Scientists are shedding light on an important, unsolved physics problem: the relationship between chaos theory…
Month: August 2008
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Trigger For Brain Plasticity Identified: Signal Comes, Surprisingly, From Outside The Brain
Researchers have long sought a factor that can trigger the brain’s ability to learn —…
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If Your First Cigarette Gave You A Buzz And You Now Smoke, A Gene May Be To Blame
Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. Now, a new…
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Judge orders halt to Defcon speech on subway card hacking (CNET)
CNET – LAS VEGAS–A federal judge on Saturday granted the Massachusetts transit authority’s request for…
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Website blocking is for your own good, Games chiefs tell Chinese (AFP)
AFP – Olympic Games organisers claimed on Saturday that the controversial decision to block Internet…
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Eat kangaroo to ‘save the planet’
Switching from beef to kangaroo burgers could significantly help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, an…
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Some Web sites remain blocked at Beijing Olympics (AP)
AP – Some Web sites remained inaccessible to reporters as competition got under way Saturday…
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Sub to make deep Caribbean dive
UK scientists will use their new auto-sub to explore the world’s deepest undersea volcanoes, 6km…
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82 Percent Of Americans Think Health Care System Needs Major Overhaul
Americans are dissatisfied with the US health care system and 82 percent think it should…
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New Approach To Ad Hoc Networks For First Responders Debuts
Researchers successfully demonstrated a prototype approach to maintain two-way communications with first responders as they…