Profit Increases At Chip Maker Texas Instruments, the world’s biggest maker of chips for cellphones, said that its quarterly profit rose from a year ago because of a tax credit.... Read Full Article After Struggling, Wall Street Ekes Out Some Small Gains A bounce in technology stocks and sharply lower oil prices helped investors brush off concerns about sluggish consumer spending.... Read Full Article Australian Prime Minister John Howard Calls Election Australians will to go to the polls on November 24 with the Labor Party poised to bring to a crushing end Prime Minister John Howard’s more than ten years in office.... Read Full Article Need To Know 2006 January Gazprom cut off supplies to Ukraine in a row over gas price increases. Ukraine stole gas from transit pipelines, creating shortages and soaring prices in Europe....... Read Full Article Alcatel Lucent Delivers Bleak Outlook Alcatel Lucent, the struggling French telecoms equipment maker, delivered a fresh blow to investors today, scrapping its dividend and unveiling disappointing guidance for the year ahead.... Read Full Article |
Science NewsLook! In the Sky. It’s a Rocket Racer.2008-04-15 06:01 - The Rocket Racing League, a long-promised attempt to create a kind of Nascar of the skies, will hold its first exhibition races this year. Mr. Smith’s 3-Card Monty Problem 2008-04-15 06:01 - The Mr. Smith probability problem still seems to be confusing some Lab readers despite the explanation yesterday from Craig Fox. So let me offer a couple of variations of it, which were provided by Richard Weber, the director of the Statistical Laboratory at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, England: 1. I take 3 cards: [...]. The Psychology of Getting Suckered 2008-04-15 06:01 - The three problems posted yesterday involving Mr. Smith and Monty Hall confused some readers, but certainly not all. Mike Scott was the first to get all three answers correct; Harris gave a nicely thorough explanation of the answers. And now I’ve got an an even more thorough explanation of these problems and of the psychological [...]. Monty Hall’s Other Problems 2008-04-15 06:01 - Now that so many Lab readers have brilliantly mastered the Monty Hall Problem discussed in my Findings column, I’ve got several new problems for you. (If you’re not yet clear on the original one, you can still play the Monty Hall game.) Now, for extra credit, here are three new related challenges ? which will [...]. Dot Earth: Bush Appears to Seek Warming Legacy 2008-04-15 05:30 - Both at home and overseas, there are signs that the White House is aiming to repair its legacy on the issue of climate change. John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term ?Black Hole,? Is Dead a... 2008-04-15 05:30 - Mr. Wheeler helped invent the theory of nuclear fission, gave black holes their name and argued about the nature of reality with Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. Observatory: Recycling That Harms the Environment and People 2008-04-15 05:30 - The dismantling of electronic circuit boards, which contain lead, zinc, copper and other metals can be dangerous to human health, a new study suggests. Observatory: Frogs in Borneo Added to Ranks of the Lungless 2008-04-15 05:30 - Scientists have discovered the first completely lungless frog. Dot Earth: Hurricane Expert Reassesses Link to Warming 2008-04-14 05:30 - The link between warming and hurricanes is being questioned by an early proponent. Idea Lab: Total Recall 2008-04-14 05:30 - Computers have much better memories than people do. Can we learn from them? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 |
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