Conventional wisdom has long held that corals—whose calcium-carbonate skeletons form the foundation of coral reefs—are passive organisms that rely entirely on ocean currents to deliver dissolved substances, such as nutrients ...
Environment
Sep 1, 2014
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More TV viewers are picking up so-called streaming media boxes in the hope of fulfilling a simple wish: Let me watch what I want when I want.
Telecom
Sep 1, 2014
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Amid the affluence of Silicon Valley's highly paid technology employees, an "invisible workforce" of low-paid support staff at the region's tech companies has emerged, making one-fifth the wages of the digital workers, according ...
Business
Sep 1, 2014
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ZipRecruiter, a California start-up that tries to simplify tasks for recruiters, has raised $63 million in initial venture capital funding as the 4-year-old service races to keep up with growing demand.
Business
Sep 1, 2014
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Minnesota-based upstart Epoch Lacrosse is making a splash in the lacrosse equipment market with a brand that embraces technology. The company is utilizing new designs and new materials to compete with established brands in ...
Business
Sep 1, 2014
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Five geckos sent into orbit to test the effect of weightlessness on the small lizards' sex lives have all died, the Russian space agency said on Monday.
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2014
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Britain's only female giant panda, thought to be pregnant, has passed her due date with no sign of a panda baby appearing.
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2014
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The solution to the big issue of nuclear nonproliferation might be smaller than you think - so small it's virtually invisible and massless.
General Physics
Sep 1, 2014
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A series of lines scratched into rock in a cave near the southwestern tip of Europe could be proof that Neanderthals were more intelligent and creative than previously thought.
Archaeology
Sep 1, 2014
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Scandal rocked both Hollywood and the US tech industry Monday after an apparent hack of a cloud data service unleashed a torrent of intimate pictures of celebrities onto the Internet.
Security
Sep 1, 2014
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