Dec
08

Australian DJs Behind Prank Call Under Fire

An outpouring of anger is being directed today at the two Australian radio hosts after the death of a nurse who was caught in the DJs' prank call to hospital where Kate Middleton was treated earlier this week.Lord Glenarthur, the chairman of King Edward VII's Hospital - the U.K. hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was receiving treatment, condemned the prank in a letter...
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Dec
07

Twin spacecraft map the mass of the man in the moon

Flora Graham, deputy editor, newscientist.com(Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MIT/GSFC)Twin spacecraft orbiting the moon have created an incredibly detailed map of our companion. In this image, the moon's normally sober appearance has been enhanced with colours to represent variations in its structure - red indicates more massive areas and blue corresponds to less mass. The two satellites that made the...
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Football: City will benefit from European exit: Ferguson

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says that Manchester City's European demise has given Roberto Mancini's side a clear advantage in the race for the Premier League title.City, who host leaders United on Sunday, failed to clinch a place in the Europa League after finishing bottom of their Champions League group following defeat by German side Borussia Dortmund...
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Is Xiaomi China's Apple? Its CEO plays the Steve Jobs role well

The Xiaomi MI-Two next to the HTC One X+ (middle) and the Samsung Galaxy S3.(Credit:CNET Asia)There's a company operating in China that is called the next Apple by supporters, and is run by a founder that has achieved Steve Jobs-like status among his firm's followers.Xiaomi Technology may be largely unknown to the outside world, but in China it's a household name, Reuters reports in a detailed profile...
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Photos: Best Camera-Trap Pictures of 2012

Photograph courtesy Zhou Zhefeng, BBC Wildlife Magazine A leopard seems to strike a regal pose in China in the winning photograph of the annual BBC Wildlife Camera Trap Competition.Photographer Zhou Zhefeng snagged both the top prize and a category win for Animal Portraits.Established in 2010, the contest features the most "visually exciting" or significant camera-trap images taken by conservationists...
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Nurse Duped by 'Queen's' Prank Call Found Dead

The hospital receptionist who was hoaxed by a prank call from a DJ claiming to be the queen asking about Kate Middleton has been found dead."It is with very deep sadness that we confirm the tragic death of a member of our nursing staff," the hospital said in a statement released today.The nurse was identified as Jacintha Saldanha. The hospital said that Saldanha worked at the...
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Dec
06

Today on New Scientist: 6 December 2012

Deep inside a mouse's ear, a swirling galaxy of cells The winner of the GenArt 2012 image competition reveals the power of deep genetic sequencing to understand deafnessKyoto protocol gets a second lease of life Just weeks before it is due to expire, the world's only binding climate agreement appears to have been saved - sort ofZoologger: The toughest eggs in the world The eggs of the tiny seed...
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ECB slashes growth forecasts, keeps door open to rate cuts

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank slashed its eurozone growth forecasts Thursday, keeping the door open to more interest rates cuts, even as it insisted it was up to governments to solve the debt crisis.As widely expected, the ECB's decision-making governing council voted to leave the bank's main refinancing rate at a historic low of 0.75 percent at its last policy meeting this year.But...
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Will the Samsung Galaxy S IV be 'unbreakable'?

Will the next Samsung Galaxy flagship phone bring a comic book dream to life and be truly "unbreakable."(Credit:CNET)If the rumors are true, Samsung is looking to go big with its next flagship Android phone, presumably to be the Galaxy S IV.Not only is it rumored that the next batch of galactic goodies will pack a quad-core processor and 13-megapixel camera, as CNET's Scott Webster recently reported,...
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High-Voltage DC Breakthrough Could Boost Renewable Energy

Patrick J. Kiger Thomas Edison championed direct current, or DC, as a better mode for delivering electricity than alternating current, or AC. But the inventor of the light bulb lost the War of the Currents. Despite Edison's sometimes flamboyant efforts—at one point he electrocuted a Coney Island zoo elephant in an attempt to show the technology's hazards—AC is the primary way that electricity...
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