Online sites top newspapers for Americans: report

 WASHINGTON (AFP) - More Americans are getting their news from the Internet than from print newspapers for the first time as audience figures for cable news programs fall, according to a report released on Monday.The State of the News Media 2011 report by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism said that in another first, online advertising revenue topped that of print newspapers last year.Fo

March 15, 2011

Supportive messages flood Web after Japan earthquake

Reports of Japan's devastation by a strong earthquake sent many South Koreans online to deliver messages of goodwill, condolences and offers of aid for a third day on Sunday. An urban area devastated by tsunami is seen in Minami Sanriku, Miyagi, northern Japan Sunday, March 13, 2011 after Friday's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. (AP-Yonhap)The 8.9-magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever in J

March 13, 2011

US experts fear 'Chernobyl-like' crisis for Japan

  WASHINGTON, March 12, 2011 (AFP) - US nuclear experts warned Saturday that pumping sea water to cool a quake-hit Japanese nuclear reactor was an "act of desperation" that may foreshadow a Chernobyl-like disaster. (Yonhap News)   Several experts, in a conference call with reporters, also predicted that regardless of the outcome at the Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant crisis, the accident will serious

March 13, 2011

Spider venom can cause erection up to four hours

　It has been found that a single bite from the world’s most poisonous spider can give men a four-hour erection, British paper the Metro reported on Tuesday.　The Medical College of Georgia in the U.S. found that the Brazilian wandering spider’s toxin can be an effective treatment on impotence in rats. The research team is further looking into whether the wandering spider’s poison can treat erectile

March 11, 2011

Risk factors for strokes

A stroke is a sudden interruption in the blood supply of the brain. Because strokes occur rapidly and require immediate treatment, a stroke is also called a brain attack. Most strokes are caused by an abrupt blockage of arteries leading to the brain (ischemic stroke). Other strokes are caused by bleeding into the brain tissue when a blood vessel bursts (hemorrhagic stroke).When the symptoms of a s

March 10, 2011

Could gene tests reveal future sports stars?

CHICAGO (AP) ― Was your kid born to be an elite athlete? Marketers of genetic tests claim the answer is in mail-order kits costing less than $200.Some customers say the test results help them steer their children to appropriate sports. But skeptical doctors and ethicists say the tests are putting profit before science and have a much greater price tag ― potentially robbing perfectly capable youngs

March 10, 2011

How to encourage healthy computing

For today’s students, life is all about staring at a screen.They spend hours doing homework, playing games, chatting with friends, reading books and just hanging out ― all on computers, smart phones and e-readers or tablets.And doctors say they’re starting to pay the price: in eye strain, neck pain and wrist aches.“Kids have a limited degree of awareness, so they’ll just play and play until they’r

March 10, 2011

What can we do for misaligned eyes?

Strabismus is a visual defect in which the eyes are misaligned and point in different directions. One eye may look straight ahead, while the other eye turns inward, outward, upward or downward. You may always notice the misalignment, or it may come and go. The turned eye may straighten at times and the straight eye may turn.Strabismus is one of the most common pediatric eye problems ― approximatel

March 9, 2011

iPads in cockpits may hasten end of era for paper charts

Apple Inc.’s iPad won approval from U.S. regulators to display navigational charts for some charter pilots, a step that may speed the end of the decades-old tradition of paper maps in the cockpit. With the Federal Aviation Administration endorsing iPads in a test project at Executive Jet Management, a unit of Warren Buffett’s NetJets, the way is open for pilots at airlines and other commercial car

March 8, 2011

Social commerce set for major showdown

Global giant Groupon joins Korea’s growing social commerce marketA major showdown is expected in Korea’s social commerce market with the introduction of global giant Groupon next week.The U.S.-based social commerce firm announced Monday that it will launch its branch here next Monday, going head-to-head with the country’s industry leaders like Ticket Monster and Coupang.Recruiting about 200-300 em

March 8, 2011

NASA scientist claim of 'alien life' draws scrutiny

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - A NASA scientist's claim that he found tiny fossils of alien life in the remnants of a meteorite has stirred both excitement and skepticism, and is being closely reviewed by 100 experts.Richard Hoover's paper, along with pictures of the microscopic earthworm-like creatures, were published late Friday in the peer-reviewed Journal of Cosmology, which is available free online.Hoov

March 7, 2011

Korea seeks LED, vertical farming synergy

Korea has been bolstering the vertical farming industry since 2009 as a future growth engine and a measure to stabilize food supplies. The country is a latecomer to the scene but is pinning high hopes on its advanced technologies in electronics and communications to help it emerge as a competitive player in the field.The concept of integrating agriculture into a built environment was invented in a

March 7, 2011

Technology breathes new life into farming

Cities produce crops as Korea looks for green ways to boost food outputA farm in Yongin on the outskirts of Seoul is ripe with salad greens. But rows of lollo and romaine lettuces are not sprouting from the earth. The plants are thriving on plastic shelves inside a seven-story office building.The “vertical farm,” run by Insung Tech, cultivates indoor crops by artificially supplying air, water, lig

March 7, 2011

Stomach pacemaker could help obese lose weight

LONDON (AP) _ Patrick Hetzner tried diets and exercise, just about everything short of stomach stapling to lose weight. Nothing worked. Five months ago he tried something new: a stomach pacemaker that curbed his appetite. (MCT)Since having it implanted, Hetzner, a 20-year-old Munich mailman, has knocked off more than 10 kilos (22 pounds) from his earlier weight of 104 kilos (229 pounds).Hetzner go

March 7, 2011

The new Noah’s Ark to be built in Netherlands

Hector Casanova color illustration of Noah's Ark being tossed in high waves during a lightening storm. (MCT)A Dutchman is building a life sized Noah’s Ark on the Maas River, and is expected finish in 2012. He built a 1:5 scale replica of the ship in 2007, but this time, he is planning to build a full sized one.If the boat is completed on time, it will go on a “world tour,” starting from London at

March 6, 2011