 MIT prof Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, dies at 90 April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Edward Lorenz, an MIT meteorologist who tried to explain why it is so hard to make good weather forecasts and wound up unleashing a scientific revolution called chaos theory, died April 16 of cancer at his ... | |
 US Patent Office rejects company's claim for bean commonly grown by Latin American farmers April 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today rejected all of the patent claims for a common yellow bean that has been a familiar staple in Latin American diets for more than a century. | |
Scientists aim to boost world energy supplies -- with microbes April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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British and Canadian scientists expect to begin trials next month (May) to find out whether microbes can unlock the vast amount of energy trapped in the world's unrecoverable heavy oil deposits. An estimated six trillion ... | |
Resolving international copyright April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Publishers commonly profit from the creative works of their freelance contributors not only in the traditional print format, but increasingly digitally through websites, databases, and multimedia output and through syndication ... | |
Giant puzzle exposes Germany's communist secrets April 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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It is painstaking work, almost a labour of love, but help is close for the nine people who have spent years sticking together millions of pieces of paper to decipher the workings of East Germany's once-feared Stasi secret ... | |
Would you steal a buck? How about a can of soda? April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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It's been a long road from being engulfed in flames in an explosion in Israel to leaving dollar bills in dorm refrigerators at MIT. But in an odd way, it's all connected. | |
Testosterone levels predict city traders' profitability April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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When City traders have high morning testosterone levels they make more than average profits for the rest of that day, researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered. | |
New DNA testing bring free will into play April 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A new generation of DNA testing gives a peek at biological and psychological traits allowing lawyers to question free will in U.S. criminal cases, experts say. | |
Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain April 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible ... | |
 Shakespeare's 'man of the sonnets' revealed April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Bristol University students researching for a new display of Tudor portraits in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery have uncovered a ghost figure which may be Shakespeare’s only known patron Henry ... | |
 A crash course in true political science May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting ... | |
 Researchers stumped by drug addiction paradox April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 99 vote(s)
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From chocolate and caffeine to nicotine and cocaine, many of our most addictive foods and drugs come from plant toxins. Considering that plants originally developed these toxins to deter herbivorous predators, ... | |
 Shock at pump stems from high crude oil prices April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Next time you visit the gas station and fill your tank with $3.50 or more a gallon gasoline, reflect on this. Nine years ago you could have bought that same gas for 98 cents a gallon. What is going on? | |
As prices rise, find ways to trim grocery bills May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The rising cost of gas, diesel fuel and other forms of energy can affect the price of many other things that we purchase, from milk and bread to coffee and sugar. It can be a real challenge to keep family food costs manageable ... | |
Shocking attitudes to Great War’s wounded revealed April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Diaries written by working class soldiers wounded in World War One have revealed how they silently endured brutal treatment by military nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and stretcher bearers. | |
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