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| Kenya Uses Text Messages To Track Elephant Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:30:02 EDT Kenya is the first country to try elephant texting as a way to protect both a growing human population and the wild animals that now have less room to roam. |
| Another Shark "Virgin Birth" Confirmed Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:53:57 EDT Scientists in Virginia have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. The first documented case of asexual reproduction among sharks involved a pup born to a hammerhead at an Omaha, Neb., zoo. |
| Beijing Bans Cars In High Pollution Days Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:00:05 EDT Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution. |
| Recycling Baseball Memories, As Scrap Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:00:02 EDT Almost all of Detoit's Tiger Stadium is being recycled. More than 11.4 million pounds of steel and almost 17.4 million pounds of concrete and other debris may be turning up in car bodies or under roadways. |
| Being Smart About Web Mail Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:30:04 EDT if someone learns your Web mail password, it's a very difficult situation--one that may not end well. Here are some tips to prevent it. |
| Biofuel Plants Feel Pinch Of Bad Economy Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:00:04 EDT Hopes ran high in many small towns amid an explosive interest in biofuels and a rush to build large plants. Unseen by planners, however, was the coming spike in crop prices and a financial meltdown rivaling the Great Depression. |
| Blackberry's New "Storm" Rolls In Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:03:57 EDT Research In Motion and Verizon Wireless officially introduced the first touch-screen BlackBerry to the world: the RIM BlackBerry Storm. |
| Stem Cells From Testicles Show Promise Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:00:06 EDT Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. |
| Glowing Jellyfish Leads To Chemistry Nobel Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:00:04 EDT Two Americans and a U.S.-based Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discovery and development of a protein that literally illuminates key processes such as the spread of cancer inside living organisms. |
| Starbucks In Hot Water Over Water Use Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:00:06 EDT Environmentalists are boiling mad at the chain for allegedly wasting millions of gallons a year. Susan Koeppen looked into it. |
| Blown Budget Threatens NASA's Mars Plans Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:48:19 EDT Will NASA's flagship mission to Mars fly next year? The space agency could decide this week whether to cancel, delay or proceed with plans to launch a nuclear-powered, SUV-size rover to the red planet. |
| Geothermal Energy Gathering Steam Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:30:04 EDT An unusual combination of economic and environmental forces have created a "perfect storm" that could help geothermal shed its back-seat status to its renewable cousins wind and solar energy. |
| 2 Japanese, 1 American Share Physics Nobel Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:00:05 EDT Two Japanese citizens and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries in the world of subatomic physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced. |
| "Mail Goggles" To Combat Stupid E-mails Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:00:02 EDT This feature is designed to prevent you from sending stupid e-mails in the small hours, when you're most likely to be inebriated and at risk of making a complete idiot of yourself. |
| Emerging Market Investment: Safe Bet? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:27:58 EDT But before you start stuffing money under your mattress, consider going online to loan some of it to a strawberry farmer in Ecuador, a secondhand clothing store in Senegal or a health food store in Zapata, Texas. |
| Parents Get Key To Slow Teen Drivers Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:00:04 EDT Ford will roll out a new feature on many 2010 models that can limit teen drivers to 80 mph, using a computer chip in the key. |
| Judge Halts Sales Of RealDVD Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:30:04 EDT A judge has ordered RealNetworks to suspend the sale of RealDVD, the controversial software that hands users the ability to copy and store films to a hard drive. |
| The Race For The Electric Car Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:00:05 EDT The race to develop and build the first viable, affordable electric car is on, as Silicon Valley has gotten into the game. And as Lesley Stahl reports, Detroit is taking notice. |
| 3 Europeans Take Nobel Prize In Medicine Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:30:04 EDT Three European scientists will share the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases. |
| Attempt To Breed Rare Chinese Turtle Fails Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:30:02 EDT When the two rare Yangtze giant soft-shell turtles mated last spring, scientists were hopeful that their attempts to keep the species from fading into extinction would be a success. But conservationists announced that the turtles' eggs didn't hatch. |
| Strippers, Coke Inspire Sci-Prize Winners Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:00:05 EDT The Ig Nobel prize, the annual award given by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine to oddball but often surprisingly practical scientific achievements, were announced. |
| Diary Survives 37-Mile Fall To Earth Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:30:04 EDT Pages from an Israeli astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display this weekend for the first time in Jerusalem. |
| Cincinnati Offers Grants For Green Roofs Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:06 EDT Officials want to see more green roofs on building tops in Cincinnati. The City Council became the first in Ohio with a plan to channel grants and loans to residents and businesses to replace tar and shingles with vegetation. |
| Entire Ecosystem Proposed For Protection Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:30:05 EDT The government is taking a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list, proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species that live only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. |
| Netflix Adding More New Movies On-Demand Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:31:45 EDT A new partnership with Starz will offer subscribers 2,500 additional movies, icluding current hits such as No Country for Old Men, Superbad, and Ratatouille, as well as indie films, concerts, and classic movies. |
| Fat Dolphins Put On Diet At Japanese Park Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:30:05 EDT Dolphins at a Japanese marine park are going on a low-fat diet after developing pot bellies and failing to look sharp in their aquatic performances. |
| Congressional Web Site Slammed By E-Mails Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:16:44 EDT The Web site for the House of Representatives has been overwhelmed this week by a deluge of visitors trying to e-mail their congressmen and download the financial bailout bill the House rejected. |
| Mars Lander Finds Evidence Of Water Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:00:03 EDT NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported. |
| Counting On Computers To Count The Votes Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:04:47 EDT Some of the country's leading experts on electronic voting are worried about how Americans' ballots will be tallied this November. CBS News tech analyst Larry Magid reports. |
| The Power Of Pond Scum Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:30:04 EDT A bioreactor of clear plastic tubes in the Netherlands is producing algae in pressure-cooker fashion that its manufacturer hopes will one day power jet aircraft. |
| A Trip Inside The "Big Bang Machine" Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:30:04 EDT Steve Kroft gets an inside look at one of the biggest science experiments ever: the Large Hadron Collider, which sits 300 feet below Switzerland cost $8 billion to build. |
| Internet Radio Bill Passes House Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:33:02 EDT The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that Web radio stations have painted as life or death for their services. |
| Google Opposes Anti-Gay Marriage Ban Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:20:23 EDT Google has taken a public stand against Proposition 8, an anti-gay marriage measure on the November ballot in California. |
| Chinese Astronauts Return To Earth Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:49:39 EDT Chinese astronauts returned to earth and emerged triumphant from their capsule Sunday after successfully completing the country's first-ever spacewalk mission. |
| Apple Eases iTunes Access For The Blind Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:00:02 EDT Apple has agreed to program its digital music service with software that blind people use to read the Internet. |
| Japan's Online Social Scene: Not So Social Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:30:05 EDT Social networking sites are wildly successful in Japan. But most users don't reveal anything about themselves. Posting pet videos is far more popular, and has bred a generation of animal celebrities. |
| Astronaut Makes China's First Spacewalk Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:00:05 EDT A Chinese astronaut on Saturday performed the nation's first-ever spacewalk, the latest milestone in an ambitious program that is increasingly rivaling the United States and Russia in its rapid expansion. |
| Will Americans Call On Mobile Banking? Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:20:04 EDT More cell phone operators and financial companies are jumping on the mobile financial-service bandwagon, but it remains to be seen if U.S. cell phone subscribers are even interested. |
| Human Jet Zooms Across English Channel Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:30:08 EDT A Swiss adventurer successfully crossed the English Channel with a homemade jet-propelled wing, a day after calling off his initial attempt due to bad weather. |
| Nonverbal Often Worth 1,000 Debate Words Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:30:04 EDT A long sigh, a peek at a watch, a five o'clock shadow: An expert explains how appearance and gestures can tip the scales in a debate as much as anything a candidate says, on The Early Show. |
| China Verges On First Spacewalk Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:00:02 EDT China successfully launched a three-man crew into space to carry out the country's first spacewalk, beginning the nation's most challenging space mission since it first sent a person into space in 2003. |
| $222K Illegal Downloading Verdict Tossed Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:29:58 EDT A federal judge threw out the verdict against Jammie Thomas, the peer-to-peer network user ordered to pay the recording industry $222,000 for allegedly sharing music online. |
| Greenhouse Gasses: Going Once, Twice ... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:00:02 EDT Greenhouse gas is on the auction block as 10 northeastern states hold the nation's first sale of pollution credits aimed at curbing global warming. |
| New Trial Granted In Music Download Case Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:00:04 EDT A federal judge granted a new trial to a Minnesota woman convicted of pirating music files in the nation's first file-sharing trial, ruling Wednesday he made an error in the jury instructions that "substantially prejudiced" her rights. |
| It's A Bird, It's A Plane... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:00:03 EDT Swiss pilot Yves Rossy is set to cross the English Channel strapped to a homemade jet-propelled wing, organizers say. |
| Google Street View A Child Safety Threat? Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:03 EDT A new child safety campaign is targeting Google Street View, claiming that the image-mapping feature aids potential predators. CBS News Technology Analyst Larry Magid disagrees. |
| California Bans Texting While Driving Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:30:05 EDT California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a law making it illegal to read or send text messages while driving in California. |