(PhysOrg.com) -- Every year, hurricanes and droughts wreak havoc on human lives and property around the world. And according to a pair of new NASA-funded studies, migratory birds also experience severe impacts to their habitats ...
Ecology
Mar 29, 2010
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The World Wide Web won over Wall Street in 1995, when Netscape's dazzling debut ushered in the dot-com era.
Internet
Mar 29, 2010
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Isoprene is a Jekyll-and-Hyde gas that is capable of both warming and cooling the Earth depending on the prevailing conditions. It is an important industrial gas, necessary for the manufacture of important compounds such ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2010
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(AP) -- The total compensation of Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt fell 52 percent last year as the Internet search leader cut back on its employee perquisites to help lift its profits during the recession.
Business
Mar 29, 2010
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There is a growing demand for three-dimensional city models, but creating these models is expensive and labour-intensive. Shi Pu and Sander Oude Elberink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have each developed a ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 29, 2010
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Current chapter 13 bankruptcy laws do little to help filers save their homes from foreclosure, according to a study published in the Journal of Legal Studies.
Economics & Business
Mar 29, 2010
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Walking through urine drives crayfish into an aggressive sexual frenzy. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology suggest that a urine-mediated combination of aggressive and reproductive behaviour ensures ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2010
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Acoustic analysis of the 'giggle' sound made by spotted hyenas has revealed that the animals' laughter encodes information about age, dominance and identity. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Ecology recorded ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2010
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To boost their diet of mineral nutrients and sunlight, small algae also feast on bacteria in order to grow and fix carbon dioxide (CO2). Understanding more about the lifestyle of small algae - which are major players in CO2 ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 29, 2010
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Imagine you're a Brontosaurus with your face in a prehistoric tree top, munching on fresh leaves. Your relatives have ruled planet Earth for more than 150 million years. Huge and strong, you feel invincible.
Space Exploration
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