Joanna Carver, reporter!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and Cfound at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. -->This rare amateur footage of the Challenger disaster comes in at number 1 in our best videos of 2012 countdown.The television image of the space shuttle Challenger exploding minutes after lift-off is still seared into the memories...
China tightens Internet rules
Label: Technology BEIJING: China has approved new rules that require Internet users nationwide to provide real-name identification, state media reported on Friday, as the government increases its already tight online grip.The National People's Congress (NPC), the country's legislature, adopted the measures at a meeting on Friday, the official Xinhua news agency and other media said.According to Xinhua,...
Instagram said to lose millions of daily users -- but did they?
Label: LifestyleAppData reported a decline in Instagram traffic.(Credit:AppData)The number of people using Instagram daily declined sharply over Christmas, just over a week after a flap over the Facebook-owned company's revised terms of service led to widespread user outrage. As first reported by the New York Post, analytics firm AppData recorded a nearly 25 percent drop in the number of daily active Instagram users...
Body Under British Parking Lot May Be King Richard III
Label: Health For centuries, William Shakespeare seemed to have the last word. His Richard III glowered and leered from the stage, a monster in human form and a character so repugnant "that dogs bark at me as I halt by them." In Shakespeare's famous play, the hunchbacked king claws his way to the throne and methodically murders most of his immediate family—his wife, older brother, and two young nephews—until...
Did the Exodus of Moses Really Happen?
Label: Business In the Bible, he is called Moses. In the Koran, he is the prophet Musa.Religious scholars have long questioned whether of the story of a prophet leading God's chosen people in a great exodus out of Egypt and the freedom it brought them afterwards was real, but the similarities between a pharaoh's ancient hymn and a psalm of David might hold the link to his existence.Tune in...
Dec
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Best videos of 2012: Spiderman skin stops a bullet
Label: World Joanna Carver, reporter!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and Cfound at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. -->This bullet-dodging hybrid skin comes in at number 4 in our best videos of 2012 countdown.Imagine facing a speeding bullet without fear of it tearing through your flesh. By reinforcing human skin cells with spider silk, artist Jalila...
Football: Cole and Gibson win red card appeals
Label: Technology LONDON: West Ham striker Carlton Cole and Everton midfielder Darron Gibson have both had their suspensions quashed after the pair were sent off in Saturday's Premier League match at Upton Park.Cole was dismissed by referee Anthony Taylor for a high challenge on Leighton Baines and Gibson also saw red for a similar challenge on Mark Noble during Everton's 2-1 win.Everton appealed against...
Christmas 2012 sees record iOS and Android activations, app downloads
Label: LifestyleMore stockings were stuffed withAndroid and iOS devices this Christmas than ever before, according to new data released today. And new device owners spent much of December 25 downloading apps for their new toys. The analytics firm Flurry said device activations soared from their daily December average of 4 million to 17.4 million on Christmas Day, a 332 percent increase. And it's more than double...
Space Pictures This Week: Green Lantern, Supersonic Star
Label: Health Green LanternImage courtesy Caltech/SSI/NASAAnother glorious, backlit view of the planet Saturn and its rings has been captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, as seen in a picture...
Putin Will Sign Ban on Adoptions to United States
Label: Business Activists protest against a bill banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children in St.Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 26, 2012. Dmitry Lovetsky/AP PhotoMOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will sign a controversial ban on adoptions to the United States, defying domestic and international criticism that the move is playing politics with the lives of orphans.The ban was added last week to...
Dec
26
Three gods: The hardest logic puzzle ever
Label: World* Required fields * First name * Last name * Country * Email address * Password Password must contain only letters and numbers, and be at least 8 characters * Confirm password...
Football: Thirteen proves lucky for Mata and Chelsea
Label: Technology NORWICH, United Kingdom: Juan Mata was the Chelsea match-winner after his goal turned out to be enough to defeat Norwich City 1-0 at Carrow Road on Wednesday.The Spain international broke the deadlock seven minutes before half-time to record his 13th goal of the season.It turned out to be a valuable one as Rafa Benitez's side were able to close the gap on Manchester City, beaten 1-0 at...
ZTE officially unveils high-end Nubia Z5
Label: LifestyleThe ZTE Nubia Z5(Credit:ZTE)Though it isn't slated for the U.S. anytime soon, ZTE's ultra high-end device, the Nubia Z5, finally launched today.The handset comes in black or white, and has a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen with a 1,920x1,080-pixel resolution and 443ppi. The display itself is manufactured by Sharp.Its aluminum uni-body design measures 5.43-inches tall, 2.71-inches wide, and it has a thin,...
Space Pictures This Week: Green Lantern, Supersonic Star
Label: Health Green LanternImage courtesy Caltech/SSI/NASAAnother glorious, backlit view of the planet Saturn and its rings has been captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, as seen in a picture...
Russia Lawmakers Pass Ban on Adoptions to US
Label: Business Dec 26, 2012 8:22am Russian police officers detain a demonstrator protesting against a bill banning US adoptions of Russian children outside the Russian parliament's upper chamber in Moscow, Dec. 26, 2012.(Misha Japaridze/AP Photo)MOSCOW — The upper house of the Russian parliament unanimously approved a ban on adoptions to the United States on Wednesday. All eyes...
Dec
25
New Scientist 2012 holiday quiz
Label: World Continue reading page |1 |2 THIS was the year we held our breath in almost unbearable anticipation while we waited to see whether physicists at the Large Hadron Collider would finally get a clear view of the Higgs boson, so tantalisingly hinted at last December. Going a bit blue, we held on through March when one of the...
Up to 27 feared dead in Kazakh plane crash
Label: Technology ALMATY, Kazakhstan: A military aircraft carrying 27 people including top members of the Kazakhstan border guard service crashed Tuesday in the south of the country with all those on board feared dead, officials said.The KNB security service said the An-72 military transport was carrying seven crew and 20 servicemen, including the acting head of the Kazakh border service Turganbek Stambekov.The...
Netflix outage mars Christmas Eve
Label: LifestyleNetflix's video streaming service suffered a Christmas Eve outage for an undetermined number of customers, the company reported via Twitter.The company first started responding to tweets about disrupted service before 1 p.m. Pacific time. About three hours later, Netflix offered an apology on its main account."We're sorry for the Christmas Eve outage. Terrible timing! Engineers are working on it now,"...
Photos: Humboldt Squid Have a Bad Day at the Beach
Label: HealthPhotograph by Chris Elmenhurst, Surf the Spot Photography“Strandings have been taking place with increased frequency along the west coast over the past ten years,” noted NOAA’s Field, “as this population of squid seems to be expanding its range—likely a consequence of climate change—and can be very abundant at times.” (Learn about other jumbo squid strandings.)Humboldt squid are typically found in...
Gunman Killed Firemen With Bushmaster, Left Note
Label: Business An convicted killer, who shot dead two firefighters with a Bushmaster assault rifle after leading them into an ambush when they responded to a house fire he set in Western New York, left behind a typewritten note saying he wanted to "do what I like doing best, killing people," police said.William Spengler, 62, set his home and a car on fire early Monday morning with the intention...
Dec
24
New Scientist 2012 holiday quiz
Label: World Continue reading page |1 |2 THIS was the year we held our breath in almost unbearable anticipation while we waited to see whether physicists at the Large Hadron Collider would finally get a clear view of the Higgs boson, so tantalisingly hinted at last December. Going a bit blue, we held on through March when one of the...
Two firefighters shot dead in New York state: police
Label: Technology NEW YORK: Two firefighters were shot dead and two others were wounded in New York state on Monday when a gunman opened fire as the emergency personnel responded to a Christmas Eve blaze, police said.The incident -- which comes as debate rages in the United States about gun control following the Newtown school massacre -- happened shortly before 6:00 am (1100 GMT) in Webster, a suburb of...
Microsoft's strategy chief limits role, will retire in 2014
Label: LifestyleMicrosoft's Craig Mundie.(Credit:Jay Greene/CNET)Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, said he will step down from his role as he prepares for his retirement in 2014. Mundie has taken on the position of "senior adviser to the CEO," according to his biography on Microsoft's Web site. His responsibilities, which include overseeing Microsoft Research and other technical strategy...
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