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The Policy Analysis Market (PAM), part of the FutureMAP project, was a proposed futures exchange developed by the United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and based on an idea first proposed by Net Exchange, a San Diego research fi
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Climate link to mockingbird songs
Unpredictable weather seems to stimulate chatter among birds - as well as humans - according to researchers. A team of US scientists has found that mockingbirds living in variable climates sing more elaborate songs. Complex tunes, sung by males to impress
Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’s Spread
SAN FRANCISCO — There is a new common symptom of the flu, in addition to the usual aches, coughs, fevers and sore throats. Turns out a lot of ailing Americans enter phrases like “flu symptoms” into Google and other search engines before they call their do
Google searches track flu spread
Google's philanthropic arm Google.org has released a new site that tracks the incidence of flu in the US based on terms used in Google searches.The system uses aggregated, anonymous results from searches for flu-related terms and plots their locations.The
New Hormone Data Can Predict Menopause Within A Year
For many women, including the growing number who choose later-in-life pregnancy, predicting their biological clock's relation to the timing of their menopause and infertility is critically important.A research team headed by Sowers examined the naturally
'Road map' test can predict when the menopause will start | Science ...
A test to predict when a woman will go through the menopause has been developed by scientists who believe it will provide a 'road map' of fertility for older would-be mothers.The breakthrough will also help women prepare mentally for losing their fertilit
Archinect : Features : David L. Ulin
In his book, The Myth of Solid Ground, David Ulin looks at what earthquakes might mean, from a cultural standpoint - including what scientific, or pseudo-scientific, techniques now hope to predict future seismic catastrophe. While researching the book, Ul
newsobserver.com | Doom and gloom by the volume
People in the prediction business, particularly if they are predicting doom and gloom, often are called Cassandras. But the way the Greek myth really goes is that Cassandra's punishment for spurning the love of Apollo was that she would speak the truth bu
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | World looks up for total eclipse
Eclipses were once viewed as unlucky events in China, but the country's media has rebranded the event as "the Olympic eclipse", reports said, hoping for good fortune ahead of the sporting jamboree.
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