Alaska's predator-control program to kill wolves, which drew renewed national scrutiny last year during former Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for vice president, is under attack again in Congress.
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2009
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The Washington Post is axing its national weekly edition, a publication featuring a selection from the daily newspaper whose circulation has dropped from 150,000 a decade ago to just 20,000 today.
Internet
Aug 10, 2009
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Hitachi today announced that it is now shipping the world's first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low power and other eco-friendly ...
Hardware
Aug 10, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When bees sting, they pump poison into their victims. Now the toxin in bee venom has been harnessed to kill tumor cells by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 10, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to using climate models to assess the causes of the increased amount of moisture in the atmosphere, it doesn't much matter if one model is better than the other.
Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2009
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Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study—the first population-based analysis of men's masculinity ...
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of British Columbia researchers have developed a new way to extract DNA and RNA from small or heavily contaminated samples that could help forensic investigators and molecular biologists get to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 10, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The more we work, the more we juggle a constant bombardment of tasks, the brighter we become.
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If manmade devices could be combined with biological machines, laptops and other electronic devices could get a boost in operating efficiency.
Nanophysics
Aug 10, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode, a precautionary standby status, and in communications with Earth after unexpectedly switching to its backup computer on Thurs. Aug. 6.
Space Exploration
Aug 10, 2009
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