Cryptochromes, which fulfill the molecular requirements for sensing the magnetic reference direction, have recently been found in retinal neurons of migratory birds .
China has discovered 42 glaciers on the roof of the world, the Qinghai-Tibet plateau where ice is shrinking due to global warming, and the group could be the biggest of them all, state media said on Tuesday.
You might have heard of the concept of a bachelor auction. Usually a group of hunks is auctioned off for a good cause, to whichever woman can "buy him." (Even Frasier and Cheers had episodes featuring such auctions). It's usually for charity. Well, they say charity begins at home, right?
Do you like The Beatles but only certain kinds of their songs? What if you want music to go jogging but you don't know the names of artists you might like for that?UC San Diego researchers are working on a music search engine that lets you use natural language to figure out what you want.
Microsoft has admitted it screwed up when it released the U.S. version of the Halo 3 Limited Edition --the discs were able to unseat themselves and get scratched up in the case. You'd think with all the technology today they could figure out how to keep a disc seated.
Bacteria play a deadly role in transmitting infectious disease, but some are now being engineered to become highly efficientfactories for plant compounds that could keep us from getting sick and old.
Motorola's plan is to have WiMax follow the Wi-Fi model, with WiMax embedded into all sorts of products, beginning with laptops, said Motorola's WiMax business development manager Tom Mitoraj.
What killed the wooly mammoths? Overhunting, climate change and disease lead the list of probable causes but a once-ridiculed theory is now being supported by an international team of scientists; namely that a comet or meteorite exploded over the planet roughly 12,900 years ago, causing the abrupt climate changes that led to the extinction of the wooly mammoth and other giant prehistoric beasts.
Shades of the Intel Pentium floating point bug (not only do I remember that bug, I even recall receiving a replacement Pentium). A Microsoft developer has confirmed on the Excel blog yesterday that there's an issue with certain calculations in Excel 2007 that result in the number being displayed improperly (as opposed to being calculated improperly; you could multiply the result by a number to see the value itself was correct).
