• Hurdles Remain in New York for Ground Zero Settlement (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:28:56 GMT)
  At least 95 percent of the workers who sued the city for health damages must accept the deal for it to take effect.
  
  
  
• Climate Change Threatens Migratory Birds, Report Says (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:50:19 GMT)
  For the first time, an Interior Department report adds climate change to other factors threatening bird populations.
  
  
  
• Talks to Address Trade in Tuna and Ivory (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT)
  Negotiations on protecting endangered species will open in Qatar with tensions over efforts to ban trade in bluefin tuna and to reopen exports of elephant ivory.
  
  
  
• Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal Over Claims (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:18:54 GMT)
  A settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued the city, according to city officials.
  
  
  
• New U.N. Climate Change Group is All Male (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:56:58 GMT)
  A group of women are upset that a new United Nations climate change financing group has 19 members, but no women.
  
  
  
• Winter Games Yield Forecasting Insights (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:50:59 GMT)
  A system used at the Games is part of a program to improve the accuracy of winter storm forecasting.
  
  
  
• Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:41 GMT)
  It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.
  
  
  
• Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:50:08 GMT)
  The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.
  
  
  
• Einstein's Theory of Relativity On Display (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:28 GMT)
  For the first time, the complete, original manuscript of the theory of relativity, profoundly human and surprisingly moving to examine, has been put on display in Jerusalem.
  
  
  
• Neighbors Oppose Green Label for the Software Mogul Mitch Kapor’s Big House (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:50:23 GMT)
  When the software mogul Mitch Kapor won planning approval for his 10,000-square-foot house in Berkeley, Calif., neighbors were surprised that it will qualify as “green.”
  
  
  
• A New Breed of Guard Dog Attacks Bedbugs (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:34 GMT)
  Bedbug-sniffing dogs are the new and furry front line in an escalating domestic war.
  
  
  
• China and India to Join Copenhagen Climate Change Accord (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:24:38 GMT)
  The countries are the last two major economic powers to agree with the aims of the nonbinding agreement.
  
  
  
• John Thorbjarnarson, 52, a Leading Expert on Crocodiles (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:23 GMT)
  Mr. Thorbjarnarson was a scientist with wide interests in saving and learning about many species.
  
  
  
• Obama Plans Florida Forum to Discuss NASA’s Future (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:09:25 GMT)
  The president planned to spell out his vision for the future of American astronauts in space at a conference next month.
  
  
  
• Reaching for Stars When Space Thrilled and Paranoia Ruled (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:44:41 GMT)
  In a new book about the space race, Megan Prelinger sees hopes, dreams and fears in the form of magazine ads.
  
  
  
• The Diminishing Difficulty of Enriching Uranium (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:03:16 GMT)
  Making the leap from reactor-grade nuclear fuel to bomb-grade is like the rich getting richer: really fast.
  
  
  
• A Conversation With Dr. Peter J. Pronovost: Doctor Leads Quest for Safer Ways to Care for Patients (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:50:19 GMT)
  Dr. Peter J. Pronovost, medical director of the Quality and Safety Research Group at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, travels the country advising hospitals on innovative safety measures.
  
  
  
• Scientists See Fresh Signs of More Water on the Moon (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:40:22 GMT)
  “Relatively pure” ice is believed to be in small craters near the lunar north pole, and researchers say it could be easily tapped by future explorers.
  
  
  
• Rapid DNA Sequencing Can Help Doctors Track Cancer Treatment (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:50:13 GMT)
  If altered bits of genetic material could be picked up in a patient’s bloodstream, they would serve as a direct and sensitive marker of cancer.
  
  
  
• Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:07:29 GMT)
  The medical experts told a National Institutes of Health conference that the trend of “once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean” may be safely reversed.
  
  
  
• Flu Shots in Children Can Help Community (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:40:45 GMT)
  A study of farming colonies in Canada found that giving flu vaccine to schoolchildren protected the community.
  
  
  
• Obama Turns Up the Volume in Health Care Bid (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:30:22 GMT)
  In an appearance that harked back to his 2008 campaign, President Obama made an emotional pitch for public support.
  
  
  
• Protein Suspected in Alzheimer’s May Be Needed to Fight Infection (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:29:50 GMT)
  Beta amyloid, which was once thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer’s, may be part of the brain’s normal defenses, researchers at Harvard suggested.
  
  
  
• For the Afflicted, a Little Black Box to Jog Failing Memory (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:30:29 GMT)
  Researchers have tested the Sensecam, which contains a digital camera and an accelerometer, as an aid to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders.
  
  
  
• Global Update: The Fight Against AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Goes Online (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:50:26 GMT)
  Using their computers, travelers will be able to donate $2 when making reservations on some Internet travel sites.
  
  
  
• First Mention: Defibrillators, 1948 (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:42:33 GMT)
  In 1899, two Swiss researchers discovered that an irregular heartbeat could be stopped by shocking the heart.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: New Study Finds Many Americans Say They’re Too Tired for Sex (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:28 GMT)
  A National Sleep Foundation report on ethnic groups’ habits found responses on tiredness and sex were similar for most groups.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: One in Four Parents Link Autism to Vaccines, Study Finds (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:39 GMT)
  Most reported vaccinating their children, but more than half said they were concerned about adverse effects.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Cognitive Decline Is More Likely After Hospitalization (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:48 GMT)
  A new study found that older people hospitalized for a critical condition had a statistically significant drop in scores on cognitive tests when compared with people who had not been hospitalized.
  
  
  
• Dr. Barton Childs, Who Studied Inherited Diseases, Is Dead at 93 (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:37 GMT)
  Dr. Childs helped shape the understanding of inherited diseases as scientists learned more about so-called inborn errors of metabolism, biochemistry and molecular biology.
  
  
  
• Q & A: Almonds for Calcium? (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:40:07 GMT)
  Are almonds a good source of calcium or do they block calcium absorption?
  
  
  
• Observatory: A Vitamin Boost for Greens Under the Supermarket’s Glow (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:25:03 GMT)
  Researchers found that spinach leaves exposed to light had higher levels of vitamins than those kept in darkness.
  
  
  
• Observatory: Scientists Propose a More Efficient Way to Make Ethanol (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:25:28 GMT)
  Researchers said they found a way to break down lignocellulose, the basic structural material of all plants, to make fuel from crop waste.
  
  
  
• Observatory: One Reason Lizards Have Ears? To Eavesdrop, Perhaps (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:50:20 GMT)
  While most lizards do not communicate among themselves, some use their ears to listen for warning calls from other animals, researchers say, which could alert them to predators.
  
  
  
• Doctor and Patient: Learning to Keep Patients Safe in a Culture of Fear (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:09:32 GMT)
  The threat of blame, even malpractice, looms over doctors working to prevent medical errors.
  
  
  
• After Cancer, Removing a Healthy Breast (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:29:53 GMT)
  A procedure gains popularity but doesn't improve survival odds.
  
  
  
• 18 and Under: When a Child’s Nosebleed or Bruising Is a Blood Disorder (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:27:51 GMT)
  Some of the ailments, like idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, are usually resolved on their own, but others require treatment.
  
  
  
• Cases: Fake Nostalgia for a Pre-Therapy Past (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:06:38 GMT)
  Navigating difficult years with the help of someone who gets it.
  
  
  
• Personal Health: To Keep Moving, Look Beyond the Physical (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:27:10 GMT)
  For many people, regular physical activity is as much about social interaction as it is about being healthy.
  
  
  
• Really?: The Claim: A Glass of Wine With Dinner Aids Digestion (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:21 GMT)
  Can wine help you digest your meal?
  
  
  
• Letters: Measuring Moving Pictures (1 Letter) (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:28:19 GMT)
  A letter to the editor.
  
  
  
• Letters: The Riddle of Weight Loss (1 Letter) (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:29:34 GMT)
  A letter to the editor.
  
  
  
• Letters: Covering Little Ears (1 Letter) (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:32:29 GMT)
  A letter to the editor.
  
  
  
• Letters: An Advocate for Exercise (1 Letter) (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:26:07 GMT)
  A letter to the editor.
  
  
  
• Letters: Joy, Pain and Aging (1 Letter) (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:44:35 GMT)
  A letter to the editor.
  
  
  

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• Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:51:05 GMT)
  Steve Jobs of Apple and Eric Schmidt of Google, once friends and allies, are now engaged in a gritty fight over the future of mobile computing and cellphones.
  
  
  
• Ping: Labels Balk at Services to Stream Music to Various Devices (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:09:48 GMT)
  Music in the cloud, an Internet music service that everyone anticipates but which has not yet caught on, would cause problems for the music industry itself.
  
  
  
• Novelties: From Camera to Computer, With Fiber Optic Links (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:01:42 GMT)
  Fiber optic links may soon help consumer gadgets and computers communicate with each other at ultrahigh speeds.
  
  
  
• Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy. I’m Too Busy With My Blog and Building My Brand. (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:40:15 GMT)
  So-called mommy blogs were once little more than glorified electronic scrapbooks. Now they have recently evolved into a cultural force to be reckoned with.
  
  
  
• One on One: Andrey Ternovskiy, Creator of Chatroulette (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:27:25 GMT)
  A interview with the Andrey Ternovskiy, the 17-year-old Russian founder of Chatroulette who has abandoned high school to travel the world and meet with technology investors.
  
  
  
• What We're Reading: A Cook, a Slacker, Some Bubbly and Fall Colors (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:29:24 GMT)
  Our daily roundup of tech tidbits features a Flickr visualization of seasonal colors, Tim Cook's $5 million bonus, an upstart competitor to Twitter and Slacker Radio's coming music service.
  
  
  
• When Will Location-Based Coupons Take Off? (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:34:42 GMT)
  People want to receive location-based cellphone coupons, but most have not, according to a Web analytics firm.
  
  
  
• Netflix Cancels Contest Plans and Settles Suit (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:15:32 GMT)
  Bowing to privacy concerns, Netflix said it was shelving its plans for a sequel to a contest that awarded a $1 million prize.
  
  
  
• The Medium: RateMyProfessors.com. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:54:35 GMT)
  How to make it to the top of the engrossing professor-ranking site, RateMyProfessors.com.
  
  
  
• The Haggler: Capturing the Moments of Customer Frustration (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:15:29 GMT)
  When a Flip video camera won’t connect with a Mac laptop, a new father inadvertently embarks on a customer-service adventure.
  
  
  
• Ushahidi - Africa’s Gift to Silicon Valley: How to Track a Crisis (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:51:33 GMT)
  A small Kenyan-born Web site called Ushahidi is bringing crowdsourcing to disaster relief and other humanitarian causes.
  
  
  
• Facebook Helps Social Start-Ups Gain Users (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:40:56 GMT)
  Facebook Connect can help nascent Web services recruit a healthy crowd of users in a hurry, and help the users find their friends on those sites.
  
  
  
• Vast F.C.C. Plan Would Bring Net to More in U.S. (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:20:09 GMT)
  The 10-year plan would reimagine the nation’s media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country’s dominant communication network.
  
  
  
• Appeals Court Upholds Cable TV Access Rules (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:18:44 GMT)
  The regulations require cable TV companies to make programming available on equal terms to rival TV providers.
  
  
  
• Netflix Cancels Contest Over Privacy Concerns (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:20:20 GMT)
  The movie rental company canceled a competition to improve film recommendations after learning that customers could be identified from data it released.
  
  
  
• Apple’s Tim Cook Receives $22 Million Bonus (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:21:02 GMT)
  Apple has awarded its chief operating officer $22 million in cash and stock for leading the company while chief executive Steven P. Jobs was on medical leave last year.
  
  
  
• China Warns Google Again on Censorship (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:30:38 GMT)
  A top Chinese regulator warned bluntly that any move by Google to stop censoring its Chinese search engine would draw a response from Beijing.
  
  
  
• Advertising: Instant Ads Set the Pace on the Web (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:32:53 GMT)
  Companies like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft let advertisers buy ads in the milliseconds between the time someone enters a site’s Web address and the moment the page appears.
  
  
  
• N.H.T.S.A. Studying ‘Black Box’ for Cars (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:57:37 GMT)
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering whether data recorders similar to those on planes should be required on all new cars and trucks.
  
  
  
• Pink Floyd Wins Court Battle With EMI Over Downloads (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:56:09 GMT)
  The court ruling prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums.
  
  
  
• A Futures Site Coming to Bet on Movie Ticket Sales (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:33:38 GMT)
  A virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.
  
  
  
• Driven to Distraction: Distracted Driving in Ambulances and Police Cruisers (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:33 GMT)
  Police and paramedics use an array of dashboard devices, a boon for their jobs that also presents a clear risk.
  
  
  
• Tricks to Keep Your Device’s Battery Going and Going (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:14 GMT)
  Smartphone and laptop batteries may seem like cruel masters when they threaten to lose power, but you have more control than you may think.
  
  
  
• The Mouse That Roared: Turning to the Internet to Catch a Favorite TV Show (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:06:39 GMT)
  With new devices making it easy to stream Internet content to a television, more people are watching cable shows for free.
  
  
  
• Advertising: Like Texting, but With Video (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:09:36 GMT)
  Companies like American Greetings are moving beyond texting by offering services that send video messages to cellphones.
  
  
  
• Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:41 GMT)
  It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.
  
  
  
• TV Providers Seek New Federal Rules on Retransmission Rights (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:40:26 GMT)
  With a petition to the F.C.C. and a letter to Congressional leaders, cable and satellite providers said the current rules were “broken and in need of repair.”
  
  
  
• Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:49:24 GMT)
  As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.
  
  
  
• In Illinois, Scores Apply to Run as No. 2 on Democratic Ticket (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:18:38 GMT)
  After scandal forced the nominee for lieutenant governor out, Democrats in Illinois are letting citizens apply online to run.
  
  
  
• State of the Art: Multitouch Computing Is Here. Will Gorilla Arm Follow? (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:24:39 GMT)
  Finger gestures used on the iPhone can now be used on laptops and full-size computer screens, but the tactile experience isn’t quite the same.
  
  
  
• Sony Adds Motion Control to the PS3 (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:45:34 GMT)
  Sony introduced its answer to the motion-controlled Wii, the PlayStation Move.
  
  
  
• IPhone Battery Replacement: DIY or Not? (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:17:09 GMT)
  When an iPhone's battery needs replacing, can you do it yourself?
  
  
  
• Protecting Your Privacy on Google Buzz (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:38:34 GMT)
  The new social networking service continues to evolve, giving users more control over who can see what.
  
  
  

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