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Apple fires back at DOJ with actual e-mail from Jobs
2013-06-13 08:00:35| CNET News.com
Justice Department presents a draft e-mail it said proved collusion, but Apple responds with e-mail actually sent that contained different content and tone. [Read more]
Glaxo fires worker over misrepresented study data
2013-06-12 01:03:31| Biotech - Topix.net
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it dismissed one employee and a second has resigned in the wake of a scandal over misrepresented data in a research paper published in 2010.
The Amazon Rainforest's Silent Killer, Understory Fires, Outburns Deforestation
2013-06-11 11:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Latinos Post: Researchers for the first time mapped the extent and frequency of understory fires across a study area (green) spanning 1.2 million square miles (3 million square kilometers) in the southern Amazon forest. Fires were widespread across the forest frontier during the study period from 1999-2010. Recurrent fires, however, are concentrated in areas favored by the confluence of climate conditions suitable for burning and ignition sources from humans. Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest may capture...
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2013 California fire season brings stronger fires
2013-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KQED: After two years of sparse rains, California fire officials say this year's wildfire season has started a month earlier than usual and that the fires are stronger. We'll discuss fire danger in Northern California and what residents can do to help prevent it. What can the state can do in the long term to adapt to the possibility of increasingly long fire seasons and more deadly fires due to climate change? Host: Dave Iverson Guests: Bill Stewart, cooperative extension specialist, U.C. Berkeley...
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Segway-like robot helps fight fires with 3D, thermal imaging
2013-06-06 01:34:33| CNET News.com
Engineers at UC San Diego are testing small, mobile robotic vehicles that create virtual reality maps with temperature data that first responders can use in real time. [Read more]
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