Aug 04 2011

Minority Rules: Scientists Find the Tipping Point

Tag: Africa,Community,Events,Experts,Leaders,Middle East,Models,Politics,Sight — Emily Sohn @ 10:00 am
If just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will be adopted by the majority, a new study says.

Jan 21 2011

Chess Experts Use Brains Differently Than Amateurs

Tag: Brain and Central Nervous System,Experts,Games — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 5:30 pm
Experts perfect a circuit in regions of the brain associated with visualizing images and episodic memory.

Dec 04 2010

Internet Addresses to be Used Up in January: Expert

Tag: Experts,Internet — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 10:18 am
The reserve of available Internet addresses will be used up around the world by January, 2011.

Oct 19 2010

High Tech for Highway Safey

Tag: Car Accident,Cars,Computers,Disasters and Accidents,Engineering,Experts,GPS,Radio,Safety,Sensors,Technology,Trucks,Vehicles — Gene Charleton @ 12:37 pm
Roadways embedded with sensors working with GPS devices in cars could save lives.

Aug 23 2010

Beyond the Black Box

Tag: Air Travel,Aircraft,Artifacts,Atlantic Ocean,Aviation,Batteries,Birds,Child,Colleges,Communication,Computers,Design,Devices,Disasters and Accidents,Electronics,Engaged,Engineering,Engines,Events,Experts,Eye,Fall,Father,Fear,Glass,Government,Health Insurance,History,Internet,Inventions,Investigation,Lawsuits,Logging,Mining,Movies,Murder,Navy,Oceania and Australia,Office,Officer,Polar Regions,Privacy,Radio,Safety,Satellites,Science,Seas,Sensors,Storage,Streams,Submarine,Suicide,Technology,The Future,Touch,Transportation — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.

Aug 13 2010

Rare ‘princess’ turtle returns to Malaysia

Tag: Beach,Eggs,Endangered Species,Experts,Fisheries,Green,Pacific Ocean,Seas,Turtles — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:44 pm
A leatherback turtle has made a surprise return to a Malaysian beach after 32 years, renewing hopes for the endangered species.

Aug 10 2010

Extreme Weather Fuels Debate Over Global Warming

Tag: Battles and Incidents,Climate,Climate Change,Cooling,Drought,Europe,Events,Experts,Floods,Global Warming,NOAA,Pacific Ocean,Scientists,Summer,Wildfires — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:22 pm
Record heat and floods in Europe and Asia match climatologists' predictions, but experts are cautious about interpreting events as signs of man-made warming.

Jul 15 2010

BP Reports No More Oil Flowing into Gulf

Tag: Coast Guard,Disasters and Accidents,Experts,Explosions,Government,Green,History,Oil Spill,Petroleum,Safety,Scientists,Seal — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 8:00 pm
Although the tests are still ongoing, the new cap appears to be preventing oil from gushing into the Gulf.

Apr 21 2010

Brain Games Won’t Boost I.Q.

Tag: Building,Colleges,Computers,Exercise,Experiments,Experts,Games,Human Ancestors,Internet,Learning,Nature,Royalty and Rulers,Science,Soldiers,Video,Virtual Reality — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 2:55 pm
Although they may be entertaining, brain games probably won't make you smarter.

Mar 11 2010

Mann Bites Dog

Tag: Asteroids,Chemistry,Climate,Climate Change,Comets,Community,Computers,Documentaries,Earth,Experts,Fox,Global Warming,History,Laboratories,Literature,Media,Politicians,Science,Scientists — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 5:26 am
What did the "Climategate" scandal really expose -- a problem with climate science, or the modern media echo chamber? A special article from the pages of Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
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