast remained shut a day after they were manually stopped due to masses of jellyfish obstructing cooling water filters. [More]
Read More »Friendship Day
Sunday, August 07 Corporate partnerships come and go -- unless you go into business with your best friend. To celebrate Friendship Day, we've rounded up our favorite (and most lucrative) friendships. Whether entertainers or tech geeks, these buddies mean business
Read More »Can BPA make guys sexual misfits? What scary new study says
Mouse study shows controversial chemical "demasculinzes" males, making them less attractive to opposite sex
Read More »PGT: Cheyenne Woods on fire at Amateur Publinks
PGT: Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne Woods, coming off an ACC title in June, leads the field at the women’s U.S.
Read More »Doctor stops lecture to aid heart attack victim
Cardiologist and team of nurses credited with saving life of man who had heart attack during heart disease class in Maine
Read More »Europe cuts CO2 emissions from cars by 3.7 percent
By Pete Harrison BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The fuel efficiency of European cars advanced last year, with exhaust carbon emissions falling 3.7 percent, provisional European Union data showed on Wednesday. [More]
Read More »Shortmail: "Twitter For Email" Has 500 Character Limit, Forces Conciseness
Email is an unavoidable burden for most, and an undeniable time-suck for all. But now, social startup 410 Labs is trying to fix our email woes with Shortmail.com, a service the Baltimore-based company considers the Twitter of email
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