Bits: Consumers Switch To Smaller HDTVs
Consumers are shifting to smaller HDTVs as the economy weakens. No surprise there. But its surprising how well the largest sized TVs continue to sell....
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Bits: More On WD’s Hard Drive That Won?t Share Video
A Western Digital hard drive blocks people from sharing video and music files over the Internet, but it doesn?t keep them from storing them or sharing them within their homes or offices....
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Soccer Report: An American Defender At West Ham Sees It All, And Then Some
Jonathan Spector, a 20-year-old American defender from Chicago, has a unique panorama for his tumultuous first season with West Ham United of the English Premier League....
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Expanded Search For Extraterrestrial Life Urged
The hunt for alien life should be expanded to include organisms that lack DNA, a panel of scientists said today....
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Music Review | George Benjamin: Taking Stock: Where A Composing Prodigy Is Now, And How He Got There
On Thursday night at Zankel Hall, the affable George Benjamin was featured in a ?Making Music? program, where he discussed his career and introduced performances of his works....
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Science News

Want to Save a Coral Reef? Bring Along Your Crochet Hook
2008-03-05 05:31 - This environmental version of the AIDS quilt is meant to draw attention to how rising temperatures and pollution are destroying the Great Barrier Reef.

One-Ounce Mississippian of 55.8 Million Years Ago
2008-03-05 05:30 - Fossils of the earliest known primate to inhabit North America have emerged from coastal sediments in Mississippi.

Dinosaur Graveyard as Tourist Draw
2008-03-05 05:30 - The Patagonian region of Argentina has become one of the most active areas of exploration for dinosaur fossils in the world.

Sociable, and Smart
2008-03-05 05:30 - In spotted hyenas, scientists are finding clues to why the human brain grew so large and complex.

A Speck of Sunlight Is a Town’s Yearly Alarm Clock
2008-03-04 06:01 - Longyearbyen, a remote settlement in Norway that bills itself as the northernmost town in the world, is eagerly awaiting the return of the sun, which will rise on March 8, the first time since October.

San Francisco to Receive Spill Money
2008-03-04 05:30 - Agents for the owner of a cargo ship that dumped 54,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay agreed to pay the City of San Francisco $2 million for damages caused by the spill.

Danish Guest Asks Bush to Back Climate Treaty
2008-03-03 06:01 - It remained unclear whether President Bush would offer anything beyond a rhetorical blessing of Denmark’s efforts to negotiate a new global warming treaty.

Limits Upheld on Sonar Use in Navy Tests
2008-03-03 05:30 - A federal appeals court has ruled that the Navy must abide by limits on its sonar training off the Southern California coast because the exercises could harm dozens of species of whales and dolphins.

Please Call Earth. We Still Haven?t Found You.
2008-03-03 05:30 - You might think we have made some headway in finding extraterrestrial life since the dawn of the space age. But you would be wrong.

Skeptics on Human Climate Impact Seize on Cold Spell
2008-03-03 05:30 - Extraordinary winter conditions in many parts of the world have been seized on by those who challenge warnings about dangerous human-caused global warming.


 
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