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Magnetic fields light up 'GPS neurons', scientists say
Researchers have spotted a group of 53 cells within pigeons' brains that respond to the direction and strength of the Earth's magnetic field.
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10 hours ago
Bush Convicted of War Crimes in Absentia
In what is the first ever conviction of its kind anywhere in the world, the former US President and seven key members of his administration were yesterday (Fri) found guilty of war crimes. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and their legal advisers Alberto Gonzales, David Addington, William Haynes, Jay Bybee and John Yoo were tried in absentia in Malaysia.
Iraq  torture  Guantanamo_Bay  USA  Dick_Cheney  George_W._Bush  war_crime  20120512  Malaysia  trial  from delicious
11 days ago
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Pitch drop experiment's ninth drop is preparing to fall. Fingers crossed the live feed holds! http://t.co/dzGUULrY
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18 days ago
Pri hasení požiaru v Kvetnici zomrel hasič
Pri Poprade v časti Kvetnica sa v nedeľu okolo poludnia rozhorel les. Hasiči požiar zlikvidovali až v pondelok. Teraz oplakávajú kolegu. Našli ho v bezvedomí v služobnom aute. Lekárom sa nepodarilo oživiť ho.
Poprad  Kvetnica  fire  20120430  forest  from delicious
20 days ago
Stardust recycling mystery solved
A long-standing mystery about how dying stars spew out the material of future planets is now solved, scientists say.
dust  star  matter  planet  astronomy  astrophysics  20120411  explosion  solar_wind  recycling  light  from delicious
20 days ago
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer to build Titanic II
Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic.
Titanic  ship  replica  20120430  from delicious
27 days ago
Wind farms affect local weather
Wind farms can affect weather in their immediate locality, raising night-time temperatures on the ground.
wind  temperature  weather  local  20120429  from delicious
27 days ago
Self-sculpting sand robots are under development at MIT
Tiny robots that can join together to form functional tools and then split apart again after use might be ready for market in little more than a decade, according to researchers.
robot  artificial_intelligence  distributed  20120403  intelligence  from delicious
27 days ago
Kenya's Rift Valley, where everyone runs
Kenya produces some of the world's very best distance runners, but the possibility of winning Olympic gold is not the only incentive for the country's athletes.
Kenya  running  jogging  20120428  motivation  from delicious
27 days ago
Pupils 'made more violent by computer games'
Children are becoming more violent as they are being left unsupervised by their parents to play inappropriate computer games, teachers say.
computer_games  violence  child  20120403  psychology  behaviour  from delicious
27 days ago
Evidence of 'earliest fire use'
Scientists say they have new evidence that our ancestors were using fire as early as a million years ago.
fire  discovery  human_evolution  20120403  from delicious
27 days ago
Google unveils Project Glass augmented reality eyewear
Google has revealed details of its research into augmented reality glasses.
Google  augmented_reality  20120404  glasses  virtual_reality  eye  from delicious
27 days ago
Black-Scholes: The maths formula linked to the financial crash
It's not every day that someone writes down an equation that ends up changing the world. But it does happen sometimes, and the world doesn't always change for the better. It has been argued that one formula known as Black-Scholes, along with its descendants, helped to blow up the financial world.
20120427  mathematics  finance  crisis  prediction  chaos  market  economy  from delicious
27 days ago
Israel ex-security chief says leadership 'misleading public' on Iran
The former head of Israel's domestic intelligence agency has accused the country's leadership of "misleading" the public on the merits of a possible military strike on Iran.
Israel  Iran  nuclear_proliferation  20120428  warmongering  from delicious
28 days ago
Gaddafi: 'Libya funded Sarkozy's French poll campaign'
The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has alleged that his country helped finance Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential election campaign.
Muammar_Gaddafi  France  election  politics  20110316  from delicious
28 days ago
Pentagon considers on-demand disposable satellites
Squads of disposable mini-satellites able to provide reconnaissance to soldiers at the "press of a button" are being considered by the US military.
satellite  spying  surveillance  military  USA  orbit  20120314  from delicious
29 days ago
Baboons recognise words on a screen
Baboons can recognise four-letter words on a computer screen, according to scientists in France.
reading  baboon  monkey  animal_intelligence  20120412  from delicious
29 days ago
'Tweaking memories' could help addicts avoid relapsing
Manipulating memories of drug use may help reformed addicts avoid a return to a life of drug abuse, according to scientists in China.
psychology  memory  tweaking  addiction  drug  20120413  from delicious
29 days ago
Religious belief reduced by analytical thinking: UBC study
A University of British Columbia study suggests analytical thinking can be harmful to religious faith.
religion  thinking  rational  analysis  belief  20120426  from delicious
29 days ago
Eating meat speeds reproduction in early humans.
If early humans had been vegans we might all still be living in caves, Swedish researchers suggested in an article Thursday. When a mother eats meat, her breast-fed child's brain grows faster and she is able to wean the child at an earlier age, allowing her to have more children faster, the article explains. That provided a distinct competitive advantage for early humans when limited resources and a small population made it difficult for them to thrive.
meat  breastfeeding  child  offspring  20120420  evolution  human_evolution  reproduction  from delicious
4 weeks ago
Princess Cruises sorry for ignoring Panama castaways
An American cruise company says it deeply regrets that one of its ships failed to stop to help a fishing boat adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
cruise  ship  Panama  boat  rescue  communication  20120420  from delicious
5 weeks ago
Boston, 1967: When marathons were just for men
The city of Boston is staging its annual marathon. Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially run the race 45 years ago, despite stewards trying to physically force the 20-year-old off the road.
Boston  marathon  woman  running  incredible  20120416  discrimination  gender  from delicious
5 weeks ago
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