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NOAA Dispatches High-Tech Research Plane to Improve Winter Storm Forecasts
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Last Updated: 3:39 PM 01/12/10 - NOAA’s Gulfstream IV aircraft, known for investigating Atlantic hurricanes, will begin flying over the North Pacific Ocean to fill gaps in atmospheric observations, which will enhance forecasts of winter storms for the entire North American continent through improved computer modeling. (Full Story) |
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Charter Cable Rated as Worst Again by Consumer Reports
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Last Updated: 6:33 PM 01/08/10 - Television, internet, and phone services are getting new grades in the new issue of Consumer Reports - and it's not good news for Charter. (Full Story) |
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It's Now Illegal to Dump Electronics in Landfills
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Last Updated: 11:25 PM 10/23/09 - MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Jim Doyle has signed into law a bill designed to cut down on the amount of computers and other electronics dumped in landfills. (Full Story) |
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'Anonymous' Author of Weston Administrator Criticism Outed by Local Paper
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Last Updated: 9:19 PM 09/17/09 - The Wausau Daily Herald says they regret turning over the identity of an anonymous poster on their website to Weston Village Administrator Dean Zuleger. (Full Story) |
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NEW INFO: Twitter Service Restored for Now
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Last Updated: 6:47 PM 08/06/09 - The tweets are flying again, at least intermittently, after Twitter fell victim to a hacker attack this morning. Facebook says it is also looking into possible problems. (Full Story) |
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- Ejaculate Wars and Glowing Sperm
Scientists Look for Evolution Clues in Sexual Practices of Leafcutter Ants and Honey Bees - Video: New Carnivorous Dinosaur Discovered
Two Western grad students discovered a new species of meat-eating dinosaur in China. Betty Nguyen reports. - Scientists Discover Velociraptor's Cousin
Complete Skeleton of Linheraptor Exquisitus Found in Gobi Desert; Agile Predator Lived 75 Million Years Ago - New Web Generation Of China Activists
Internet, Twitter Helping To Create New Generation Of Human Rights Activists In China - DNA From Dog "Weapon" Convicts Killer
Genetic Profiling of Canine Saliva, Blood Ties Microchipped Dog of Gang Member to Fatal Attack
- Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years
NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington. - Shuttle lands at California air base
NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions. - iReporters watch planets, moon align
- Inspiration for 'Contact' still listening
From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe. - Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise
Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft.
- Is voice becoming the new texting?
Long a goal (and sometimes the butt of jokes) in the science community, the ability to talk to computers is gaining steam again with several new efforts at mobile-voice technology. - Quarter of UK kids try hacking
Though the majority of children agree that computer hacking is wrong, more than a quarter of those in England have tried it, a survey released Thursday found. - Google-China decision on Monday?
Google will make an announcement on its plans to leave China on Monday, according to a Friday report in China Business News. - 5 things we learned at SXSW
For techies, the South by Southwest Interactive festival produces a firehose of information. - Webmaster without modern Web
In rural Oklahoma, Kelli Fields struggles with a dial-up Internet connection so slow she does chores to pass the time while Web sites load. Today, the FCC unveils a plan to get 9 out of 10 Americans on broadband by 2020.
- Demise of coral, salamander show impact of Web
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats fueling the illegal wildlife trade, making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists said Sunday.... - Ore. town uses geothermal energy to stay warm
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) -- When snow falls on this downtown of brick buildings and glass storefronts in southern Oregon, it piles up everywhere but the sidewalks. It's the first sign that this timber and ranching town is like few others.... - Geneva atom smasher sets record for beam energy
GENEVA (AP) -- Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe.... - Nevada wild-horse roundup death toll rises
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Activists in Nevada are questioning the rising death toll from a government roundup of wild horses from the range north of Reno.... - Arizona state employee fired over jaguar capture
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Game and Fish Department has fired an employee based on results of an internal investigation into the capture and death of what was the only known wild jaguar in the U.S....
- The Privacy Factor
Daniel Sieberg: Living in the 21st Century Means Swimming in a Sea of Data Each Day - Tracking the Fault Lines
The Threat of Earthquakes to the U.S. is Very Real - Three Signs That Convinced Me to Disconnect
Cut Off From the Net Wasn't So Much Revelatory as Revealing - The Haiti Effect
How Social Networking, Internet Helping To Keep Communications Open - Best Face(book) Forward
Daniel Sieberg: How I Viewed My Facebook Page and its Effect on Me - Before Disconnecting
- Is voice becoming the new texting?
Long a goal (and sometimes the butt of jokes) in the science community, the ability to talk to computers is gaining steam again with several new efforts at mobile-voice technology. - Quarter of UK kids try hacking
Though the majority of children agree that computer hacking is wrong, more than a quarter of those in England have tried it, a survey released Thursday found. - Google-China decision on Monday?
Google will make an announcement on its plans to leave China on Monday, according to a Friday report in China Business News. - 5 things we learned at SXSW
For techies, the South by Southwest Interactive festival produces a firehose of information. - Webmaster without modern Web
In rural Oklahoma, Kelli Fields struggles with a dial-up Internet connection so slow she does chores to pass the time while Web sites load. Today, the FCC unveils a plan to get 9 out of 10 Americans on broadband by 2020.
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