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  • Tuesday, 07 September 2010
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Children's eyes are also affected by electronic gadgets

Millions Likely Suffering From Computer Vision Syndrome

Medical condition is associated with our addiction to digital devices

British physicist Stephen Hawking  (File)

Physicist Stephen Hawking: God Did Not Create Universe

Hawking argues that origin of universe was inevitable consequence of laws of physics

Fun and Games

Can online gaming be profitable as well as fun?

Peace Corps volunteers like Sonia Morhange, seen here in Rwanda, are no longer as isolated from home as they once were.

Technology Changes Peace Corps Experience

Cell phones and Internet transform how volunteers do their work and stay in touch

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as he speeches during a ceremony of inauguration of the Karrar

Iran Plans to Create Domestic Internet Search Engine

Iranian president says his country must start the process of developing its own indigenous knowledge base

Where Did All The Oil Go?

The BP well may have stopped leaking raw petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico, but what happened to the oil that did spill?

Apple's new iPod shuffle

Apple Introduces New iPod Music Player

Tiny iPod Shuffle sells for $49

Special glasses can deliver high resolution 3D by blinking rapidly to bring a different image to each eye

Companies Race to Bring 3D to Consumers

Technology companies investing heavily in consumer 3D

Footprints on the Internet

Who's watching you online? You might be surprised.

Cyber Attacks Againts US Military Computers Increase Sharply

Officials reveal major cyber attack in 2008 that served as wake-up call to threat

The earth is chapped with parching at a corn field, some 30 km (18  miles) south of Moscow after weeks of intense heat and drought, one of the worst in decades as much of the country's hottest summer since record-keeping began 130 years ago, 8 Aug 2010

New Corn Varieties Could Combat Famine During Drought

New study finds adoption of drought resistant corn could save African farmers, earn them nearly $1 billion in coming years

The Electronic Rumor Mill

President Obama a Muslim? When rumor goes viral on the Internet.

US-Sponsored Fellowship Program Benefits Women Scientists in Africa

Program seeks to promote continent's agricultural development

Deep Water Plume Persists Months After BP Oil Well Blowout

Oil-eating microbes not significantly breaking down oil

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