 Electric cars and electronic trees at LA Auto Show November 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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From electric cars to electronic trees on dashboards that sprout leaves when you drive in a more economical way, nothing is off limits for auto manufacturers seeking to show their green credentials. | |
US man apparently commits suicide as others watch via webcam November 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
A Florida teenager apparently committed suicide with a lethal cocktail of pills in front of his webcam as others watched it live on the Internet, authorities and local media said Saturday. | |
 Over 200 narwhal trapped in Canadian ice November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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At least 200 narwhal whales in Canada's Arctic, trapped by winter ice that is setting in around them and facing starvation or suffocation, must be culled, officials said Friday. | |
 Yahoo sells shopping service Kelkoo November 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Yahoo has sold European comparison shopping service Kelkoo to a British investment firm, Kelkoo founder and former chief executive Pierre Chappaz said Friday. | |
Nebraska changes law on abandonment of children of all ages November 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Nebraska state lawmakers on Friday overhauled a law that allowed people to abandon their children of any age legally at hospitals, a senator's office confirmed. | |
Portuguese dinosaur tail's sale sparks controversy November 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
A Portuguese bulldozer driver has sparked controversy in his country by up putting a dinosaur fossil he found 10 years ago for sale on the Internet. | |
 Pirates thwarted with MP3 sonic blast November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Gone are the swashbuckling days of repelling pirates with cutlasses -- a British firm is spearheading use of a high-tech "sonic laser" to beat bandits on the high seas. | |
 Wild beavers return to Britain after 400 years November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Four families of beavers have arrived in Britain for a landmark project which will see them introduced into the wild here for the first time in over 400 years, experts said Friday. | |
Babies stressed by forward-facing buggies: British study November 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Babies transported in forward-facing buggies could end up "emotionally impoverished" due to lack of face-to-face contact with the parent pushing them, a British study suggested Friday. | |
 e=mc2: 103 years later, Einstein's proven right November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 115 vote(s)
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It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists. | |
 New European online library swamped by users November 20, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The EU's new Europeana digital library, an online digest of Europe's cultural heritage, was forced to close temporarily on its launch Thursday after it was swamped by Internet users, a spokesman said. | |
Exercise bikes may cause cancer: German study November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Handgrips on 12 out of 15 exercise bikes tested in Germany were found to contain substances that can cause cancer, a consumer safety group said on Thursday. | |
Two century hunt for legendary Copernicus's tomb is over November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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DNA studies on two strands of hair and a tooth have ended a centuries old hunt for the tomb Nicolas Copernicus, the 16th century astronomer who shocked the world by declaring that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe, ... | |
 Teenagers learn important social, technical skills online: study November 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Parents may disapprove of the amount of time their teenagers spend online but they are actually learning important social and technical skills, according to a study released on Thursday. | |
Is superfood omega-3 keeping its promise? November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Take a walk through a supermarket in any wealthy nation and the promise of omega-3 health benefits screams off food products from bread to milk to juice. But are consumers getting the superfood they paid for? | |
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