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Keeping in touch with landers, rovers and orbiters on the Red Planet is not as easy as it may seem. From time to time, the connection goes down for weeks, as the Sun moves in between the two planets, making any sort of radio communications impossible. When this is not the case, the star can still scramble or alter th... |
17 October 2009
06:11 GMT |
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Macaque monkeys revealed a new way of interpreting the origins of music and language when scientists discovered that, when the primates drum on trees or logs, the same neural network involved in communicating is activated. This find seems to suggest that, in primates, the vocal and nonvocal communication systems may ... |
17 October 2009
03:38 GMT |
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For about two weeks, previously unsubstantiated rumors about a reduction in the price of the Nintendo Wii home gaming console have been getting clear proof. Wal Mart talked about a price rollback for the device, without mentioning the new price. Then, a Toys R Us ad was leaked to the press showing that the price woul... |
19 September 2009
10:21 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, pigeons are perfectly able to protect themselves from harm, and to alert others around them of impending doom as well, by producing a sharp, whistling sound with their wings. While they may not look like too intelligent animals, they have sufficient instinct to keep their groups a... |
2 September 2009
09:59 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, people of Asian descent are much less able than European races to accurately determine the differences in facial features of people expressing fear versus surprise, or disgust versus anger. The new report, which was published online on August 13th in the Cell Press publication Cur... |
14 August 2009
06:45 GMT |
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Until recently, evidence that plants were able to recognize each other, and cooperate for their mutual benefit has been scarce and controversial, mostly because a lot of people cannot accept the fact that it doesn't take a brain to want to ensure your survival as a species. But recent experiments, conducted on t... |
2 June 2009
17:51 GMT |
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A new research, conducted on wild western lowland gorillas in the central parts of Africa, shows that the primates used hand-clapping as a form of communication, something that had only been observed once before. Females employ this type of behavior most often, and they clap to get the attention of both males and inf... |
9 May 2009
15:51 GMT |
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The large primates, which are humans' closest relatives, also have the most elaborate system of communication other than our own. A new study, which surveyed gorilla populations in their natural habitat, may have found new clues as to how human language appeared and developed over time. Researchers have discover... |
10 February 2009
06:30 GMT |
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The "breathing" cycle of the Earth's atmosphere is not a new phenomenon, nor is it the way it appears. But, in the light of the latest research, there is some novelty – and indeed a large amount of it – related to the rate at which it occurs. Previous theories claimed that our atmosphere breathes onc... |
17 December 2008
10:56 GMT |
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Mobile Satellite Ventures has been a pioneering company in the field of communication systems. In 2003, they received the first Federal Communications Commission license for their hybrid satellite and ground system, but they had been tapping the possibilities of the concept even before that. Among the approved patent... |
7 November 2008
11:16 GMT |
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A new version of a musical robot that plays the flute perfectly could soon turn out to be a worthy competitor to human musicians. Besides the fact that it makes no mistakes, the latest technology allowed its developers from the Waseda University in Japan to equip it with cameras that act as eyes, ensuring a dynamic c... |
6 November 2008
08:07 GMT |
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A team of researchers from the University of Washington has come up with a group of complex underwater robots that use exactly the same swimming moves as fish to travel through the liquid medium. The robots are not relying on human remote control for their movement process, and are also able to communicate among the... |
31 October 2008
05:42 GMT |
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Let us cast aside initial skepticism for a little while, and imagine that there really are aliens somewhere. In fact, not just anywhere, but right here on Earth, on the Moon or on Mars – places to which we currently have some sort of direct access. Well, given this situation, what would we do, how would we be a... |
22 October 2008
10:47 GMT |
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The US Army wants to fund a research that would render regular modern communication methods obsolete and, instead, use transmission of information via thought. According to the scientists' prognoses, this technology is some 20 years away, but the premises and basic technology have already been developed.The &ldq... |
14 October 2008
09:52 GMT |
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The old radio waves' supremacy in the communication technology field is drawing to its end, as the newly-discovered replacing technology offers increased speed and security via light.The threat to the radio wave communication comes from using visible light. Researchers from Boston University's College of En... |
8 October 2008
11:23 GMT |
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At last, one of best underwater data transfer cables is ready for service. This is only the first stage of the Trans-Pacific Express submarine cable system which will connect China with the United States, Southern Korea and Taiwan.The Asia-Pacific area will see its communication standards increase, as the new 18.000 ... |
30 September 2008
11:16 GMT |
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A new study carried out at the University of California involving a parasitic plant known as the dodder vine, now shows that this plant is not only able to consume the water and the nutrients of the host, but it can also tap into the communication system of the latter and use it to gather information for its own purp... |
1 August 2008
04:35 GMT |
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UK-based Point Topic has recently conducted a study regarding the expanding rate of fibre-optic broadband connections. According to its study, globally, fibre-based broadband access is expanding for the first time faster than cable. But the downside of this trend is that the relative expense of setting up fibre-based... |
3 July 2008
09:37 GMT |
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Species of honeybees inhabiting the Asian and the European continent are somehow different from each other through the fact that they communicate using different languages. About 30 to 50 million years ago, honeybees split into nine species currently found all over the world and started developing unique communicatio... |
10 June 2008
05:00 GMT |
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After restoring communication with the Phoenix Mars Lander through the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, mission control resumed the preparation of the spacecraft for its scheduled digging mission, destined to establish whether or not Mars was ever hospitable for life. During its forth day on the surface of the Red Planet, Ph... |
30 May 2008
05:11 GMT |
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It all started two centuries ago with a slick invention that we know as the telegraph. Then the telephone came into our lives and made it possible for us to communicate through sounds over great distances. Nowadays, some mobile telephones are even able of audio-video communication, while Japanese people are experimen... |
12 April 2008
06:40 GMT |
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In an already random quantum world, parasite signals could spell disaster for quantum information systems. Take the example of the quantum computers. Even the slightest noise signal could bring it to a complete halt. However, parasite signals may not be as bad as previously thought, according to Seth Lloyd from the M... |
25 March 2008
07:54 GMT |
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The infant receives information about temperature, texture and the nature (hostile or caring) of the environment, through the skin. The touch turns all around it real. The parents can enter in contact with the fetus even from the fourth month of life inside the womb, by applying slight pushes on the mother's wom... |
7 January 2008
05:50 GMT |
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The early 20th century brought us Albert Einstein, and with him the Theory of Relativity which he exploited to the maximum in order to satisfy his obsession with light and electromagnetic waves, thus postulating the possibility of building Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation devices, or Lasers for... |
3 January 2008
03:56 GMT |
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Doesn't it bother you that – as unlikely as it may seem – most alien species in the sci-fi productions can speak English, or Japanese, or French, or whatever the language of the show's producers and intended demographic is? Moreover, the same aliens seem to speak their native language when they don't ... |
16 June 2007
07:19 GMT |
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Ever tried convincing your wife/girlfriend that you're still at the office, when you're out for a drink with your buddies? I'm sure you did, so I'll go on. Ever wondered what gives you away? Definitely you talking very loud. Here's what I suggest you should buy before your next guys-night-out... |
9 May 2007
11:31 GMT |
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