http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/ Sci/Tech - Science & Technology: Find breaking news, world news and pictures on Sci/Tech en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/ http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2108752-principal-recounts-tornado-hitting-oklahoma-school.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here." In a pause-filled recollection that left m... Fri, 24 May 2013 23:51:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2108752-principal-recounts-tornado-hitting-oklahoma-school.html 2013-05-24T23:51:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2108844-report-yahoo-pay-tv-operators-hulu-bidders.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The person wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke Friday on condition of anonymity, after several news outlets reported on the bidding. The ... Fri, 24 May 2013 23:35:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2108844-report-yahoo-pay-tv-operators-hulu-bidders.html 2013-05-24T23:35:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107438-calif-plastic-ocean-debris-bill-dies-committee.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Assembly Bill 521 was before the chamber's Appropriations Committee, and the panel failed to act on it, effectively killing the legislation for the ses... Fri, 24 May 2013 22:45:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107438-calif-plastic-ocean-debris-bill-dies-committee.html 2013-05-24T22:45:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107352-hurricane-center-beware-storm-surge.html MIAMI (AP) — During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer easy-to-understand, color-coded maps and change the way they talk to the public. Simply put, storm surge is the abnormal rise of sea wate... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:48:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107352-hurricane-center-beware-storm-surge.html 2013-05-24T14:48:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107354-safe-room-mandates-remain-rare-tornado.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery — for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tor... Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107354-safe-room-mandates-remain-rare-tornado.html 2013-05-24T11:30:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106652-senate-votes-to-cut-crop-insurance-aid-wealthy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance. The vote was one small victory this week for critics of a massive, five-year farm bill that would cost almost $100 billion a year and includes generous subsidies for the nation's biggest crops. Supporter... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:07:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106652-senate-votes-to-cut-crop-insurance-aid-wealthy.html 2013-05-23T22:07:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105278-who-scientific-red-tape-mars-efforts-vs-virus.html GENEVA (AP) — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday. Dr. Margaret Chan, in a blunt warning to the U.N. agency's annual global assembly, port... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:46:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105278-who-scientific-red-tape-mars-efforts-vs-virus.html 2013-05-23T21:46:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106132-nasa-head-views-progress-asteroid-lasso-mission.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Bolden checked on the progress Thursday a month after the Obama administration unveiled its 2014 budget that proposes $105 millio... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:39:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106132-nasa-head-views-progress-asteroid-lasso-mission.html 2013-05-23T21:39:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105806-hurricane-outlook-busy-atlantic-season.html COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 70 per... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105806-hurricane-outlook-busy-atlantic-season.html 2013-05-23T21:38:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106154-wyden-fracfocus-constructive-tool-drilling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday. Wyden, D-Ore., stopped short of endorsing the website, FracFocus.org, but... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:21:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106154-wyden-fracfocus-constructive-tool-drilling.html 2013-05-23T21:21:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106434-2013-hurricane-names-andrea-to-wendy.html Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names: WHAT NAMES ARE ON THE LIST? Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Ingrid, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van and Wendy. WHO PICKS TH... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:36:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106434-2013-hurricane-names-andrea-to-wendy.html 2013-05-23T20:36:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105914-study-amphibians-disappearing-alarming-rate.html GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good. The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday that populations of frogs, salamanders and toads have been vanishing from places where they live at a rate of 3.7 percent a year. Th... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:44:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105914-study-amphibians-disappearing-alarming-rate.html 2013-05-23T19:44:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106238-latest-deadly-tornado-tests-oklahoma-towns-mettle.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters. They were just part of life in a particularly deadly stretch of Tornado Alley. She always thought the closet just inside her front door was good enough for shelter, and on Monday it was again. But after an EF5 twister barreled through town,... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:13:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106238-latest-deadly-tornado-tests-oklahoma-towns-mettle.html 2013-05-23T19:13:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106016-cockroaches-lose-sweet-tooth-to-survive.html NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populations there kept rising. Mystified researchers tested and discarded theory after theory until they final... Thu, 23 May 2013 18:06:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106016-cockroaches-lose-sweet-tooth-to-survive.html 2013-05-23T18:06:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105918-ap-photos-egypts-languishing-islamic-antiquities.html CAIRO (AP) — Cairo, the Arab world's most populated city, is often referred to as an open-air museum of Islamic antiquities and the city of 1,000 minarets. But its rich history and contributions to Islamic art has languished. The city has seen some of its most beautiful antiquities looted or neglected over the last two years following the 2011 uprising th... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:48:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105918-ap-photos-egypts-languishing-islamic-antiquities.html 2013-05-23T17:48:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105132-japanese-man-80-oldest-to-top-everest-.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him. Yuichiro Miura, a former extreme skier who also climbed the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak ... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:03:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105132-japanese-man-80-oldest-to-top-everest-.html 2013-05-23T17:03:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105258-report-nations-kids-to-physical.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Reading, writing, arithmetic — and PE? The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and that PE become a core subject. The report, released Thursday, says only about half of the nation's youngsters are getting at least an hour o... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105258-report-nations-kids-to-physical.html 2013-05-23T15:20:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105472-2-brown-bears-rescued-captivity-kosovo.html MRAMOR, Kosovo (AP) — Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitors at a Kosovo restaurant. Ari and Arina, both 10 years old, were taken to their new, much larger home, by the international animal charity group Four Paws, which helped sedate and transport ... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:11:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105472-2-brown-bears-rescued-captivity-kosovo.html 2013-05-23T15:11:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104962-solar-plane-completes-2nd-leg-trip-texas.html DALLAS (AP) — A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S. The plane landed early Thursday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport after taking off Wednesday fr... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104962-solar-plane-completes-2nd-leg-trip-texas.html 2013-05-23T11:39:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102246-japanese-climber-80-oldest-atop-everest.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese man who has had four heart operations in recent years became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week. Yuichiro Miura, who also conquered the 29,0... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:36:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102246-japanese-climber-80-oldest-atop-everest.html 2013-05-23T11:36:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104582-lenovo-quarterly-profit-up-90-percent.html BEIJING (AP) — Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded. Lenovo said it earned $127 million, or 1.22 cents per share, in the three months ending March 31. Revenue rose 4 percent over a year earlier to $7.8 billion. Lenovo ranks a close second behi... Thu, 23 May 2013 06:53:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104582-lenovo-quarterly-profit-up-90-percent.html 2013-05-23T06:53:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104550-submerged-structure-stumps-israeli-archaeologists.html TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) — The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated. It's thousands of years old — a conical, manmade behemoth weighing hundreds of tons, practically begging to be explored. The problem ... Thu, 23 May 2013 06:29:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104550-submerged-structure-stumps-israeli-archaeologists.html 2013-05-23T06:29:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2103872-doctors-save-ohio-boy-printing-airway-tube.html In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab. In the case of Kaiba (KEYE'-buh) Gionfriddo, doctors didn't have a moment to... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2103872-doctors-save-ohio-boy-printing-airway-tube.html 2013-05-22T22:09:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2103710-twitter-adds-security-measure-to-logins.html NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides th... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:51:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2103710-twitter-adds-security-measure-to-logins.html 2013-05-22T20:51:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102308-sony-mulls-hedge-funds-entertainment-sale-idea.html TOKYO (AP) — Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the electronics giant's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music division. Hirai was asked about the proposal at a corporate strategy presentation Wednesday. He did not give a timetable for a decision, and would not give his own op... Wed, 22 May 2013 09:54:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102308-sony-mulls-hedge-funds-entertainment-sale-idea.html 2013-05-22T09:54:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102136-fishermen-pay-price-asias-volatile-sea-rifts.html MASINLOC, Philippines (AP) — Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control of their fishing haven last year. ... Wed, 22 May 2013 09:33:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102136-fishermen-pay-price-asias-volatile-sea-rifts.html 2013-05-22T09:33:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100768-power-moore-tornado-dwarfs-hiroshima-bomb.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-sc... Wed, 22 May 2013 00:58:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100768-power-moore-tornado-dwarfs-hiroshima-bomb.html 2013-05-22T00:58:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099908-microsoft-touts-xbox-all-in-1-entertainment.html REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price. For the past two years, Microsoft's Xbox 360... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:24:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099908-microsoft-touts-xbox-all-in-1-entertainment.html 2013-05-21T23:24:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2101238-consoles-microsoft-nintendo-sony.html NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony. Each machine has a set of features designed to draw ... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:23:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2101238-consoles-microsoft-nintendo-sony.html 2013-05-21T23:23:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100308-poll-teens-migrating-to-twitter.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told researche... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:54:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100308-poll-teens-migrating-to-twitter.html 2013-05-21T21:54:28Z