The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday designated 1.6 million acres in California as critical habitat for the endangered red-legged frog, made famous by Mark Twain in his story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras ...
Ecology
Mar 16, 2010
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(AP) -- Researchers say Microsoft's Bing search engine is gaining market share in the U.S.
Internet
Mar 16, 2010
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Tourists wanting to watch and swim with dolphins are now being urged to keep their distance in a bid to protect both the animals and the local communities whose livelihoods depend on them.
Ecology
Mar 16, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Advertisements and catalogs featuring plus-size models are unlikely to work on their intended customers, according to a new study by an ASU researcher and her colleagues.
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2010
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(AP) -- Magazine publishers may have a new way to boost flagging circulation: the iPad.
Internet
Mar 16, 2010
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To understand how information spreads among people, Swedish physicists and sociologists have studied a Brazilian Web forum for discussing escorts, high-end prostitutes. The study is probably the first to demonstrate that ...
Mathematics
Mar 16, 2010
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(AP) -- Google is taking another swipe at Apple with an upgrade of its Nexus One mobile phone.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 16, 2010
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Recognize Symbolics.com? Probably not. But 25 years ago this week the Massachusetts computer maker played a bit role in history -- it was the first company to register a .com address on what would eventually become known ...
Internet
Mar 16, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- E-readers that can be bent and folded, "smart" bandages that signal when they need changing based on oxygen levels, and biodegradable radio frequency identification tags that help companies track and manage ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 16, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona engineers find swapping one chemical for another may actually result in greater energy use, compounding the problems the new chemical was supposed to fix.
Environment
Mar 16, 2010
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