Baby crocodiles tell each other when to hatch

"Umph, umph, umph" - not the sound of a grumpy old man but baby crocodiles talking to each other from inside their eggs - more evidence that I wasn't that mad when talking to my unborn children - if it works for...

McCain staffer quits so he won't have to work against Obama

"Mark McKinnon, who was in charge of McCain's advertising, left the McCain campaign to keep a pledge not to use his skills to attack Barack Obama. The subtext of this is huge. It signals, holographically, the problem McCain will have holding on to Republicans and independents...

Mobile Phones May Alter Brain Behavior

So that's why I'm so tired. And I thought it was putting my head in the microwave. " New research shows that the electromagnetic signals emanating from mobile phones can alter your...

Microsoft plays Pacman: Facebook next?

After failing to gobble up Yahoo, Microsoft turns its face to FaceBook.Whatdaya think the 70,000,000 Facebook members think?"SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition...

Insects Talk on the Plant-Phone

Yeah, my new phone is pretty cool, and it doesn't even need to be charged. However, it requires solar power. And soil."Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and aboveground...

Primitive Alien Life May Exist!

" Are there any aliens? Is there any life in the other planets? Do we live alone in our galaxy? all of these are very important questions that always have confuse all of us and many astronaumer and scientists.Now,...

Men are daft at picking up body language

This is why guys slap each other's butts?"New research to be published in the April issue of Psychological Science suggests university-aged men are more likely than their female peers to confuse friendly signals with...

Cable programmers suing FCC over new rule

"C-Span and Discovery Communications LLC, along with four other cable programmers, are suing the Federal Communications Commission for what they see as a First Amendment-squashing new rule."

Better TV is coming, but are you ready for it?

Better TV is coming, but are you ready for it?The digital dilemma: Disappearance of analog signals just a year away"Behind the placid pictures, a made-for-TV storm is looming. Since the first days of television, the method of beaming pictures into our living rooms hasn’t...

A New Discovery May Change The Future Of Tech

"The IBM researchers published in the Thursday edition of the journal Optics Express a significant milestone in the quest to send information between multiple cores on a chip using pulses of light through silicon,...

26 Indonesian sailors feared dead: officials

"Twenty six Indonesian sailors are feared dead after their Panamanian freighter hit rough seas off Taiwan's north coast, officials said late Wednesday. Television images showed coast guards plucking one surviving sailor from the sea, but transport ministry official Ho...

Wi-Fi Signals Might Cause Childhood Autism

The newest health scare to hit since toys laden with lead - wifi (wireless internet) is blamed for causing childhood autism.  "According to a new study published this week in the Australasian Journal of Clinical...

Canada/USA: Demand up for Cell phone jammers

Boy ,would I love to have one of these toys under my Christmas tree.  Drivers on cell phones holding up traffic make me nuts."Only cops can use them legally. But there's a growing demand among residents south of...

Washington is sending mixed signals on nuclear agreements

"By abandoning many of the nuclear arms agreements negotiated in the last 50 years, the United States has been sending mixed signals to North Korea, Iran, and other nations with the technical knowledge to create nuclear weapons. Currently proposed agreements with India...

Not So Sweet Future For Honeybees

BREAKING NEWS: Some Israeli bees are resistant to the virusNowPublic Contributors have been following this story for months. For a list of articles, please check out the list below!Scientists have stumbled onto a...

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