Komentarze (0) Reuters - Movieclips.com, which launched Wednesday, has signed licensing agreements with six of the major studios so that it can offer more than 12,000 two-minute clips culled from a diverse collection of movies.
AP - After more than two months in a Swiss jail, Roman Polanski will be placed under house arrest at his Alpine chalet on Friday, authorities said.
AP - Beyonce has enough Grammy nominations for her and Sasha Fierce.
Reuters - The U.S. government approved the first 13 batches of human embryonic stem cells on Wednesday, enabling researchers using them to get millions of dollars in federal funding as promised by President Barack Obama in March.
SPACE.com - If you get up before the sun this week, you will get your
last chance for a while to see Venus as a “morning star.”
AP - Black-tailed prairie dogs were denied protection under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday after federal officials concluded the once prevalent species shows signs of rebounding.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) — Thirteen stem cell lines
have been added to the pool that scientists can use for taxpayer-funded
research, and many more such lines will soon be made available, U.S.
health officials announced Wednesday.
SPACE.com - All supernova explosions are violent affairs, but this one
takes the cake. Astronomers have spotted a new type of extremely bright cosmic
explosion they think originates from an exceptionally massive star.
SPACE.com - Space solar power advocates may soon get their day in the sun, as
different projects aimed at beaming energy to Earth from orbit begin to take
shape. But at least one space power scientist worries that a U.S.-based project may be
promising too much, too soon.
LiveScience.com - For many people “rural” is synonymous with low incomes, limited economic opportunity, and poor schools. However, a recent study found that much of rural America is actually prosperous, particularly in the Midwest and Plains.
AP - Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon, opening a new era for the potentially life-saving field.
Macworld.com - Canât figure out whether to get the photo enthusiast on your shopping list a digital picture frame or a snapshot printer? With Epsonâs new PictureMate Show PM 300, you can get both. Thanks to the deviceâs gigantic LCD, Epsonâs newest snapshot printer is being touted as a âversatile hybrid,â serving as both a printer and a picture frame.
