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S.C. Towns Begin Using Oxygen Masks on Pets Caught in Fires (26 August 10:59) |
| Mount Pleasant, S.C. is the latest in a string of towns using pet oxygen masks to protect pets from smoke inhalation. |
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New Bluetooth Headset With Voice Recognition 'Talks Back' (26 August 10:23) |
| A new bluetooth headset from BlueAnt Wireless recognizes English commands and responds with voice recognition. |
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Study Shows Cows Have Innate Sense of Direction (26 August 09:25) |
| German and Czech researchers have released a study that suggests cows seem to align their bodies in a north-south direction |
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Giant Galaxy Cluster Seen in Distant, Early Universe (26 August 09:21) |
| Astronomers have caught a glimpse of the largest cluster of galaxies ever seen in the distant, early universe. |
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Bats Take Turns 'Shutting Up' When Flying in Groups (26 August 08:31) |
| While bats are known for making an infernal racket that helps them navigate when flying in groups, a new study reveals they take turns being quiet to avoid confusion. |
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Study Reveals Melting Glaciers Formed Gullies on Mars (26 August 07:35) |
| Scientists have learned that some of the gullies that cut the sides of Martian craters were likely formed by meltwater from glaciers that existed when Mars was a wetter planet. |
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Experts Predict Deaths Will Outnumber Births in EU by 2015 (26 August 07:01) |
| Experts predict that deaths will outnumber births in the EU from 20125 when migration will become the only source of population growth. |
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Military's Robotic-Airplanes Often Crash From Human Error (26 August 03:46) |
| As the U.S. military scrambles to get more robotic warplanes like the Predator drone aloft, it is confronting an unexpected adversary: human error. |
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NASA Moves to Establish Long-Term Research Stations on Moon (26 August 03:07) |
| NASA is planning to rekindle robotic and human exploration of the moon but needs to assemble a group of investigators and technologies suitable for long-term missions. |
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Why We Are All Insane (26 August 02:30) |
| Researchers are claiming that many mental health issues may be the byproducts of an over-functional human brain. |
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Woman Charged With Plot to Kidnap 'Second Life' Beau (26 August 11:54) |
| Delaware authorities charged a woman with plotting the real-life abduction of a boyfriend she met through the virtual reality Web site 'econd Life.' |
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Farmer's Almanac Predicts Colder, 'Catastrophic' Winter (25 August 09:50) |
| The Farmer's Almanac has released its 2009 edition which predicts a winter that will bring colder than usual temperatures, a trend which editors say will be 'catastrophic' for millions. |
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Fla. Scientists Hunt Dangerous Pythons in Everglades (25 August 08:47) |
| Florida researchers continue to hunt for nonnative Burmese pythons, who pose a threat to the Everglades food chain. |
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QinetiQ Claims New Record for Longest Unmanned Flight (25 August 08:08) |
| An ultra-lightweight plane claims it has broken the record for the longest unmanned flight. |
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Study: Monkeys Reward Friends, Snub Strangers (25 August 04:28) |
| A recent study out of Emory University found that capuchin monkeys tend to favor friends and relatives and snub strangers. |
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Government Recommends Slower Ship Speeds Near Whales (25 August 03:49) |
| The federal government is recommending a speed limit for commercial ships along the Atlantic coast, where collisions with the endangered right whale threaten its existence. |
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First Nuclear Reactor Now a National Landmark (25 August 03:01) |
| The world's first nuclear reactor in Washington that produced plutonium for the first atom bomb has become a historic landmark. |
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Hawaiian Honeybees Threatened by Bloodsucking Parasite (25 August 12:12) |
| Hawaiian rapid response teams are scrambling to contain a bee mite parasite that is posing a threat to the island's $4 million commercial honeybee industry |
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Photo Sheds Light on How Stars are Formed in Universe (25 August 11:44) |
| A glitzy new family portrait of a star-forming region supports a theory that the universe's most massive stars carve out these wispy wombs and thereby enable stellar embryos to take shape. |
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Researchers Aim to Put Tongue in Control of Devices (24 August 02:08) |
| The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer ... |
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Massive Crack Discovered in Greenland Glacier (22 August 10:34) |
| Satellite images show crack 7 miles long, half a mile wide in glacier at top of world. |
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Sad but Peaceful End for Lost Baby Humpback Whale (22 August 10:32) |
| Starving calf wandering in inlets near Sydney, Australia, hauled onto beach, anesthetized and euthanized. |
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Study: Large Earthquake Could Strike New York City (22 August 09:54) |
| Even a magnitude 5 quake, occurring once a century, would cause billions in damage and likely kill people. |
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Nine Polar Bears Spotted on Risky Open-Ocean Swims (22 August 07:25) |
| Aircraft scouting for oil-drilling sites sees 9 different bears in water 15 to 65 miles offshore in one day near Alaska. |
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China Blocks iTunes After Tibet Album Goes on Sale (22 August 06:44) |
| No Apple online music sales in China since Monday, day after 'Songs for Tibet' charity album goes on sale. |
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Lifelike Animation Heralds New Era for Video Games (22 August 06:15) |
| Detailed mapping of human faces preserves imperfections, blemishes that get over 'uncanny valley.' |
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Actors Paid to Line Up for Poland's iPhone Launch (22 August 06:15) |
| Reuters reported people in Poland may not want to pay the steep monthly charges associated with the iPhone |
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NASA's Shuttle Successor Fails Parachute Test (22 August 05:08) |
| Malfunctioning chutes send mockup of Orion crew vehicle plummeting to desert floor in Arizona. |
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Facial Recognition Seems to Vary by Culture (22 August 02:55) |
| Eye movements of Westerners, East Asians very different when trying to read expressions on other people's faces. |
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Bubble Wrap Could Power the Future (22 August 02:55) |
| Air-filled pockets in polymer wrap used to build swimming building at site of Beijing Olympics. |
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Mummified 5,000-Year-Old Iceman Gets a Job (22 August 02:34) |
| Genetic analysis of skins Oetzi the Iceman wore reveal that he was -- a shepherd. |
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Huge Pacific Fish Identified as New Species (22 August 02:34) |
| Eastern Pacific goliath grouper turns out to be genetically different from its close relative, the Atlantic goliath grouper. |
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Sixth (and Fifth) 'Taste' Possibly Discovered (22 August 01:48) |
| In addition to sweet, sour, bitter and salty, there's also savory, and now a new one -- calcium. |
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Wide-Faced Men May Be More Aggressive (22 August 01:13) |
| Canadian study finds strong correlation between facial width, penalties in hockey players, then replicate results with video games. |
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Church Attendance Boosts Student GPAs (22 August 01:13) |
| Social benefits of regular churchgoing seem to boost educational attainment, study finds. |
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Finding Nemo, the Terrorist Librarian (21 August 10:30) |
| As the fight for the war on terror increasingly shifts from battlefield to blogosphere, one of the most prolific librarians furthering the virtual Jihadi movement is an on-line personality w... |
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Hacker Cracks FEMA Phones, Makes Overseas Calls (21 August 12:33) |
| Phone phreaks are back! At least when it comes to government agencies, anyway. |
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Industry Puzzled by Lack of 'Dark Knight' Video Game (15 August 11:03) |
| Experts figure Electronic Arts, Warner Bros. missing out on $100 million in sales by not releasing tie-in game. |
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'Madden 09' One of Best Football Video Games Ever (15 August 10:44) |
| Twenty years after first 'Madden' game, franchise feels fresher than ever. |
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Video-Game Sales Soar Despite Weak Economy (15 August 10:22) |
| Nintendo sells more than 1 million DS's and Wiis combined in July, and nearly $600 million on games. |
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Ancient Sahara Graveyard Hints at Once-Green Desert (15 August 06:33) |
| Mother, children laid in bed of flowers in 5,000 years ago in what's now just windblown sand. |
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How Microsoft and Intel Tried to Kill the $100 Laptop (15 August 06:33) |
| Project to educate world's poorest children nearly strangled at birth by computer industry giants. |
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Climate Change Could Wreck NYC Bridges, Tunnels (15 August 06:32) |
| City studying ways to preserve infrastructure in face of rising seas and temperatures. |
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Research: Octopuses Have Six 'Arms,' Two 'Legs' (15 August 06:32) |
| Eight-limbed mollusks use two tentacles for propulsion, six for manipulation. |
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Bigfoot Hunters Press Conference Reveals... Little (15 August 02:30) |
| Men who claim to have found strange body answer questions, but don't give much evidence. |
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Netflix Shipping Again After Three-Day Outage (15 August 01:39) |
| DVD-rental leader picks itself up after major stumble. |
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NASA Delays Robotic Moon Mission (15 August 01:33) |
| Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launch pushed back from December to February. |
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Giant Windshield May Stop Glacial Melt (15 August 12:08) |
| German professor hopes screen 10 feet high, 50 feet across will trap cold mountain winds over glacier. |
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Believers in Flat Earth Not About to Change Minds (14 August 10:53) |
| Flat-Earthers continue to insist that our planet is a disc, not a globe. |
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Rat Brain Cells Tell Robot Where to Go (14 August 10:47) |
| Researchers in England build a robot controlled by Petri dish full of rat neurons, which steers robot via Bluetooth wireless signals. |
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