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by Chris Nerney

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Chris Nerney writes about research news and the latest discoveries in the areas of science, technology, space and psychology.

Apple's helpful guidelines for competitors to avoid patent infringement

Posted Dec 05, 2011 - 04:03 pm

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flickr/clintonjeff
Apple, design
Elon Musk's 80,000-person Mars colony: Daring dream or crazy talk? Tell us!

Posted Nov 27, 2012 - 02:59 pm

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about NASA's commitment to get "back to the moon," as an agency official said. I was unenthused:
Elon Musk, mars
Science panel only 95% certain that humans are causing global warming, so obviously the debate rages on!

Posted Aug 20, 2013 - 04:54 pm

The percentage of scientists convinced that human activity is causing global warming continues to rise, but that won't matter to the climate-change deniers.
climate change, global warming
Actually, NASA, we were counting on you to find the asteroids that could kill us

Posted Jun 19, 2013 - 01:35 pm

When our space agency turns to citizen astronomers to help find dangerous asteroids, is it time to worry?
asteroids, dinosaurs
An economist's dire warning about global warming

Posted Jun 03, 2013 - 01:49 pm

By ignoring the potential consequences of global warming, we are making a dangerous bet, warns a Harvard economics professor.
climate change, economy
Distracting sounds linked to diminished focus, memory, according to LSU study

Posted Sep 18, 2012 - 02:51 pm

A new study concludes that sounds unrelated to a listener’s immediate task – otherwise known as “distractions” – can hurt cognitive performance. The Louisiana State University research appears to provide yet more evidence that multitasking – engaging in multiple activities simultaneously – diminishes a person’s focus and productivity.
Emily Elliott, Louisiana State University
Global-warming deniers in U.S. declining, Yale study reports

Posted Oct 18, 2012 - 06:06 pm

Despite an intense politically and economically driven war against science, logic and common sense, more Americans are buying into the theory -- supported by the vast majority of climate researchers -- that the Earth actually, truly is warming.
climate scientists, global warming
How can anybody truly believe there's no life on any other planet?

Posted Jan 07, 2013 - 09:32 pm

With at least 17 billion planets about the size of Earth in the Milky Way, how can it be possible that there's no life elsewhere?
extraterrestrial life, galaxies
Rats on Mars or nuts on Earth? You decide!

Posted Dec 10, 2012 - 04:29 pm

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ITworld/Steve Traynor
conspiracy theories, curiosity
The (literally) unbelievable UFO war in Antarctica

Posted Oct 29, 2012 - 03:41 pm

You may not have heard about this, what with all the coverage of Hurricane Sandy and the U.S.
aliens, antarctica

October is...
Unified Communications Month

BY THE NUMBERS: UC&C

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TOOLBOX: Six alternative tools for small business collaboration

CASE STUDY: Enterprise social network moves ad agency into the future

Microsoft's Security Essentials isn't the best antivirus program, according to Microsoft

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AMD pushes forward with new video cards and a few surprises

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Change Microsoft Office 2013's default search engine from Bing to Google

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See - and hear - what it was like to surf the web 20 years ago

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Valve completes its trifecta of announcements with the Steam Controller

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