Science
NPR (blog) - by Eyder Peralta In a significant step in China's plan to build a space station, two of the country's spacecraft docked while orbiting Earth. |
Jakarta Globe - A mother orangutan with her son as part of the Kalimantan Orangutan Reintroduction Program, on Kaja island, Central Kalimantan. Many of the apes are killed after encroaching on farms. |
Telegraph.co.uk - The early humans whose remains were found at a site near Torquay would have made their way out of Africa during a brief warmer period of the last ice age. |
ABC Online - Ancient animals The extinction of the woolly mammoth and other large ice age animals can't be blamed on a 'human blitzkrieg', say researchers. |
msnbc.com - An illustration of the saber-toothed squirrel-like mammal known as Cronopio dentiacutus reveals the creature's resemblance to Scrat in the film "Ice Age. |
Space Daily - by Launchspace Staff On October 30, 2011, at 6:11 EDT, Progress 45 spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. |
Fox News - The cover of the IPCC's fourth assessment report to the UN, "Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report," more frequently referred to as AR4. |
io9 - Before the invention of modern navigational equipment, ancient sailors crossed the seas largely through their knowledge of the positions of the Sun and stars. |
Voice of America (blog) - NASA scientists are working to corral particles and transport them via laser light. Concept image courtesy Dr. Paul Stysley Fans of “Star Trek” or “Star Wars” are familiar with tractor beams; Darth Vader used the powerful beam to capture a spacecraft ... |
Vancouver Sun - Researchers at Simon Fraser University have created a tanklike robot that can scale walls using an adhesive that mimics the sticky toes of a gecko. |
Taunton Daily Gazette - The latest in robot technology is PETMAN, an anthropomorphic prototype developed by Boston Dynamics. The developer is best known for its videos of the Big Dog robotic animal. |
The Flame Trench - NASA's roster of partners developing commercial vehicles to fly astronauts has expanded to include Houston-based Excalibur Almaz, Inc., which plans to fly upgraded versions of capsules originally designed to serve Soviet military space stations. |
NewsBusters (blog) - A noted "warmist" on Monday said scientists that believe the theory of global warming will "endorse Al Gore even though they know what he's saying is exaggerated and misleading. |
Technology
Washington Post - Google rolled out its redesigned vision for Gmail on Monday and is getting mixed reactions as users adapt to the cleaner, more spaced-out interface. |
PCWorld - Acer Aspire S3 UltrabookEvery day until the end of the year, Acer is giving away an Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook to one Facebook fan. The Aspire S3 is the most affordable Ultrabook introduced so far, ... |
GMANews.TV - At the heart of the Read the Label app is a dictionary of over 26000 chemical ingredients found in off-the-shelf cosmetic products. |
Geeky gadgets - A new Apple Siri equivalent has been created for Android devices called Iris, which you probably noticed is Siri spelt backwards. The new personal assistant application for Android has apparently only been in development for around 8 hours and is ... |
InformationWeek - Windows 8 borrows ideas from the shiny new world of tablets, but bumps up against old-world IT concerns around upgrades. By Fritz Nelson InformationWeek The post-PC era will follow a distinct middle age marked by wistfulness, the uncertainty around ... |
Huffington Post - Searches for restaurants, hotels, museums and other establishments now present users with a panel, located to the right of results, displaying photos of the interior and exterior of the businesses, a few noteworthy dishes, hours of operation, ... |
Sydney Morning Herald - I felt nervous and a little giddy sidling up to the counter at the Apple Store on the first day the new iPhone went on sale last month. |
BusinessWeek - A US computer security firm says cyber attacks traced to China targeted at least 48 chemical and military-related companies in an attempt to steal technical secrets. |
The Citizen Daily - San Francisco.Apple announced on Tuesday that its latest iPhone 4S smartphone will be available in China's Hong Kong, South Korea and 13 additional countries next Friday. |
Mirror.co.uk - IF you own an iPhone or iPad, if you've listened to music on an iPod, or even if you've watched a movie from the Pixar animation studios, then your life has been touched by Steve Jobs. |
Inquirer - THE JAPANESE PARLIAMENT has come under cyber attack from a server in China, potentially resulting in losses of passwords and other sensitive information. |
PCWorld - Angry iPhone 4S owners take note: You were right about the battery problems with your new smartphone. Apple today verified that there are bugs causing the battery problems many iPhone 4S users have recently ... |
BettyConfidential.com - I recently sat down with boxing legend Mike Tyson for an episode of "In Depth." During the interview at his Las Vegas home over the course of two days, Tyson speaks about his tough childhood, becoming the heavyweight champ, losing everything, ... |
Register - Yahoo!'s annual Project Runway new-product event has seen the introduction of several skinny bits of software and one plus-size model: Livestand - an iPad app designed to present you with content based on your personal whims. |
Washington Post - Rockstar Games released the trailer for its next “Grand Theft Auto” game, and it looks like players will be headed back to sunny California. |
Straits Times - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google unveiled an email application for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch on Wednesday but was forced to pull it just hours later because of a bug. |
Washington Post - As you may have heard, Samsung asked an Australian judge yesterday for an order requiring Apple to hand over source code and mobile telco agreements relating to the iPhone 4s. |
Los Angeles Times - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion's stock fell below its book value Wednesday for the first time in nine years, a sign that investors consider the company to be worth less than the net value of its property, patents and other assets, according to ... |
Health
Stanford University News - Angelica and Angelina Sabuco, twins who were born conjoined at the chest and abdomen, are now separate little girls. The 2-year-olds were separated Nov. 1 in a 10-hour surgery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. |
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Lawmakers are pushing for the creation of an agency, which shall facilitate a national system promoting organ donation from both deceased and living donors ... |
ConnectAmarillo.com powered by KVII - An apple a day may no longer keep the doctor away... but a glass of red wine might. "The Mayo study suggests something that we've known about for quite some time," said Texas Oncology Breast Specialist Dr. |
Bloomberg - On Oct. 29, the news broke that Brazil's former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, had throat cancer. Reaction and counter-reaction quickly roiled blogs and social networks, and it divided ... |
Windy City Times - There is a long hallway at the Open Door Clinic in Elgin, Illinois with locked file cabinets, a copnnection to the 30-year legacy of HIV and AIDS, as this is one of the premier providers of sexual health and wellness ... |
KRMG - AP FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, a pharmacy technician poses for a picture with hydrocodone tablets at the Oklahoma Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla. |
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - If you've ever dreamed of having the big blue eyes of stars like Nicole Kidman or Kate Bosworth, you're in luck - according to Dr. |
Central Plains Herald Leader - Men around the globe will take part in Movember, an international campaign to raise funds and awareness for men's health, particularly prostate cancer. |
Tampabay.com - Can't get to sleep or stay asleep? You might need to pay more attention to your heart health. That's the word from Norwegian researchers who had more than 52610 men and women fill out health questionnaires, and then followed the subjects for more than ... |
Sydney Morning Herald - Doctors in Canada saw a divine face in the testes of a man admitted to a hospital with severe pain and an inflamed scrotum, a scientific journal article says. |
Medill Reports: Chicago - A broken heart or any other cause of loneliness may disrupt a good night's sleep and could impair physical and mental health. A new study from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine found that loneliness breaks up a normal night's ... |
CBC.ca - Parents of children with Type 1 diabetes have launched a petition against the BC government, saying it is failing their children by not providing in-school assistants who are trained to adjust insulin pumps. |
Sydney Morning Herald - A MAJOR drug company is soliciting help from doctors and patients for an aggressive lobbying campaign to convince Canberra to subsidise a drug it claims will cut the number of strokes in Australia by 5700 a year. |
Insidermedicine - From London - A do-it-yourself test may dramatically improve cervical cancer screening, according to a report published in the Lancet. |
San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - Bay Area Bridal and New Things West in Cupertino support Breast Cancer Awareness by offering discounts and donating to Susan G. Komen Foundation. |
Fox News - A new drug that attacks a variety of cancers by starving the tumors' blood supplies will be tested on humans for the first time in a new trial in the UK, it was announced Wednesday. |
Daily American Online - President Barack Obama on Monday signed an executive order aimed at remedying the US shortage of crucial medicines. The order asks the Food and Drug Administration to press drug companies for advance notice when a manufacturing glitch could create ... |
OzarksFirst.com - (Springfield, MO) -- You don't have to have insurance to get a free flu shot. The Springfield Flu Immunization Coalition is hosting flu shot clinics designed to reach those who don't have health insurance. |
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