Read more Carnegie Mellon University stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12886/carnegie-mellon-university.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:52:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47737/lose-sleep-catch-a-cold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMom was right: get a good night's sleep. Researchers have discovered a direct link between lack of sleep and vulnerability to disease, Reuters reports. Study volunteers who slept less than seven hours a night for just two weeks were three times more likely to come down with cold symptoms after...http://www.newser.com/story/47737/lose-sleep-catch-a-cold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Jan 2009 4:06:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39553/you-cant-afford-to-read-the-fine-print.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo one bothers to read websites' online privacy policies. But if Americans did—just once a year for each site they visit—it would take 200 hours per person, amounting to $365 billion worth of lost time, Ars Technica reports. That may all be theoretical, but the researchers behind the...http://www.newser.com/story/39553/you-cant-afford-to-read-the-fine-print.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Oct 2008 17:39:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33373/last-lecturer-randy-pausch-dies-of-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRandy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor whose "last lecture" became an international phenomenon, succumbed in his long battle with cancer today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Pausch, 47, was a noted computer scientist before he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but it was his final, inspirational address—now read by more...http://www.newser.com/story/33373/last-lecturer-randy-pausch-dies-of-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Jul 2008 12:04:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29584/in-one-domain-anyway-man-still-conquers-machine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEvery web user has come across CAPTCHAs: wavy-lettered depiction of words you must retype as text. Most pay them no mind, but, Lev Grossman writes in Time , we should reflect upon completing one. They're one of the rare visible skirmishes in the largely invisible war between spammers and security programmers....http://www.newser.com/story/29584/in-one-domain-anyway-man-still-conquers-machine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Jun 2008 16:53:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18916/credit-crunch-extends-to-student-loans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA huge new group of borrowers—from students to museums to local governments—are about to find their credit drying up, as the subprime meltdown that has already cost banks $100 billion continues to spread, reports the Wall Street Journal. In the last few days, investors have backed away from...http://www.newser.com/story/18916/credit-crunch-extends-to-student-loans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 Feb 2008 8:27:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10955/carnegie-mellon-wins-2m-in-robot-car-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA robot car built by Carnegie Mellon University and General Motors beat out ten others to win a race for self-driving vehicles, race officials announced today. The cars had 6 hours to complete a 60-mile course—including missions like parking and merging into traffic—in pursuit of a $2 million...http://www.newser.com/story/10955/carnegie-mellon-wins-2m-in-robot-car-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Nov 2007 23:02:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/7994/3d-pioneer-delivers-lecture-of-a-lifetime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe "Last Lecture Series" is an academic task for some, but computer science prof Randy Pausch - who will live only 3 months with pancreatic cancer - took this talk to be literally his last, the Wall Street Journal reports. Yet he was exuberant as he showed photos of his...http://www.newser.com/story/7994/3d-pioneer-delivers-lecture-of-a-lifetime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Sep 2007 16:33:17 CDT