Displaying items 97-108 of 1118
» View wdbj7.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-94
Next >
-
Hopkins researcher receives new award to spotlight scientists
Many people have heard of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg or Google co-founder Sergey Brin. But few know about Bert Vogelstein, a Johns Hopkins scientist who helped map the cancer genome and created gene and stool tests to detect colon cancer. A new,...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Genetics, Colon Cancer, Shinya Yamanaka, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. DEADLY SHOOTING AT QUANTICO Three Marines, including the suspected gunman who was believed to be a staff member at the officer candidate school,...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Entertainment Events, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Amy Winehouse, Israel
-
Universe ages 80M years; Big Bang gets clearer
PARIS (AP) — New results from looking at the split-second after the Big Bang indicate the universe is 80 million years older than previously thought and provide ancient evidence supporting core concepts about the cosmos — how it began, what...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Inflation and Deflation, University of Cambridge, Science, Awards and Prizes
-
Dr. Ben Carson's speech was courageous
The Sun's editorial board commits the same sin they attribute to conservatives: selective editing of Dr. Ben Carson's speech and the reaction thereto ("The Carson Monologue" Feb 12). Did not Cal Thomas, a conservative icon, come out with a demand that Dr....
Tags: Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes
-
Aaron Swartz: North Shore teachers recall Internet prodigy
Many people in Highland Park, where Aaron Swartz was raised, continue to struggle with his suicide at age 26 earlier this month as he faced federal prosecution for downloading millions of academic articles without authorization. "He was challenging in...
Tags: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Entertainment Events, Teachers, Reddit Inc., Aaron Swartz
-
Iceland: A photographer's dream
You can see icebergs in the Antarctic, geysers in Yellowstone, waterfalls almost anywhere, volcanoes in the Russian Kamchatka. You can see whales and puffins in plenty of places, including the U.S. But you can see all of this and more at one time in...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts, Photography, Arts and Culture, Iceland
-
Egyptian general warns against continued unrest
CAIRO — Egypt’s top military commander warned President Mohamed Morsi and opposition parties Tuesday to end days of bloodshed and unrest before the nation slides into chaos that may jeopardize the economy and “lead to the collapse of the...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Mohamed Morsi, Politics, Hosni Mubarak, Suez Canal
-
Two local residents honored at White House for work in science, technology
Among the 23 scientists and innovators President Obama honored Friday afternoon during a White House ceremony were La Caņada Flintridge residents Frances Arnold and Solomon Golomb. Arnold — a professor at Caltech — won a National Medal for...
Tags: Barack Obama, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, White House, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
-
Obama recognizes Caltech professor Frances Arnold
Caltech professor Frances Arnold was recognized Friday as a winner of a top technology award given by President Obama. Arnold, whose work focuses on "directed evolution" and green fuel, was one of 11 recipients of the National Medal of Technology and...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, White House, Google+, Science and Technology
-
Belarus Free Theatre explores oppression through the prism of sex
Tribune NewspapersThe sex lives of modern cities — Berlin in the 1920s, New York or San Francisco in the 1970s — tend to be characterized in terms of underground cabarets and over-the-top discos, of fast times fueled by carefree hedonism. But the sex life...Tags: Entertainment Events, Dining and Drinking, Civil Rights, Minsk (Belarus), Feminism
-
Egypt protests continue; opposition rejects talks with Morsi
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.CAIRO -- Egypt's main opposition coalition rejected talks with President Mohamed Morsi on Monday as anti-government protests gripped the nation for a fifth day and the army was given powers to arrest civilians. Six people died across the country,...Tags: Entertainment Events, Mohamed Morsi, Armed Conflicts, Religion and Belief, Islam
-
Poet Pablo Neruda's remains to be exhumed, autopsied
Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda's body will be exhumed and autopsied, a judge ruled this week. An investigation of Neruda's death was opened in 2011, 38 years after he died of what was said to be malnutrition or cancer. Judge Mario Carroza ordered...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Crime, Law and Justice, Google+, Arts and Culture
Feb 21, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 22, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 21, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Feb 15, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 22, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 8, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 1, 2013
|Story| Pasadena Sun
Dec 21, 2012
|Story| Pasadena Sun
Jan 28, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 28, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Nobel Prize Awards topic gallery.