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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.

A sordid story of scientific misconduct

Posted Apr 29, 2013 - 09:34 pm

Dutch behavioral science professor Diederik Stapel was a highly respected researcher -- until it was discovered that he had fabricated data for dozens of experiments.
Software, behavioral research, Diederik Stapel
Words of wisdom from Albert Einstein

Posted Apr 26, 2013 - 12:54 pm

Two stars 7,000 light years from Earth appear to prove Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. But evidence of the physicist's genius can be found a lot closer to home.
Software, Albert Einstein, astronomy
The Encyclopedia of Life: Better than Wikipedia!

Posted Apr 25, 2013 - 10:18 am

The Encyclopedia of Life may be the most ambitious effort ever to collect data about the living things on our planet.
Software, biology, databases
How to tell if living on Mars is 'not for you'

Posted Apr 23, 2013 - 06:38 am

Mars One officially announced on Monday a call for applicants interested in establishing a permanent colony of Earthlings on the Red Planet.
Software, applicants, mars
The splendor of Earth, courtesy of NASA

Posted Apr 22, 2013 - 04:47 pm

If anyone's going to have some good Earth Day stuff to check out, it's NASA.
Software, Earth, Earth Day
This is your country on austerity

Posted Apr 19, 2013 - 12:08 pm

Data shows economic recession and subsequent austerity policies imposed on Greece have led to a dramatic deterioration of health services and health outcomes in that country.
Software, austerity, economy
A database of more than 100,000 terrorist attacks

Posted Apr 17, 2013 - 04:19 pm

The Global Terrorism Database has compiled information on more than 100,000 acts of terrorism from 1970 through 2011.
Software, acts of terrorism, database
For tens of thousands of people, race to Mars already has begun

Posted Apr 16, 2013 - 09:36 am

Thousands of people already have applied to be among the first humans to travel to -- and in one case, permanently live on -- Mars.
Hardware, Earth, Inspiration Mars Foundation
Check out this massive music database

Posted Apr 12, 2013 - 01:39 pm

Want to learn about a band called Beat Box Creating Euphoria? You can on Discogs.
Software, beat, databases
Sad facts about suicide

Posted Apr 11, 2013 - 08:09 pm

No matter which suicide statistics you look at, the numbers tell a sad story.
Software, database, Golden Gate Bridge

October is...
Unified Communications Month

BY THE NUMBERS: UC&C

HOW-TO: Look alive and professional in Web meetings

TIP: Use your cell phone as a WiFi VOIP phone

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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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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Which makes you more productive: The iPhone 5s or Samsung Galaxy S4?

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