Ken and Barbie's fate put to Facebook vote
Facebook users are being asked to vote on whether one of the most iconic US couples ever should be reunited after a seven-year split.
Internet
Feb 7, 2011
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Study: Immigrant youth exposed to U.S. violence adopt violent ways
(PhysOrg.com) -- New immigrant youth in the United States commit significantly fewer acts of violence against their peers than people born here, but appear to rapidly adopt social norms that perpetuate aggressive behavior, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2011
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Android tops iPhone in US: comScore
Google's Android surged past Apple's iPhone last quarter and is closing in on the Blackberry as the most popular smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said Monday.
Software
Feb 7, 2011
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Research shows re-evolution of lost teeth in frogs after more than 200 million years
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by a Stony Brook University professor shows that structures that have been evolutionarily lost for hundreds of millions of years can be regained.
Evolution
Feb 7, 2011
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Shark attacks increase worldwide; Florida continues four-year decline
The number of reported shark attacks last year increased worldwide but declined in Florida, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File annual report released today.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2011
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Exciting atoms on the move: Fine-tuned laser light activates oxygen atoms to escape the surface
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to accelerate and remove oxygen atoms from thin films of calcium oxide has been discovered by a team of scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University College of London, and Tohoku ...
Nanophysics
Feb 7, 2011
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Kindle puts readers and friends on same page
Amazon on Monday released a preview version of a Kindle software update that puts electronic book readers on the same page with friends still clinging to ink and paper works.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 7, 2011
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License to Tweet? UK may restrict posts from court
(AP) -- English courts may restrict the public's freedom to post Twitter updates from inside hearings to avoid the risk of prejudicing trials, the head of the judiciary in England and Wales said Monday.
Internet
Feb 7, 2011
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Bound neutrons pave way to free ones
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of bound protons and neutrons conducted at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has allowed scientists, for the first time, to extract information through experimentation ...
General Physics
Feb 7, 2011
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Ancient shells meet high-tech: Researchers study the sound of pre-Incan conches (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists and acousticians strike an unusual partnership to understand the mesmerizing role of conches in the temple culture around Peru's Chavin.
Archaeology
Feb 7, 2011
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