• The Environment

    Birth Control for Animals

    By Paul Adams Posted on 3.3.2009 18 Comments

    "Mother Goose" might soon be an anachronism. In wildlife biology, concerns about animal populations often stem from unnatural declines; in a few cases, however, that concern can be a result of too many animals, not too few, as some once-threatened species have returned with a vengeance. Now a group of researchers is fighting back with a familiar (to humans, at least) tactic: birth control.

  • Gadgets

    New Eye-Fi Cards Upload Video Wirelessly from Most Any Camera

    By Sean Captain Posted on 3.3.2009 1 Comments

    Following through promises made back in January, Best of What's New winner Eye-Fi today released new Wi-Fi-equipped SD memory cards that that upload videos, as well as photos, to the Web.


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