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Embarrass Yourself No Longer!
Science & Tech  (tags: Mail Goggles, Google, gmail, indiscretions, embarrassment )

Ombretta
- 41 days ago - nytimes.com
Drunken phone calls to ex-spouses, old lovers, and other bothersome entities have morphed into drunken emails and text messages. Now there's a way to help you avoid sending those 2 AM emails you wish you hadn't.
Dracula's Children
Science & Tech  (tags: vampire bats, leeches, taxonomy, hematophagy )

Ombretta
- 40 days ago - nytimes.com
Wildly interesting story of the lives and hardships of a variety of creatures that have evolved to live on the blood of other beings. Great info on how they are equipped to get their nourishment and how their bodies are adapted for it.
The Global Viral Forecasting Initiative: Keeping New Diseases at Bay
Science & Tech  (tags: viruses, pandemics, bushmeat, blood, disease, HIV, Ebola. Africa, Nathan Wolfe )

Ombretta
- 40 days ago - nytimes.com
Dr. Nathan Wolfe & his team devote their time trying to identify & contain potential pandemics before they can wreak worldwide havoc. He's examining primate-to-human & other animal transmissions, because 60% of new human pathogens originate in animals.
The Resurgence of Nuclear Power
Science & Tech  (tags: nuclear power, nuclear plants, contamination, energy, nuclear waste, France, Northrop Grumman )

Ombretta
- 35 days ago - nytimes.com
Thirty years have passed since a nuclear plant has been built in the US, and during that time many older plants have been decommissioned. But that's about to change: according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 21 companies want to build 34 new plants.
Little Brown Bat Die-Off Traced to Fungus
Science & Tech  (tags: little brown bats, fungus, white-nose syndrome, hibernation )

Ombretta
- 29 days ago - nytimes.com
The massive die-off of little brown bats in the northeast US has been linked to a fungus by the National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin. Researchers say they think the fungus invades the bats' bodies during hibernation and they starve to death.
Astronomy Picture of the Day : 2008 November 03: A Spectacular Rayed Crater on Mercury
Science & Tech  (tags: Mercury, craters, NASA, spacecraft, APL, Astronomy )

Blue
- 26 days ago - antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov
Pictured, a particularly spectacular rayed crater spanning approximately 80 kilometers was imaged by MESSENGER during last month's flyby from about 20,000 kilometers up. The rays prevalence is a mystery because space weathering effects such as dust ...
The Intriguing Science of Word Analysis: Counting & Categorization
Science & Tech  (tags: words, language, analysis, meaning, emotions, psychology, writing, research )

Ombretta
- 45 days ago - nytimes.com
Professor James W. Pennebaker, a psychology professor at the University of Texas, says the message is not only in the what ut also the how. Read about how he parses language to identify meaning and emotion.
Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish
Science & Tech  (tags: cookies, internet spying, internet activity, privacy, Adzilla )

Ombretta
- 49 days ago - bits.blogs.nytimes.com
Score a victory for North American computer potatoes. Adzilla provides internet snoop services to businesses & has folded its American operations. Adzilla will now pitch their services in Asia, "where there is a different view of privacy."
Locked Out of Your Email? Tough Luck
Science & Tech  (tags: email, identity security, Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft, passwords, tech support )

Ombretta
- 56 days ago - nytimes.com
If you screw up entering your id & password information enough times, Gmail will lock up your account - and there's no one to call. Same for Microsoft & Yahoo, unless you are a premium paying customer. What to do?
Science News / Fluorescent Bulbs Offer Mercury Advantage
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, research, science )

Ilona
- 58 days ago - sciencenews.org
The big surprise: Relying on fluorescent lights may also cut how much mercury -- that toxic metallic element -- is released into the environment each year.
 
 
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