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LHC switch-on fears are completely unfounded: new research paper

12 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | User comments: 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report published on Friday, 5 September, provides the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)'s switch-on, due on Wednesday next week, poses no threat to ...


Physicists investigate how time moves forward

7 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 36 vote(s) | User comments: 6

As humans, we have a very intuitive concept of time, and of the differences between the past, present, and future. But, as scientists Edward Feng of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gavin Crooks of the Lawrence ...


Astronomer Discovers Upper Mass Limit for Black Holes

4 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 6

There appears to be an upper limit to how big the universe’s most massive black holes can get, according to new research led by a Yale University astrophysicist.


Technology users are failing to take adequate steps to protect their digital privacy

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In the face of technology that will soon be able not only to track an individual's movements but predict them too, people are far too relaxed about protecting their privacy, according to social psychologist Saadi Lahlou, ...


Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US

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(AP) -- Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal ...


Pyrenees glaciers will melt by 2050: Spanish study

7 hours ago | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Climate change will melt the 21 remaining glaciers in the Pyrenees mountains before 2050, a group of Spanish researchers said Friday.


Sims creator's long-awaited 'playing god' game hits stores

12 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 1

"Spore", the eagerly-awaited computer game five years in the making allowing people to play God by re-creating the universe, hits stores worldwide this week.


Robot Scout: Fly Me (Safely) to the Moon

6 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 1

The first attempt to land humans on the moon -- Apollo 11 -- was a triumph that almost ended in disaster. At just 400 feet from the lunar surface, with only about a minute's worth of fuel remaining, astronauts ...


StellarWindow turns your laptop into a virtual planetarium

4 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 1

If you enjoy looking at the stars, but get a little impatient trying to figure out which way to hold your star map to identify the constellations, a new software program may make things easier. Called StellarWindow, ...


SanDisk in talks with Korean Samsung

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Computer memory group SanDisk said Friday it has had "discussions" with South Korean giant Samsung Electronics but declined to confirm that they were merger or takeover talks.


Pill that boosts productivity gaining favor, raising concerns among medical ethicists

3 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | User comments: 1

In a place like Silicon Valley, where career prospects often hinge on a person's intelligence and ability to work hellishly long hours, "brain doping" probably was inevitable.