Rumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detested
(AP) -- Apple generates more gossip than the Kardashians.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 19, 2012
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Finding the roots and early branches of the tree of life
A study published in PLoS Computational Biology maps the development of life-sustaining chemistry to the history of early life. Researchers Rogier Braakman and Eric Smith of the Santa Fe Institute traced the six methods of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 19, 2012
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Twitter, Facebook to steamroll French vote result rules
Widespread use of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter is set to steamroller France's laws restricting the announcement of the results of Sunday's first-round presidential election.
Internet
Apr 19, 2012
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter brings 'earthrise' to everyone
Imagine yourself in orbit, your spacecraft flying backward with its small window facing down toward the surface of the moon. You peer out, scouring the ash-colored contours of the cratered landscape for traces of ancient ...
Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2012
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NY Times profit soars on asset sales
The New York Times Co. said Thursday that first-quarter profit jumped sevenfold, boosted largely by the sale of its regional newspapers and shares in a New England sports group.
Business
Apr 19, 2012
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Microsoft's fiscal 3Q tops Wall Street predictions
(AP) -- Microsoft's fared better than analysts anticipated in its latest quarter, boosted by a surprising rise in sales of its Windows operating system.
Business
Apr 19, 2012
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Microsoft-Amazon.com pressed for clean 'cloud'
Activists rappelled down a Seattle office building Thursday to get Microsoft and Amazon.com to use clean energy to power datacenters running services based in the Internet "cloud."
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 19, 2012
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Azinphos-methyl alternatives for apple growers against codling moth
Azinphos-methyl (AZM) has been the most used insecticide in apple production in the United States since the late 1960s, primarily as a control for the codling moth, but a decision by the EPA to phase out AZM by 2012 signals ...
Ecology
Apr 19, 2012
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Mini-sensor measures magnetic activity in human brain
A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research milestone by successfully measuring human brain activity. Experiments reported ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 19, 2012
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Inequality and investment bubbles
"Money, it's a gas," says the sixties rock group Pink Floyd in their song "Money." Indeed, physics professor Victor Yakovenko is an expert in statistical physics and studies how the flow of money and the distribution of incomes ...
Economics & Business
Apr 19, 2012
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