Solar Slumber May Have Been Caused by Magnetic Flows
The anomalously long lull in solar flares and sunspots during 2008 and 2009 may have been caused by a drop in gas flows at the sun’s surface, related weak magnetic fields. The finding may point to a way to better predict solar activity.
Slacker Radio Secretly Preparing On-Demand Music Service
Slacker, the critically praised interactive radio service our readers helped us discover in ‘07, plans to launch an on-demand subscription service combining elements of Pandora, Rhapsody and Spotify in the next few months, Wired.com has learned.
Desperate Efforts to Save Endangered Bats May Fail
Efforts to save the endangered Virginia big-eared bat from White Nose Syndrome by starting a captive colony appear to be failing.
SXSW: See All Austin Check-ins in One Place
Cliqset has produced this nifty web app that aggregates status updates and check-ins sent from people in and around Austin to all of the different major location-sharing services — Gowalla, Foursquare, Twitter, Brightkite and of course Cliqset.
With More Than Enough Apps, Apple Pushes for Quality
Now that Apple has fulfilled its goal of achieving quantity in its App Store, the company is making a hard push for quality. But where do you draw the line between raising quality standards and censorship?