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NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women

2013-06-17 15:19:24 UTC
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has eight new astronauts — its first new batch in four years. The space agency announced its newest astronaut class Monday. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in ne...

New lungs buy time but don't cure cystic fibrosis

2013-06-17 04:34:32 UTC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who fought for a lung transplant has a difficult journey ahead. The transplant isn't a cure for her cystic fibrosis, and new lungs don't tend to last as long as other transplanted organs. ...

Microsoft brings Office to iPhone, but not tablets

2013-06-15 17:20:10 UTC
NEW YORK (AP) — Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft's Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as it tries to boost sales of tablet computers running it...

Ideas for keeping your data safe from spying

2013-06-15 07:03:53 UTC
LONDON (AP) — Phone call logs, credit card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook message, and more: The precise nature of the NSA's sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed. But given the revelations spilling out into the media ...

Google launches Internet-beaming balloons

2013-06-15 07:02:04 UTC
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into ...

In the real world, cheetahs rarely go all out

2013-06-13 08:29:56 UTC
Cheetahs may run down a track faster than any other land animal. But in the wild, the cats rarely hit top speed; it’s quick bursts of acceleration and sudden slow-downs that get the cats their dinner. “They’re not going particularly quickly usu...

Google asks to publish more US gov't information

2013-06-12 06:07:08 UTC
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is asking the Obama administration for permission to disclose more details about the U.S. government's demands for email and other personal information transmitted online in an effort to distance itself from an ...

Is Big Data turning government into 'Big Brother?'

2013-06-07 16:13:25 UTC
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials. The r...

'Internship' film focuses on Google's good side

2013-06-05 04:31:55 UTC
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — This scene isn't in the movie, but it might have been fitting if "The Internship" had ended with stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson wearing ruby red shoes while clicking their heels and dreamily whispering, "There's no p...

Zynga to cut 520 jobs amid performance woes

2013-06-04 05:25:41 UTC
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Online game maker Zynga Inc. said Monday that it is cutting 520 jobs, about 18 percent of its workforce, in a cost-saving move designed to help it adapt to consumers shifting game play from computers to mobile devices. Zy...

Judge: Google must give user info to FBI

2013-06-02 05:10:58 UTC
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google must comply with the FBI's demand for data on certain customers as part of a national security investigation, according to a ruling by a federal judge who earlier this year determined such government requests are un...

Judge orders Google to give customer data to FBI

2013-06-01 05:33:06 UTC
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI's warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company's argument that the government's practice of issuing so-called national security letters ...

QE2 asteroid to fly by Earth from safe distance

2013-05-29 05:55:09 UTC
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid more than 1½ miles long will zoom past Earth this week from a far-off distance. The big rock called Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest approach Friday. It will keep a safe distance of 3.6 million m...

EU: Google must up offer to settle antitrust case

2013-05-28 16:07:08 UTC
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's competition chief says Google will have to offer more changes to the way it displays search results to settle a pending antitrust case. Joaquin Almunia told the European Parliament Tuesday that the period ...

How roaches developed disgust at first bite

2013-05-27 07:59:51 UTC
Cockroaches that don’t fall for traps’ sweet poisons have evolved taste cells that register sugar as bitter. In certain groups of the widespread German cockroach (Blattella germanica), nerve cells that normally detect bitter, potentially toxic ...

The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony

2013-05-24 16:31:19 UTC
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U a...

Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate

2013-05-23 17:42:58 UTC
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good. The U.S. Geological Study says populations of frogs, sala...

More tornadoes from global warming?

2013-05-23 05:27:23 UTC
A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: Q. Is global warming to blame? A. You can't blame a single weather event on global warming. In any case, scientists just don't know whether there ...

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

2013-05-22 00:07:29 UTC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power...

Mice return from a month in space

2013-05-20 04:47:58 UTC
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. Fewer than half of the 53 mice and oth...

NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak

2013-05-18 16:36:52 UTC
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An impromptu spacewalk over the weekend seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday. The "gusher" erupted a week ago, prompting the hastiest repair job ever by re...

UK court jails 4 Lulzsec hackers for cyberattacks

2013-05-18 05:26:59 UTC
LONDON (AP) — Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday. The hackers, who were affi...

Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos

2013-05-16 05:12:15 UTC
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes. A prominent expert called the work a l...

Google poised to show off latest devices, services

2013-05-15 06:28:49 UTC
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is expected to use its annual software developers' conference to showcase the latest mobile devices running on its Android software, while also unveiling other features in its evolving product line-up. The g...

Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2013 so far

2013-05-14 06:30:00 UTC
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sun has fired off a massive flare, the strongest solar eruption this year. The powerful flare occurred Sunday and erupted on the side of the sun that was not facing Earth. While the planet was not hit with radiati...