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David Toms has rebounded quickly from his playoff loss last weekend.
Read More »Nokia Wants To Go Into Business With You
Nokia is now crowdsourcing creativity. "Invent With Nokia" is a new program wherein anyone can submit an idea, and if it results in a patented Nokia invention, you get a cut
Read More »Don’t Fear Graduation Handshakes
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Read More »PGT: Europeans dominate first day of Match Play
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Read More »McDonald’s CEO to food police: Hands off Ronald McDonald
Critics of spokesclown say he hooks kids on junk food, but McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner says customers want choice
Read More »Natural Born Prion Killers: Lichens Degrade ‘Mad Cow’ Related Brain Pathogen
Remember mad cow disease? In the 1980s, cattle in the U.K.
Read More »Earth Unplugged: How Effective Are Energy-Efficiency Policies without Voluntary Conservation?
Dear EarthTalk : With all the talk of the need for safe, renewable energy sources, isn’t the elephant in the room really that we should use far less energy than we do? Wouldn’t more rules about conservation (like not leaving commercial building lights on all night) make the challenges easier?
Read More »Mummy Says John Horgan Is Wrong about Fat and Carbs in Food
I was struck today by the juxtaposition of two recent articles here at ScientificAmerican.com . In “ Thin Body of Evidence ,” John Horgan expresses his skepticism about journalist Gary Taubes’s claims that carbohydrates, not fat, are the cause of obesity, heart disease and other health problems faced by many Americans
Read More »Judgment Day Math: The Numbers behind Harold Camping’s May 21 Claim
Maybe you've seen the ads--on a billboard, on the subway, on the side of an RV. Maybe you've encountered the believers in person
Read More »End of the world comes May 21st, Harold Camping says: CDC focused on zombie attack
Assistant Surgeon General offers tongue-in-cheek guide to emergency preparedness
Read More »Zombie attack? 9 ways to stay safe
It pays to be prepared for disasters, whether it's brain-eating undead or something more common
Read More »Golf stars bemused by fuss over battle for No. 1
CASARES, Spain (AP) - The weekly race for the top ranking in world golf has been engrossing for European golf fans if not for the players involved.
Read More »Updates from the Brink: A Plan for Bats, Oil-Spill Penguins and Branson’s Lemurs
The news about endangered species doesn't slow down. Here, we update some Extinction Countdown stories covered in recent weeks: A plan to save bats [More]
Read More »3 Ways Apps, Games, And Facebook Pages Are Combating Corruption
A Foursquare game for bribes, a Facebook page for traffic violators, and an app where police officers help reveal speed traps are powered by transparency--and shame. Mark Zuckerberg might serve as a better model than James Bond in the fight against corruption
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