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Test-tube meat burger is in the works
Would you eat mystery meat grown in a lab if doing so was better for the environment? The debate may seem abstract, but scientists could turn a test-tube burger into reality by October.
The $330,000 project being conducted by Mark Post, chairman of...Tags: Tyson Foods Incorporated, Hamburgers, Science and Technology, Vancouver (Canada), Lifestyle and Leisure
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Google sneaked tracking files onto iPhones, privacy researcher says
Google Inc. is under fire once again after allegations that it circumvented privacy protections built into the iPhone in order to track what users are doing online.
A privacy researcher at Stanford University said Friday that the Internet search giant...Tags: Culture, New Products, Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Apple iPhone
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Federal lawmakers question if Google violated FTC agreement
In the wake of evidence that Google Inc. circumvented privacy protections on the iPhone, federal lawmakers are asking if the company violated the terms of its broad privacy settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC settlement, finalized in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, New Products, Economy, Business and Finance, Software Industry, Apple iPhone
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U.S. colleges: What bad economy? Gifts rise 8.2% to $30.3 billion
Nation NowDonations to U.S. colleges and universities rose 8.2% last year as the institutions of higher education improved their financial condition after some tough economic years, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Council for Aid to Education.... -
Personal car-sharing is a new twist on auto rentals
Reporting from San Francisco -- Emily Castor's metallic gray Honda has been driven by dozens of people she's never met.
They treat it well, pay any tickets they get and do the dirty work of finding a legal parking spot when they return it to her...Tags: Mila Kunis, University of California, Los Angeles, Vehicles, University of California, Berkeley, Economy, Business and Finance
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Suddenly, the pressure is off
Among the college-bound crowd of America's high school seniors, this is the time to exhale.
A happy few have been accepted by early admissions programs at the campuses of their dreams. Diana Orozco, a senior at Brentwood School, for example, has an...Tags: Schools, New York University, High Schools, University of Pennsylvania, Yosemite National Park
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Google's first hire, Craig Silverstein, leaves for start-up
This post has been updated with comment from Google and the Khan Academy, as noted below.Google's first hired employee, Craig Silverstein, is leaving the tech giant where he's worked since its founding to sign on with the rising education start-up Khan Academy. Silverstein -- who was technically Google's third employee, after co-founders...Tags: Larry Page, Sandwiches, Foods and Beverages, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace
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Funding of alternative treatments questioned
Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, scientists now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. For $666,000 in federal research money, we can be certain that distant prayer cannot heal AIDS....Tags: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Research, Personal Service, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Pancreatic Cancer
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Campaign trail monkey business
Now that Michele Bachmann has dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination, we are left with an array of the usual suspects in American politics — namely a bunch of men who seem to spend much of their lives bragging about how tough...Tags: Rick Perry, Culture, Michele M. Bachmann, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney
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When college applicants plagiarize, Turnitin can spot them
The student's admissions essay for Boston University's MBA program was about persevering in the business world. "I have worked for organizations in which the culture has been open and nurturing, and for others that have been elitist. In the latter case,...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Students, Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Helen Gurley Brown gives Stanford, Columbia $30 million
TechnologyHelen Gurley Brown is giving Stanford School of Engineering and Columbia University Journalism School a joint gift of $30 million for media innovation.... -
Was one of Georgetown's canine mascots a war hero?
Sports NowFOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: One of Georgetown's canine mascots was a war hero. The first live animal mascot in college football was "Handsome Dan," a bulldog who was purchased by Yale student Andrew Graves in 1889. The bulldog became quite popular......
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