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Spider-Man: 5 Weird Effects of Real Spider Bites
Live Science - 3 May 2014 01:06
While spider bites rarely affect people, some of them can sometimes result in really unusual symptoms.
Managing Growth In A Volatile Market
TechCrunch - 3 May 2014 17:00
Over the past several years, founders have been operating in a steadily improving macroeconomic environment. Stock market performance has mirrored the economic recovery, with the tech-heavy NASDAQ having posted meaning...
The 5 Brightest Planets in May's Night Sky: How to See Them (and When)
SPACE.com - 3 May 2014 20:20
Stargazers have a chance to see the five brightest planets in the May night sky, weather permitting. Here's how to see Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury
Bright Galaxy Centaurus A
SpaceRef - 3 May 2014 17:29
Centaurus A is the fifth brightest galaxy in the sky -- making it an ideal target for amateur astronomers -- and is famous for the dust lane across its middle and a giant jet blasting away from the supermassive black...
Solar jet fuel has been created for the first time
Gizmodo - 3 May 2014 06:12
Maybe we won't suck up all of Earth's resources and destroy our planet just yet. Scientists say that they have created solar jet fuel using just sunlight, water and carbon dioxide for the very first time. That's basicall...
Reaching Across Space
SpaceRef - 3 May 2014 18:35
As engineer Manuel Aiple moves his gauntleted hand, the robotic hand a few metres away in ESA's telerobotics laboratory follows in sync....
The Dark Skull NW14 Laptop Decal
The Gadget Flow - 3 May 2014 07:00
Price: $20 A horror show can now come alive from your Macbooks with Frenchstickers' latest Dark Skull NW14 Laptop Decal. The minimally designed skull is an absolute geeky element from its core that looks extremely stunni...
OnePlus smashes contest rules, lets winners donate phones instead
Slash Gear - 3 May 2014 20:17
OnePlus, who offered to let you go Gallagher on your phone for the opportunity to buy their device for a buck, has reversed course. Rather than ask that you take …
Lsessons learned running Webfluential, Retroviral, and SA Cardiosyntheltics
Geek Time - 3 May 2014 20:00
"The most rewarding and challenging part in the year so far has to be the investment in human beings"
Are We Heading for a Worrying Super El Niño?
Live Science - 3 May 2014 07:15
We have only just moved into May and despite being seven months away from next summer in the southern hemisphere, climate researchers are seeing the beginnings of what could be the most powerful El Niño event since 1997...
The jury is in: Samsung infringes, but damages to Apple are a "mere" $120M
The Loop - 3 May 2014 04:02
. Ars Technica: The second blockbuster Apple v. Samsung patent trial has ended, and it looks like a Pyrrhic victory for Apple. The Cupertino company can notch a second win, but with far less damages than it requested. Ap...
Weird Stuff Warehouse's Instagram Feed Is a Graveyard of Silicon Valley Delights
Time - 3 May 2014 02:01
It's a museum pretending to be a surplus sale--or maybe the other way around
Test-driving Acompli: Could an email app be reason enough to go back to the iPhone?
Engadget - 3 May 2014 21:29
Is a particular email experience reason enough to switch smartphones, or even platforms? For me, the answer was yes. I recently retired my iPhone 4s and began using the native Android Gmail app on an HTC One. Why? Here a...
Variety: Microsoft finds a co-op partner in Showtime for Halo TV series
Engadget - 3 May 2014 19:21This is NASA's new Z-2 spacesuit
Engadget - 3 May 2014 17:27
The follow-up to NASA's rather Toy Story-esque Z-1 spacesuit was decided this week, thanks to an online poll. Three options were up for the task of being the next cover layer that will protect the Z-2, and after garnerin...
Scientists Hold Hope For New Measles Drug
Live Science - 3 May 2014 07:26
A new oral antiviral drug may be a future tool in the global fight against measles, according to a new international study.
Apple, Samsung, and The Value of Software Patents
TechPinions - 3 May 2014 06:40
I tweeted shortly after the Apple vs Samsung verdict today that I didn’t believe this case was ever about money. It was about making a point. I concluded by saying the debate will now shift to whether that point was ma...
First US Case Of Deadly MERS Virus Confirmed - CDC
IBTimes - 3 May 2014 03:34
(Reuters) - The first U.S. case of Middle East Respiratory Virus (MERS), a viral respiratory illness, has been confirmed within U.S. borders, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday A SARS-like...
'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' (Sunday's Episode 9) --Preview & Background for "The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth"
The Daily Galaxy - 3 May 2014 21:57
From one big shake up to another, in this week's episode --"The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth"-- Neil deGrasse Tyson tells more stories of Earth's violent past, starting with the Late Heavy Bombardment --a period of time a...
Finding the Strength to Reach the Ocean's Furthest Depths
Live Science - 3 May 2014 21:35
How do labs design the super foams that enable submarine exploration at the deepest depths?
The House Proposes an Extra $435 million for NASA next year
Planetary Society - 3 May 2014 20:43
Budget season is in full swing in Washington, D.C., and we're starting to see indications of how NASA will fare this year. I have to say, things are looking pretty promising.
Hardy Little Micro-Organisms From Earth Could Hitch A Ride On A Spacecraft To Colonize Mars
IBTimes - 3 May 2014 20:34
While horror movies often portray humans who fear invaders from Mars, scientists are examining what can happen when microorganisms from Earth hitch a ride on a spacecraft to Mars.