DISCOVERIES News, May 23, 2012

Discoveries A whale of a discovery: New sensory organ found in rorqual whales Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (May 23, 2012) — Scientists at the University of British Columbia and the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a sensory organ in rorqual whales that coordinates its signature lunge-feeding behaviour -- and may help explain their ... See all stories on this topic »

Government of Canada Invests in Researchers and Students MarketWatch (press release) TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, and Suzanne Fortier, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), ... See all stories on this topic »

Sears Love/Hate Project Turns Reviews Into Charitable Contributions MarketWatch (press release) HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Sears invites customers to give back to their favorite charity by participating in the retailer's "Love/Hate: Share Your Thoughts, Send Some Love" project. Starting today, customers have ... See all stories on this topic »

Discovery Familia Joins In The Fight Against Obesity Among Hispanics Hola Arkansas MIAMI, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- DiscoveryFamilia announced today that it has joined in a second and important phase of "The President's Challenge," the premier program of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition ... See all stories on this topic »

Brocade and EMC Transform and Simplify Network Management for the Cloud MarketWatch (press release) LAS VEGAS, NV, May 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- (EMC World) -- Brocade (NASDAQ:BRCD) , the leader in fabric networking solutions, today announced that it has partnered with EMC to simplify and automate the management of joint EMC and Brocade ... See all stories on this topic »

Ancient Bethlehem seal unearthed in Jerusalem Times LIVE A clay seal recently unearthed by Israeli archaeologists is displayed just outside Jerusalem's Old City May 23, 2012. Israeli archaeologists said on Wednesday they have discovered the firstphysical evidence supporting Old Testament accounts of ... See all stories on this topic » Times LIVE

Free Will Astrology: May 23, 2012 River Cities Reader Your soul may not be quite as blazing as his, Aries, and you may normally be able to get along fine with just a few cubic inches of new ideas per day. But I expect that in the next three to four weeks, you will both need and yearn to generate ... See all stories on this topic »

Kroll Ontrack Announces Data Recovery Breakthrough on Apple Personal Devices MarketWatch (press release) MINNEAPOLIS, May 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of information management, data recovery, and legal technology products and services, today announced new data recovery techniques to address logical failures, ... See all stories on this topic »

Judge: Overturn Cathy Lynn Henderson conviction, death sentence Austin American-Statesman (blog) By Chuck Lindell | Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 12:40 PM Cathy Lynn Henderson, once two days from execution for the 1994 death of an infant she was baby sitting, should have her murder conviction and death sentence overturned, a Travis County judge has ... See all stories on this topic »

What Thomas Kuhn Really Thought about Scientific “Truth” Scientific American (blog) By John Horgan | May 23, 2012 | In 1991, when I was a staff writer for Scientific American, I wrote a letter to Thomas Kuhn, then at MIT. I said I wanted to profile him for Scientific American and “tell readers how you developed your views of the ... See all stories on this topic » Scientific American (blog)

Genetic study sheds light on evolution and may help prevent extinction of the... Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (May 23, 2012) — A team of scientists from the German Primate Center (DPZ), led by Dr Christian Roos, have completed genetic studies on all five snub-nosed monkey species, providing crucial information for the conservation of these rare ... See all stories on this topic »

Community calendar for Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Fairfield Daily Republic Premier World Discovery will highlight their trips planned for this year, including itineraries for Eastern Europe, great Canadian cities, Chicago, the Dominican Republic, and the Great Trains heading to the Sedona area. Info: 429-5291. See all stories on this topic »

Beautiful Minds: 12 Nobel winners at Astana Economic Forum Baltimore Post-Examiner By Hal Foster · May 23, 2012 · No comments A 12 th Nobel Prize winner is attending the Fifth Astana Economic Forum that opened Monday. Organizers of the three-day Forum from May 22 to 24 announced a few weeks ago that 11 Nobel laureates would be coming ... See all stories on this topic » Baltimore Post-Examiner

Hacking Code of Leaf Vein Architecture Solves Mysteries, Allows Predictions of ... Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (May 23, 2012) — UCLA life scientists have discovered new laws that determine the construction of leaf vein systems as leaves grow and evolve. These easy-to-apply mathematical rules can now be used to better predict the climates of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Happy Anniversary, CQ and The Darjeeling Limited Television Without Pity by Ethan Alter May 23, 2012 1:17 PM Before you see Moonrise Kingdom this weekend, check out these two films from the movie's co-writers, Roman Coppola and Wes Anderson. Although it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001, general audiences didn't ... See all stories on this topic » Television Without Pity

Nobel winners to deliver 28 lectures to Kazakhstan students Baltimore Post-Examiner By Hal Foster · May 23, 2012 · No comments Four years ago President Nursultan Nazarbayev was wrestling with a global economic crisis that had hit Kazakhstan hard. One way to help solve the domestic problem, he thought, would be to tap some of the ... See all stories on this topic » Baltimore Post-Examiner

Community Calendar: Week of May 23-29, 2012 The Rock River Times Opens for season on May 2. Gates open Wed.-Sun., 9 am-5 pm Admission $5 for ages 12 and older. Info: 815-652-4551. Discovery Center Museum – 711 N. Main St. Mon.-Sat., 10 am-5 pm $7 adults, $7 children. Info: 815-963-6769. Ethnic Heritage Museum – 1129 ... See all stories on this topic »

Ultrafast phase changes observed in graphite Photonics.com STANFORD, Calif., May 23, 2012 — Graphite once again has been shown to have ground-breaking potential due to its ability to phase change from a liquid to a warm-dense plasma in just 40 fs. Researchers using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray ... See all stories on this topic » Photonics.com

Mars Venus Coach and Executive Trainer, Delaine Moore, Launches Book PR.com (press release) Las Vegas, NV, May 23, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Mars Venus Coach Delaine Moore has written and published her first book, The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom. Delaine is a Mars Venus Executive, Business and Life Coach personally trained by John Gray, ... See all stories on this topic »

After 35 years, SETI celebrates its most famous alien hunter CNET Australia By Daniel Terdiman | May 23, 2012 For anyone who's seen the film Contact, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a very noble cause. And over the last 35 years, Jill Tarter, who was the inspiration for Jodie Foster's character,... See all stories on this topic »

Elizabeth Carpenter of Cazenovia Receives Clarkson University Inspirational... ReadMedia (press release) POTSDAM, NY (05/23/2012)(readMedia)-- Elizabeth Carpenter of Cazenovia, NY, the Regents and AP physics teacher at Chittenango Central Schools in Chittenango, NY, was awarded Clarkson University's Inspirational High School Educator Award on May 11 and ... See all stories on this topic »

School news briefs for the week of May 23 North County Times Classes include digital photography, English 4, geometry, physics, Spanish 3, US history, world history and Chinese 1. These full-year, 10-credit courses are taught in a six-week period starting June 19. Semester-long, five-credit courses in economics, ... See all stories on this topic »

International Entertainment News: Discovery Familia Joins In The ... By EntertainmentNews MIAMI, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Familia announced today that it has joined in a second and important phase of "The President's Challenge," the premier program of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition ( PCFSN). The challenge continues in 2012 with "PALA+," an initiative that not only promotes the importance of incorporating physicalactivity into an individual's daily routine, but also focuses on healthy eating habits. Discovery Familia, the only ... International Entertainment News

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