27 May, 2010
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Comunicas.- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says that "more is needed" from Facebook to address privacy criticisms. In a blog post, the civil liberties group praised Facebook for a "great first step" towards giving members of the site more control over their data. However, it warned members against choosing the site's recommended privacy control setting. [...]
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17 May, 2010
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Comunicas.- A supermassive black hole may have been observed in the process of being hurled from its parent galaxy at high speed. The finding comes from analysis of data collected by the US Chandra space X-ray observatory. However, there are alternative explanations for the observation. The work, by an international team of astronomers, has been [...]
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14 May, 2010
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Comunicas.- Climate change could wipe out 20% of the world's lizard species by 2080, according to a global-scale study. An international team of scientists also found that rising temperatures had aready driven 12% of Mexico's lizard populations to extinction. Based on this discovery, the team was able to make global predictions using an "extinction model". [...]
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12 May, 2010
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Comunicas.- More than 400 species, as several migratory birds, are in danger because of the oil slick caused by the accident at the rig in the Gulf of Mexico. According to press reports, the protests against British Petroleum Company (BP), which is responsible for the tragedy, will continue on Thursday in different cities of the [...]
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