AR Glasses
Google has released an official video featuring there new AR Glasses. Google names it "Project Glass".
We believe technology should work for you — to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don't.
A team within our Google group started Project Glass to build ...
Rebecca Black Nominated For Teen Choice Award
Posted on Friday, February 24, 2012 By admin. Under Music, News Tags: Rebecca Black, Teen Choice Award
Congratulations to Rebecca for being nominated for a TEEN CHOICE AWARD! You can help her out by voting EVERYDAY on the TEEN CHOICE website.
TEEN CHOICE 2011 will celebrate the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, sports and fashion in the choicest, star-studded two-hour event airing live Sunday, Aug. 7 ...
NASA scientists say they have found what could be the first evidence of flowing water on the surface of Mars.
Recent images broadcast from the surface from NASA's Reconnaissance Orbiter probe show dark, finger-like features that appear to extend down the slope of a crater on the surface of Mars.
The features ...
Study That Linked Autism and Vaccines Now Determined to be Fraud
Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 By admin. Under News Tags: -9658-160, british, california, consumer, copyright, innovation, journal, united-kingdom
Back in September, Science News & Views discussed the retraction of the original 1998 article by Wakefield et al. that linked autism to the MMR vaccine and how despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, this article managed over the next decade to instill a fear in parents causing them to turn away from standard vaccinations. After the article was retracted and the medical license of Andrew Wakefield, the main researcher behind the study, was revoked, a United Kingdom journalist, Brian Deer, continued the investigation.
State Legislators Announce Chemical Safety Laws
Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 By admin. Under News Tags: -9658-160, atom, california, congress, consumer, copyright, facebook, google, innovation, management, science-news, transparent
Back in December, Science News & Views discussed how the delay in chemical regulation reform, primarily TSCA, due to the shift in power in House of Representative could result in numerous different state regulations. Less than two months after that discussion, a press release by the non-profit organization, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, announced the introduction of new chemical regulations by 30 states and the District of Columbia in response to the sudden governmental roadblock. As discussed in the press release, nine states will introduce general chemical regulation state policies, approximately 17 states will announce restrictions or bans on bisphenol a in certain products, 8 states will introduce policies to ban cadmium in children’s products, 3 states will announce policies to reduce exposure to decabromodiphenyl ethers, and 11 states will be calling on Congress to overhaul the federal chemicals policy and TSCA
Confidentiality Claims Denied Under TSCA
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 By admin. Under News Tags: -9658-160, atom, chemical, claims-denied, copyright, google, home, information, innovation, management, safety, science, science-news, transparent, tsca
In May 2010, the US EPA proposed changes to their policy on Confidential Business Information (CBI) to improve transparency with TSCA submissions. New CBI claims would undergo more rigorous evaluation and claims of confidentiality will be denied unless the chemical identity contains mixture information specifically protected by law.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are used as flame retardants in various consumer products from electronics to textiles. Scientific studies have been published that suggest a link between PBDEs and human health effects (i.e., thyroid, liver and reproduction), while other studies indicate that PBDEs are safe
Sea Monster in Alaska… Could it be the elusive Cadborosaurus?
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2012 By admin. Under News Tags: christian, earth, earthquakes, god, loch ness, photography, religion, universe
Something big is swimming in the sea near Alaska... A video captured in 2009 by an Alaskan fisherman shows a creature moving along the surface of the water that resembles the sea monster, Nessie
Ontario Insects, Arachnids, and Crustaceans – oh my!
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2012 By admin. Under News Tags: cell-phones, christian, crustaceans, dragonfly, god, home, insects, universe
Each year, I travel and camp or cottage in "Northern" Ontario. This year was no different, and I thought I'd share some of the creatures I managed to photograph while on my adventure.
Was This Photo of an Amazon Tribe A Hoax? Not this time…
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2012 By admin. Under News Tags: atom, brazilian, cell-phones, earth, earthquakes, images, photography, universe
Photo of Amazon Tribe Not a Hoax | LiveScience : Well, sometimes, what may seem like a hoax - isn't. The photo of an Amazonian tribe coated in paint and shooting arrows at an aerial photographer, at first glance, screams " Hoax! ".







