Samsung schedules March event, Galaxy S IV phone likely
Samsung is holding an event in New York next month to announce what is likely to be a successor to its flagship Galaxy S III smartphone.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 25, 2013
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Nobel prize for discovering DNA up for auction
The Nobel prize awarded to Francis Crick in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA has been put up for auction by his family along with one of his lab coats, his books and other memorabilia.
Other
Feb 25, 2013
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Global surveys show environmental concerns rank low among public concerns
A newly released international study reveals that the issue of climate change is not a priority for people in the United States and around the world.
Environment
Feb 25, 2013
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Gender gap disappears in school math competitions, study shows
The idea that boys are better at math and in competitions has persisted for a long time, and now we know why: Nobody bothered to schedule the rematch.
Social Sciences
Feb 25, 2013
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HP sells webOS to LG ahead of Android tablet
Hewlett-Packard on Monday said it is selling its webOS mobile operating system to South Korean consumer electronics titan LG to use in Internet-connected televisions.
Software
Feb 25, 2013
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Macroweather is what you expect
While short-term weather is notoriously volatile, climate is thought to represent a kind of average weather pattern over a long period of time. This dichotomy provides the analytical framework for scientific thinking about ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2013
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Study shows hovering hummingbirds generate two trails of vortices under their wings, challenging one-vortex consensus
As of today, the Wikipedia entry for the hummingbird explains that the bird's flight generates in its wake a single trail of vortices that helps the bird hover. But after conducting experiments with hummingbirds in the lab, ...
General Physics
Feb 25, 2013
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Chemical signature of global El Nino events opens window to reconstructing paleoclimate cycles
Particles from the upper atmosphere trapped in a deep pile of Antarctic snow hold clear chemical traces of global meteorological events, a team from the University of California, San Diego and a colleague from France have ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2013
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Weather extremes provoked by trapping of giant waves in atmosphere
The world has suffered from severe regional weather extremes in recent years, such as the heat wave in the United States in 2011 or the one in Russia 2010 coinciding with the unprecedented Pakistan flood. Behind these devastating ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2013
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Researchers find maize in diets of people in coastal Peru dates to 5,000 years ago
For decades, archaeologists have struggled with understanding the emergence of a distinct South American civilization during the Late Archaic period (3000-1800 B.C.) in Peru. One of the persistent questions has been the role ...
Archaeology
Feb 25, 2013
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