DISCOVERIES News, Feb 22, 2012

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How Heinrich Rudolf Hertz revealed the invisible world Christian Science Monitor By Chris Gaylord / February 22, 2012 Heinrich Rudolf Hertz held the spotlight with Wednesday's Google doodle. Where has Google's logo disappeared to? The search engine giant swapped out its regular banner Wednesday for a Google doodle in honor of... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Google Doodle Hails Heinrich Hertz, Discoverer of Electronic Heartbeat PCWorld By Brennon Slattery, PCWorld Feb 22, 2012 9:49 AM Today Google's homepage sports a mesmerizing animated GIF of rolling waves, dolled up in Google's colors, in celebration of the 155th birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the German physicist who proved ... See all stories on this topic »

Discovery Bay Games Partners With HIT Entertainment to Create Thomas & Friends ... MarketWatch (press release) SEATTLE, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Discovery Bay Games, a leader in app-based game accessories, and HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading producers of high-quality children's entertainment, announced a partnership to bring a new ... See all stories on this topic »

Discovery Bay Games Partners With HIT Entertainment to Create Thomas & Friends ... Bradenton Herald By Discovery Bay Games SEATTLE, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Discovery Bay Games, a leader in app-based game accessories, and HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading producers of high-quality children's entertainment, announced a partnership to ... See all stories on this topic »

Carestream's Innovative X-ray Imaging Technology Selected For Use at 2012 NFL ... MarketWatch (press release) ROCHESTER, NY, Feb 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On February 22, the first day of the 2012 National Football League Combine, more than 300 top college football players will undergo X-ray imaging exams using an innovative wireless, digital radiography ... See all stories on this topic »

Metasploit Identifies IPv6 Security Risks MarketWatch (press release) BOSTON, Feb 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rapid7, the leading provider of security risk intelligence solutions, today announced that the new version of its leading penetration testing solution, Rapid7(R) Metasploit 4.2, allows organizations to assess the ... See all stories on this topic »

Why do we need academic journals in the first place? GigaOm By Mathew Ingram Feb. 22, 2012, 10:03am PT No Comments It may not get as much attention as the disruption that is occurring in newspapers, e-books or other parts of the mainstream media industry, but there is a revolution of sorts going on in the ... See all stories on this topic » GigaOm

Wavy Google Logo Honors Heinrich Hertz Search Engine Watch by Danny Goodwin, February 22, 2012 Comments The wavy blue, red, yellow, and green logo on Google's homepage today is in honor of Heinrich Rudolph Hertz. The German physicist, who was instrumental in the discovery of electromagnetic and radio waves, ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientology and the Occult: Hugh Urban's New Exploration of L. Ron Hubbard and ... Village Voice (blog) By Tony Ortega Wed., Feb. 22 2012 at 1:00 PM ​Last June, we brought you the first review of The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion by Ohio State professor Hugh Urban, and then the first interview with the good professor himself. See all stories on this topic »

New amphibian family found in northeast India Mother Nature Network By Agence France-PresseWed, Feb 22 2012 at 7:19 AM EST A RARE FIND: An adult Chikilidae, a new species of legless amphibian known as a caecilian, with eggs and hatchlings at an undisclosed location in India. (Photo: Sathyabhama Das Biju/AFP) NEW DELHI ... See all stories on this topic » Mother Nature Network

Leadership Lessons from the Top of the Org Chart Entrepreneur BY Christopher Hann | February 22, 2012| Proof positive: In 11 years under the leadership of founding chairman and CEO Mark Leslie, Veritas Software grew from a dozen employees to 6000, with annual revenue increasing from $95000 to $1.5 billion. See all stories on this topic » Entrepreneur

A testament to ancient Greek engineering Cyprus Mail By Ledha Socratous Published on February 22, 2012 THOUSANDS of centuries ago, someone built a machine that would model the workings of the known Universe. The result was a complex clockwork mechanism that displayed the motions of celestial bodies on ... See all stories on this topic »

RDS Proposed Offer for Cove Energy plc Bradenton Herald (a) The value attributed to the fully diluted issued share capital of Cove is based on 490995300 Cove shares in issue and 17917647 Cove shares being subject to options under the share option schemes of Cove, in each case as at 21February 2012, ... See all stories on this topic »

Illegally exporting cattle to US alleged Winnipeg Free Press BRANDON -- A Neepawa veterinarian and the owners of several livestock operations in Neepawa and Brandon face charges of illegally exporting cattle from Canada to the United States between February 2008 and August 2009. The charges fall under the Health ... See all stories on this topic »

GTx Provides Corporate Update and Reports 2011 Financial Results Lifescience-online ... February 22, 2012 has been cancelled. GTx, Inc., headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecules that selectively target hormone pathways for the ... See all stories on this topic »

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