Turkish president approves disputed Internet law
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has approved a controversial bill which critics said aims to increase government controls over the internet.
Internet
Feb 18, 2014
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Snowy owls invade US 'south' as cold has effect
Reports from tens of thousands of bird-counting volunteers show a southern invasion of Arctic-dwelling snowy owls has spread to 25 U.S. states, and frigid cold is causing unusual movements of waterfowl.
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2014
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US man sues Ethiopia for cyber snooping
A lawsuit filed on Tuesday accuses Ethiopia of infecting a US man's computer with "spyware" as part of a campaign to gather intelligence about those critical of the government.
Security
Feb 18, 2014
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Sands: Hacking went further than email, websites
Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Tuesday that hacking into their websites and internal systems last week went deeper than the company had previously known.
Security
Feb 18, 2014
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Researchers propose a better way to make sense of 'Big Data'
Big Data is everywhere, and we are constantly told that it holds the answers to almost any problem we want to solve. Companies collect information on how we shop, doctors and insurance companies gather our medical test results, ...
Mathematics
Feb 18, 2014
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Beyond partisanship: Engaging in debates about science and society
New research suggests scientific institutions and organizations can improve their communication and outreach with the public by addressing people's strongly held beliefs about science and its role in society. These beliefs ...
Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2014
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Scientists honor Frank Zappa, naming human zit-causing bacterium now infecting vineyards
In a striking case of pathogen transfer involving the bacterium responsible for human acne, P. acnes, authors Campisano, et. al., report in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution on a new type of P. acnes which exploits ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 18, 2014
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Study shows coastal water, not sediment, predicts mercury contamination
A Dartmouth-University of Connecticut study of the northeast United States shows that methylmercury concentrations in estuary waters—not in sediment as commonly thought—are the best way to predict mercury contamination ...
Environment
Feb 18, 2014
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Nitrogen-tracking tools for better crops and less pollution
As every gardner knows, nitrogen is crucial for a plant's growth. But nitrogen absorption is inefficient. This means that on the scale of food crops, adding significant levels of nitrogen to the soil through fertilizer presents ...
Environment
Feb 18, 2014
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IGR J11014-6103: Chandra sees runaway pulsar firing an extraordinary jet
(Phys.org) —NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has seen a fast-moving pulsar escaping from a supernova remnant while spewing out a record-breaking jet—the longest of any object in the Milky Way galaxy—of high-energy particles.
Astronomy
Feb 18, 2014
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