Google '20-percent time' going to help Japan
Legions of Google workers are devoting a fifth of their work time or more to building technology to help to deal with the disaster in Japan.
Legions of Google workers are devoting a fifth of their work time or more to building technology to help to deal with the disaster in Japan.
Business
Mar 17, 2011
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Ever get the feeling that a thumbs-up on Facebook just isn't the same as seeing a friend? Ever feel like you want more than 140 characters from someone?
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 17, 2011
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Smugglers keep hauling live Asian carp from Southern fish farms bound for food markets in the Lake Ontario city of Toronto, even as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies how to keep the fish from swimming into the Great ...
Ecology
Mar 17, 2011
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They're like Groupon for bargain-hunting do-gooders. Two daily-deal websites based in the Nashville area have a charitable twist to their local online coupons: Part of the money goes to a local nonprofit.
Internet
Mar 17, 2011
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The United States is deploying extra radiation monitors to western US outposts Alaska, Hawaii and Guam to detect any fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant, an official said Thursday.
Environment
Mar 17, 2011
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An international investigation has uncovered the genetics of the Shar-Pei dog's characteristic wrinkled skin. The researchers, led by scientists at Uppsala University and the Broad Institute, have connected this mutation ...
Biotechnology
Mar 17, 2011
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A robust new phylogenetic tree resolves many long-standing issues in primate taxonomy. The genomes of living primates harbor remarkable differences in diversity and provide an intriguing context for interpreting human evolution. ...
Evolution
Mar 17, 2011
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When combined with on-Oahu wind farms and solar energy, the Interisland Wind project planned to bring 400 megawatts (MW) of wind power from Molokai and Lanai to Oahu could reliably supply more than 25% of Oahu's projected ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 17, 2011
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Philosophers have argued for centuries, millennia actually, about whether our lives are guided by our own free will or are predetermined as the result of a continuous chain of events over which we have no control.
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2011
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It's not just how free the market is. Some economists are looking at another factor that determines how much a country's economy flourishes: how smart its people are. For a study published in an upcoming issue of Psychological ...
Economics & Business
Mar 17, 2011
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