Tag: Science and Technology

Pet apps make clutter-free gifts for owners

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 12:18 pm

Hawking, CERN scientists win huge physics prize

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 11:50 am

Watchdog agency claims research animals mistreated

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 10:44 am

Texting whereabouts of deer illegal in Kan.

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 10:02 am

This undated photo provided by PetSmart shows a Sunbeam Holiday Dog Treat Maker, available at PetSmart Inc. stores. A holiday present for Fido or Fluffy used to be an extra table scrap or a new squeeze toy. But as with gifts for their human counterparts, pet presents are becoming increasingly high-tech. (AP Photo/PetSmart)

Holiday gifts for pets following high-tech trend

Sue Manning · December 11, 2012 10:00 am

Tulane dedicating $7.4M research facility

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 9:02 am

FILE- In this April 19, 2012, file photo, actor Alan Alda attends a screening at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Alda, the host of of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers," and a founder of the Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, is sponsoring an international contest for scientists, asking them to explain in terms a sixth-grader could understand: "What is time?" (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

Alan Alda asks scientists to explain: What’s time?

Frank Eltman · December 11, 2012 8:01 am

SC education officials present evaluation plans

Seanna Adcox · December 11, 2012 4:43 am

This handout image provided by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows the cover of the FTC's âMobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade" guide. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating an unspecified number of software companies that make cellphone apps to determine whether they have violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from their phones then sharing it with advertisers and data brokers, the agency said Monday. Such apps can capture a child's physical location, phone numbers of their friends and more. (AP Photo/FTC)

Government investigating makers of cellphone apps

Richard Lardner · December 11, 2012 1:07 am

Commission approves north Montana ranch buy

Matthew Brown · December 11, 2012 1:03 am

Expert says Texas standardized test isn’t too hard

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2012 12:27 am

North Koreans wait for a bus in snow-covered Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week until Dec. 29, citing technical problems. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA

NKorea extends window, still readies rocket launch

HyungJin Kim · December 11, 2012 12:14 am