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Google punches, Bing fights back

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Leif Larsen
What do Google and a bunch of Internet fraudsters have in common? According to Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s senior vice-president (online services), they both engage in “click fraud.” Click fraud is a practice employed by...
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Joss Whedon and Scientific Facts

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Leanne Roed
Super soldiers, neural radios, bio-monitored self-imprisonment and sleeper assassins. Sounds like a pretty good show, right? It was! I would love to tell you all about it’s freaky futuristic science and how closely it...
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Sleep: such a magical wonder

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Miguel Yetman
Sleep? Bah, who needs it? We all do, unfortunately. Personally, I am very back and fourth; one day I could be pulling an all nighter at a party or the less fun variant, studying. However,...
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Science briefs

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Martin TurczynowiczMiguel Yetman
Woodpecker brain technology Scientists at UC Berkeley have unraveled the mystery behind the impact-resistant woodpecker brain and are using the knowledge to protect your electronics. The researchers found that the woodpecker uses “a sinewy, springy...
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Politics: the final frontier

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Miguel Yetman
NASA has been all over the map for the past few years — cancelling one program only to start another, only to be later cancelled itself. The longest running space program, the U.S. space...
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Keep your ideas to yourself

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Martin Turczynowicz
Science vs Science Science is without a doubt the greatest tool in explaining the forces behind natural phenomena. It provides us with a common toolset with which to share information, argue and explore the universe....
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Sustainability Strategy seeks students’ input

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Tessa Vanderhart
The U of M followed universities across the country in adopting a sustainability policy on Jan. 25, setting out specific principles and processes to meet its goal “to become a leader in campus sustainability.” Now...

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