
Citizen Scientists Rival Experts in Analyzing Land-Cover Data
Data gathered and analyzed
by non-experts can rival the
quality of data from
experts, shows a new study
of crowdsourced data from
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NASA Releases Images of Earth by Two Interplanetary Spacecraft
Color and black-and-white
images of Earth taken by two
NASA interplanetary
spacecraft on July 19 show
our planet and its moon as
... > full story

Internet's Backbone Can Readily Be Made More Sustainable, Experts Say
The US Department of Energy
has announced that it wants
to establish minimum energy
efficiency standards for all
computers and servers sold ... > full story

NASA Interplanetary Probes to Take Pictures of Earth
Two NASA spacecraft, one
studying the Saturn system,
the other observing Mercury,
are maneuvering into place
to take pictures of Earth on
July 19 and 20. ... > full story
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Turning Unused TV Frequencies Into Wireless Broadband
July 31, 2013 Every day in Singapore, millions of mobile devices connect to the web wirelessly. The rapid growth of data traffic is putting a strain on current network infrastructure, prompting a need for ... > full story -
A Maternal Junk Food Diet Alters Development of Opioid Pathway in the Offspring
July 30, 2013 New animal research suggests that maternal diet during pregnancy can alter the development of a signalling pathway associated with reward processing in the ... > full story -
Psychotherapy Via Internet as Good as If Not Better Than Face-to-Face Consultations
July 30, 2013 Does psychotherapy via the Internet work? Clinical researchers have studied whether online psychotherapy and conventional face-to-face therapy are equally effective in experiments. Based on earlier ... > full story -
Decision Aids Reduce Men's Conflict About PSA Screening, but Don't Change Their Decisions
July 29, 2013 Men who decide to be screened for prostate cancer and those who forgo PSA screening stick with their decisions after receiving materials explaining the risks and benefits of the test. The decision ... > full story -
Video Killed the Interview Star
July 29, 2013 Using video conferencing for job interviews disadvantages both employers and candidates. In simulated job interviews, candidates who were interviewed by video-conferencing were rated lower by ... > full story -
Is Facebook Actually Making Communication About Products and Brands More Interesting?
July 26, 2013 Communication channels such as Facebook may be leading consumers to discuss more interesting products, according to a new ... > full story -
Profile of Likely E-Mail Phishing Victims Emerges in Human Factors/ergonomics Research
July 25, 2013 A new paper describes behavioral, cognitive, and perceptual attributes of e-mail users who are vulnerable to phishing attacks. Phishing is the use of fraudulent e-mail correspondence to obtain ... > full story -
Facebook Infidelity Examined in New Research
July 24, 2013 Researchers looked at instances of infidelity occurring through Facebook interactions to develop a process model for the stages of coping with knowledge of the ... > full story -
Technology Could Be 'Aggravating' Factor in Sentencing
July 23, 2013 Existing criminal offenses which feature the use of computers could be treated in the same way as offenses involving driving, researchers ... > full story -
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Computer System Automatically Generates TCP Congestion-Control Algorithms
July 18, 2013 Computer-designed algorithms for controlling network congestion yield transmission rates two to three times as high as those designed by ... > full story
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