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“Extinct” Crocodile Claws Its Way Back to Survival
PHNOM PENH – Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) once ranged far and wide across South-east Asia, from Indonesia to Vietnam, Laos to Thailand. But habitat loss and poaching virtually wiped out the 10 foot long reptiles. Twenty years ago t...
MIT researchers develop liquid metal battery for the grid and the home
By Joseph L. Flatley We’ve see plenty of green power research over the years, from solar plants to underwater turbines , but relying on the sun or the sea for electricity is not without its challenges: the sun doesn’t always shine, for in...
Internet Explorer 9 to sport GPU acceleration and HTML5 support
By Vladislav Savov Even if you don’t have a favored fighter in the browser wars, you have to admit Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has been looking mighty unfit over the last few years. Younger and fitter contenders like Mozilla’s Fir...
Hi-Def DSLRs May Be Cheap, But Talent Is Priceless
By Brendan Seibel When Vincent Laforet released Reverie last year, the digital revolution seemed poised to sweep across the world of moviemaking. Shot entirely on a prototype of Canon’s then yet-to-be-released EOS 5D Mark II, the short film reveale...
Cracked Corn: Scientists Solve Maize’s Genetic Maze
A TOUGH KERNEL TO CRACK: Although mapping the corn genome was a challenging project for researchers to sink their teeth into, other plants, such as wheat and pine, promise to be even more genetically complex. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/JOHANN JARITZ Boast...
War Is Peace: Can Science Fight Media Disinformation?
In the 24/7 Internet world, people make lots of claims. Science provides a guide for testing them By Lawrence M. Krauss When I saw the statement repeated online that theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking of the University of Cambridge would be dead ...

