(AP) -- A survey sponsored by broadcasters says nearly 2.2 million households that rely on antennas for their TV reception are unprepared for the shutdown of analog TV signals on Friday.
Telecom
Jun 11, 2009
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Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60% in the last three decades. The dramatic revelation came out of the first ever comprehensive census analysis of this iconic species carried out by biologists at ...
Ecology
Jun 11, 2009
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In a study published in PLoS ONE June 10, Chang Seok Han and Piotr Jablonski at Seoul National University, Korea, report that by evolving a morphological shield to protect their genitalia from males' forceful copulatory attempts, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2009
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Bioremediation of industrial sites and petrochemical spillages often involves finding microbes that can gorge themselves on the toxic chemicals. This leaves behind a non-toxic residue or mineralized material. Writing in the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 11, 2009
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We've all sat through one of those presentations where the animated slides are more interesting than the speaker. Bold and brassy titles slide into view, tasty slices of pie chart fill the screen one by one, and a hail of ...
Other
Jun 11, 2009
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Annual rings are acclaimed in representing natural climate archives. For the temperate latitudes it is known that the growth of these annual rings depend mainly on temperature and precipitation. In the tropics, however, ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2009
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In the Greek legend of Dionysius' ear, Dionysius made a cave shaped like an ellipse in order to hear the words whispered by a prisoner in one of the foci of the cave. Some science museums today feature a similar exhibit, ...
It may have once been part of a beer bottle. Or a vase. Or a Milk of Magnesia container. But after decades of being tumbled by water, after years of having its edges softened and rounded, it sits on the beach, a colored ...
Other
Jun 11, 2009
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The tweet in question might have been one of the shortest did-he-really-say-that comments in a long line of sports figures saying dumb things.
Internet
Jun 11, 2009
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Disasters caused by climate change will inflict the highest losses in poor countries with weak governments that have dashed for growth and failed to shield populations which settle in exposed areas, a UN report said on Thursday.
Environment
Jun 11, 2009
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