Science
 | Huffington Post (blog) - It's all-too-easy for the cynics and skeptics to drown out the voices of optimism at the climate talks here in Durban. With environmentalists passionately arguing that politicians are failing the needs of our planet, and climate change disbelievers ... |
 | Voice of America - December 06, 2011 NASA Confirms First Earth-Sized Planet in a Sun-like Star's Habitable Zone VOA News NASA's Kepler space telescope has confirmed the discovery of the first so-called super-Earth planet ever found orbiting a Sun-like star from a ... |
 | The Guardian - Mount Gamalama on Ternate Island erupts, spewing ash 2000 metres into the air. The eruption, combined with heavy rainfall, has caused ash and mud to flow through the streets, prompting residents to flee the area and temporarily closing the local ... |
 | Inquirer.net - The Philippines is one of the countries that suffer the most from extreme weather events, which exact a high death toll and economic losses, a study by an international think tank said. |
 | Akron Beacon Journal - BOSTON: Environmentalists are not the only ones who worry as projections about climate change keep getting worse and worse. So do insurance companies, which feel the effects financially as the pace of climate-related disasters ... |
 | DailyTech - Researchers from the University of California - Berkeley have found the two largest supermassive black holes to date, which are approximately 330 million light-years away. |
 | Deutsche Welle - Sweden, the UK and Germany are doing the most to tackle global warming, according to this year's Climate Performance Index. Brazil has lost top honors and no nation is doing enough to avoid 'dangerous' warming. |
 | Times of India - KOLKATA: Get set for the second lunar eclipse of the year this weekend. Sky-lovers and amateurs will get to witness the celestial event on the evening of December 10. |
 | CBS News - Artist's restoration of the head of Spinops sternbergorum (Dmitry Bogdanov, courtesy of Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology) After a century languishing on the shelves of a London museum, the fossilized bones of an animal that lived about 76 million ... |
 | Bloomberg - Australia and New Zealand, which sponsor the most developed carbon markets outside Europe, say they won't agree to remain part of the Kyoto treaty unless other countries bolster efforts to curb emissions. |
 | The Independent - Michael McCarthy, the Independent's Environment Editor, is one of Britain's leading writers on the environment and the natural world. |
 | Huffington Post (blog) - Kumi Naidoo, head of Greenpeace International, has called for non-violent civil disobedience, to push government delegations at the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa into action. |
 | Environment & Energy Publishing - DURBAN, South Africa -- One of the top US goals in international climate discussions has been to make sure that other countries do what they say they are going to do -- whether that means to reduce emissions, protect forests or spend money the way it ... |
 | Straits Times - SYDNEY (AFP) - Some tropical fish can adapt quickly to living in warmer waters, according to a new Australian study which found they have a greater capacity to survive rising sea temperatures than previously thought. |
 | DVICE - The mammoth became extinct approximately 10000 years ago, but that's not stopping scientists from Japan and Russia from planning to clone one within the next year. |
 | Afrique en Ligue - New York, US - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged State Parties to the international convention on biological weapons to boost cooperation on the peaceful use of biological science and technology to ensure that the knowledge is used for ... |
Technology
 | San Jose Mercury News - **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 12:01 am ET Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. No exceptions for any reasons. |
 | Washington Post - A convoy of luxury cars including eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and three Mercedes-Benz vehicles ended up in a pileup Monday when one driver skidded while trying to change lanes. |
 | Ninemsn - Facebook has hired the team behind Gowalla, the location service that lets people share where they are using their mobile phones. Gowalla started out in 2009 as a way for people to share their location with friends and strangers by "checking in". |
 | The Province - The new 3 Series marks a first for BMW now that it's available in three different trim and equipment variants - and there's also a new comfort factor. |
 | Business Insider - A poll from the Skop polling institute has found that 9 out of 10 Swedes don't want to join the euro, the Local reports. Only 9.7 percent of the 1000 people polled wanted to adopt the euro. |
 | NPR - by AP NEW DELHI (AP) - India's top telecommunications official said Tuesday that Internet giants such as Facebook and Google have ignored his demands to screen derogatory material from their sites, so the government would have to act on its own. |
 | BusinessWeek - Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Verizon Wireless, the largest US wireless carrier, blocked Google Inc.'s competing mobile-payment system from the new Galaxy Nexus smartphone, citing security concerns. |
 | CNN - The 7-inch Kindle Fire is easier to slip into a purse or large pocket than the 10-inch iPad. The lowest-end iPad2 costs $500. The Kindle Fire costs $200 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN. |
 | New Zealand Herald - The Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones has announced the firing of two senior executives over reckless drunkenness that forced the diversion of a trans-Pacific flight last week. |
 | Written by  Huffington Post - The Android Market just notched its ten-billionth app download, and to celebrate, Google is offering up to 100 of its most popular apps for ten cents each for the next ten days. |
 | USA Today - For some, today's official grand opening of the .xxx domain is the best thing to happen to Internet pornography since it was injected with life in the 1990s, as depicted in the movie Middle Men. |
 | TIME - Ah, to be the public face of a wildly successful tech company. Some of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's private photos have been made public thanks to a brief security glitch on the site. |
 | Written by  CNET - HTC and Verizon Wireless drummed up some attention for the Rezound launch, but the Motorola Razr is Verizon's flagship phone. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer said today that it saw ... |
 | HNN Huntingtonnews.net - If you want a new Dodge Caliber like my 2010 SXT (pictured) you better buy a 2012 model. The 2013 replacement, announced Tuesday, Dec. 6, will resurrect the Dodge Dart name from the '60s and '70s and will be based on the Alfa Romeo Giulietta sedan. |
 | ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) - Many parents have a rule for their kids: "If you're on Facebook -- I have to be a friend." This allows you to see what they've posted and what their friends have put on their wall. |
 | Redmondmag.com - Windows 8 may have a somewhat lackluster showing when it is rolled out as a product next year, according to a "Top 10 Predictions" report published by IDC this month. |
 | Financial Times - The three largest mobile phone operators in the Netherlands have been visited by the state competition authority in an investigation into possible cartel practices in mobile services. |
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