from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100909004112.htm ScienceDaily (Sep. 9, 2010) — A team of astrophysicists based in Australia and England has uncovered evidence that the laws of physics are different in different parts of the universe. The team — from the University of New South Wales, Swinburne University of Technology and the University of Cambridge — has submitted a [...]
Archive for October, 2010
from http://www.thestar.com/living/article/879692–how-twitter-can-predict-the-financial-markets Tweets about emotional states of calm or anxiety can be used to track the ups and downs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers at Indiana University-Bloomington’s Centre for Complex Networks and Systems Research. Johan Bollen, an associate professor at the school of Informatics [...]
from http://www.fastcompany.com/1695266/your-average-pharmacy-zinc-product-to-the-rescue-for-developing-world-kids A product that is supposed to help you buffer off colds is none other than zinc–which you’ve probably seen readily available at the grocery store or pharmacy during this cold and flu season–and just this week the International Zinc Association (IZA) partnered up with UNICEF to help fight other zinc-deficient-related and co-habiting illnesses, [...]
from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/business/media/22williams.html?_r=1&hp NPR’s decision on Wednesday to fire Juan Williams and Fox News Channel’s decision on Thursday to give him a new contract put into sharp relief the two forms of journalism that compete every day for Americans’ attention. Mr. Williams’s NPR contract was terminated two days after he said on an opinionated segment on [...]