As MMORPGs such as “World of Warcraft” and virtual worlds such as Linden Labs’ Second…
Month: September 2008
Excitement and Fear Abound Over Super Collider
Scientists are getting ready to flip the switch on the largest science experiment ever conducted…
Child Safety Seats And Lap-and-shoulder Belts Effective In Preventing Serious Injury, Study Suggests
Study reveals that lap-and-shoulder seat belts perform as well as child safety seats in preventing…
Role Of Aerosols In Climate Change Examined
It appears that aerosol effects on clouds can induce large changes in precipitation patterns, which…
Cholesterol Drugs Lower Risk Of Stroke For Elderly, Too
Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a stroke or mini-stroke lower their risk…
Smoke Smudges Mexico City’s Air, Chemists Identify Sources
Mexico City once topped lists of places with the worst air pollution in the world….
New ‘Trick’ Allows HIV To Overcome A Barrier To Infection
Researchers have discovered a new ‘trick’ that allows HIV to overtake resting T cells that…
As Easy As 1, 2, 3: Number Sense Correlates With Test Scores
Knowing how precisely a high school freshman can estimate the number of objects in a…
RealDVD Allows Copying DVDs To Hard Drives
Real Networks, best known for its ties to the Rhapsody music service and RealPlayer multimedia…
Bill and Jerry, Chrome and the Next Linux Generation
Well, it was a comparatively quiet week on the Linux blogs last week, due at…