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393 articles from THURSDAY 19.1.2012
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THURSDAY 19. JANUARY, 2012
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23:43
Ancient Popcorn Found—Made 2,000 Years Earlier Than Thought in Peru
Just in time for National Popcorn Day, a new study says that Peruvians were eating the snack thousands of years earlier than thought.
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23:41
APNewsBreak: Exxon reaches $1.6M spill settlement (AP)
AP - Exxon Mobil agreed Thursday to pay the state of Montana $1.6 million in penalties over water pollution caused by a pipeline break last summer that fouled dozens of miles of shoreline along the scenic Yellowstone River.
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23:35
In praise of … stargazing | Editorial
Somewhere along the road to modernity, this simple enjoyment got lost - but now it's back with a bang
Whether to navigate or simply to dream, we have always stared at the sky – or at least we always used to. But somewhere along the road to modernity, the simple enjoyment of those shimmering lights above our heads got lost. All of us were in the gutter, but none of us were looking at the stars – until now. Suddenly, stargazing is back with a big bang. Amazon reports a 500% increase in telescope sales, and the villagers of Dulverton in Somerset have been moved to switch off every light in their town to get the best possible view. What has fuelled this new love of the "cosmic dark"? For some the answer is the twinkling brilliance of Brian Cox, and his show Stargazing Live. Let us leave the much-celebrated Brian aside. Ultimately it doesn't really matter who started this renaissance. For the new stargazers – young and old – have grasped that we could all gain something by stopping in the dark once in a while, and simply looking up.
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23:29AP - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will deliver fresh water to four homes in a northeastern Pennsylvania village where residential water wells were tainted by a gas driller. It also said it will begin testing the water supplies of dozens more homes as it ramps up its investigation more than three years after homeowners say the water supply was ruined.
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23:09
Google's earnings disappoint
Google's moneymaking machine misfired badly in the fourth quarter as its advertising prices fell during the holiday marketing season.
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22:57Reuters - The global average temperature last year was the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that saw nine of the 10 hottest years occurring since the year 2000, NASA scientists said on Thursday.
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22:48Reuters - The man who set off a panic in Ohio last October by releasing dozens of dangerous wild animals including lions and tigers, had told an employee before the incident that he suspected his wife of cheating and that he "had a plan."
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22:46
Oil rig to begin Cuba exploration
A large oil rig arrives off the coast of Cuba to begin searching for oil deposits in the Florida Strait, raising environmental concerns in the US. -
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Crafoord Prizes Announced
Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the four winners of the 2012... -
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Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.
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22:32
'Pulverized' chromosomes linked to cancer?
Researchers have mapped out a mechanism by which micronuclei could potentially disrupt the chromosomes within them and produce cancer-causing gene mutations. The findings may point to a vulnerability in cancer cells that could be attacked by new therapies.
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22:32A simple program involving color-coded food labeling and adjusting the way food items are positioned in display cases was successful in encouraging more healthful food choices in a large hospital cafeteria.
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22:32A study of a controversial housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments found that during their first two years in the building residents cut their heavy drinking by 35 percent.
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22:32Scientists have discovered the unexpected way in which a key cell of the immune system prepares for battle. The finding, they said, offers insight into the processes that take place within these cells and could lead to strategies for treating conditions from spinal cord injury to cancer.
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22:32Researchers have developed a technique for using stem cells to deliver therapy that specifically targets the genetic abnormality found in Huntington's disease, a hereditary brain disorder that causes progressive uncontrolled movements, dementia and death.
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22:32A new class of nanoparticles, synthesized to prevent premature drug release, holds promise for greater accuracy and effectiveness in delivering cancer drugs to tumors.
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22:32Native birds at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge are in unprecedented trouble, according to a new article.
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22:31
The Heroes of the Concordia
Stories of courage and heroism aboard the striken luxury cruiser are beginning to emerge. -
22:30SPACE.com - A super-speedy NASA probe marks six years of spaceflight today (Jan. 19), beginning the last leg of its journey to the small, faraway world of Pluto.
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22:25
Apple Patent Application Indicates Siri's Potential
Voice-controlled e-commerce with Apple's new, intelligent voice agent, Siri. That mode of shopping is one of many possible future uses for the hit new feature on the iPhone 4S, according to a patent application filed by the company.The application, filed in January of last year and published Thursday, describes an intelligent automated assistant that has a wide range of possibilities. For example, the Siri app that comes with the iPhone 4S cannot conduct online purchases, but the patent application describes e-commerce as one of its potential features. Apple bought the Siri company, and obtained the app, about nine months prior to the application's filing.
'Buy It From Amazon' The e-commerce claim includes "online purchases of items such as books, DVDs, music and the like." It also describes the voice agent being used for travel services, such as "flights, hotels, attractions, and the like."
Siri can currently check inventory at Best Buy through the Wolfram Alpha search engine that it uses, and can suggest items to buy, but attempts at making purchases result in a "sorry, I can't purchase that." In an example given in the patent filing, the voice agent says, "I help you find music, movies, books, electronics, toys, and more -- and buy it from Amazon."
With the success of Microsoft's voice and gestural controller Kinect for the Xbox, which is now being adapted for use by PCs and other devices, hands-free control of smartphones and various electronic devices is proceeding at a rapid pace.
It has been expected that Apple has much bigger plans for Siri than its current usage on the 4S, including possibly for control of an intelligent TV, and the newly released patent application gives a sense of the range of possibilities.
'Participant in Conversations' The patent application also calls for use of Siri as part...
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2011 a record-breaking year for extreme weather: US
Last year broke records for extreme weather in the United States, with 14 events each causing at least a billion dollars in damage, US authorities said on Thursday. -
22:24(AP) -- Do you think Sweden is all about blondes, meatballs and snow? Think again.
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22:24UCSF scientists have discovered the unexpected way in which a key cell of the immune system prepares for battle. The finding, they said, offers insight into the processes that take place within these cells and could lead to strategies for treating conditions from spinal cord injury to cancer.
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22:24A team of researchers at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures has developed a technique for using stem cells to deliver therapy that specifically targets the genetic abnormality found in Huntington's disease, a hereditary brain disorder that causes progressive uncontrolled movements, dementia and death. The findings, now available online in the journal Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, suggest a promising approach that might block the disease from advancing.
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22:24(PhysOrg.com) -- A Kent State University researcher was part of an international team of paleontologists that recently made a significant discovery in northern Spain. The group discovered a new family, genus and species of fossil hermit crab – one that lived 100 million years ago.
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