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Latest Articles: Science/Tech
Face-hunting software will scour web for targets
Post Date: 2006-12-21 19:53:26 by innieway
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A search engine that uses sophisticated facial recognition to allow users to identify and find people in online images will launch next month. But civil liberties groups say the biometric-style tool could compromise the privacy of anyone who has their picture online. Search engine Polar Rose reconstructs the 3D shape of a person's face and then combines that with characteristics of their features to generate a unique "face print". This can then be used to search other photos for a match. In January users will be able to download a plugin for their browser that allows users to enter information about faces they recognise in online images. This data is then sent to a ...
Wise men testify to dragon's virgin birth
Post Date: 2006-12-21 16:03:25 by Tauzero
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Wise men testify to dragon's virgin birth Mark Henderson, Science Editor # Female Komodo doesn't need a mate # Scientists say it is truly immaculate A clutch of four Komodo dragons that hatched at London Zoo this year were all the result of virgin births, according to research that could help scientific efforts to protect the world’s largest lizards. Genetic tests conducted at the University of Liverpool have proved that all four born to a female called Sungai were conceived by parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction that is known to take place in lizards but never documented in this species before. Sungai, who has died since her eggs hatched, is also about to be ...
Free Calls - Gizmo Project
Post Date: 2006-12-21 13:11:27 by Lod
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Interesting New Search Engine
Post Date: 2006-12-21 11:54:36 by Lod
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http://www.msdewey.com
A Bunch of Little Scrooges?
Post Date: 2006-12-20 18:44:32 by Tauzero
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A Bunch of Little Scrooges? Studies of children indicate that people may be inherently prejudiced against those less fortunate. Bah, humbug, indeed. By Wray Herbert Special to Newsweek Updated: 4:05 p.m. CT Dec 19, 2006 Dec. 19, 2006 - Alms for the poor. Sidewalk Santas with clanging bells. The words and images may seem a bit Dickensian, but the charitable sentiment still resonates throughout the winter holiday season. After all, every one of the world's major religions preaches compassion and generosity toward those less fortunate. Yet despite the universality of this simple message, a substantial body of scientific research shows that sympathy for the disadvantaged is not an ...
Woman medalist is not a woman
Post Date: 2006-12-17 20:13:42 by DeaconBenjamin
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NEW DELHI, Dec 17: On December 9, Santhi Soudarajan won a silver for India in the women’s 800m run at the Doha Asian Games. On Sunday, it was revealed that Santhi is not a woman. The 25-year-old runner failed a gender test, which was conducted in Doha during the Games after the race was over. The test report, which was sent to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) by the organisers on Sunday, says that "she does not possess the sexual characteristics of a women". The startling revelation means India will lose the medal. The official word is awaited. The bizarre incident is also shocking since the Athletic Federation of India (AFI), which selected ‘her’ for Doha, ...
Is Anyone Else's Internet Connection Behaving Oddly?
Post Date: 2006-12-17 18:33:45 by Lod
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Just wondering if I was the only one this afternoon. Thanks.
Scientists identify gene mutation in autism
Post Date: 2006-12-17 16:52:43 by Diana
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PARIS (Reuters) - French scientists have identified genetic mutations in a small number of children with autism which could provide insight into the biological basis of the disorder. They sequenced a gene called SHANK3 in more than 200 people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which includes autism, and found mutations in the gene in members of three families. ASD covers a range of problems that affect communication, social interaction, verbal skills and behavior. "These mutations concern only a small number of individuals, but they shed light on one gene ... that is involved in autism spectrum disorders," Thomas Bourgeron, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, said in a report ...
What IS This Thing at the Bottom of the Ocean?
Post Date: 2006-12-15 20:59:08 by tom007
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Winter Solstice: A Triumph For Light On The Darkest Day Of The Year
Post Date: 2006-12-15 01:24:47 by Morgana le Fay
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Two years ago, at dawn on a cold December morning, Kate and I piled rocks and stones into two cairns under an old maple tree in the yard. The tree stands at the crest of the hill that our property straddles. We were marking two points on a line to the southeast - a line that when extrapolated to the horizon hit the deep red bull's-eye of the rising sun. It was the beginning of the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice. The sunrise was at the southern terminus of its annual journey up and down the eastern horizon. People have been engaging in similar activities for thousands of years. Long before there was a month of December, more than 5,000 years ago, a remarkable tomb was ...
US Government Biological Weapons Legislator Says 2001 Anthrax Attacks Part Of Government Bio-warfare Program
Post Date: 2006-12-15 00:03:07 by richard9151
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US Government Biological Weapons Legislator Says 2001 Anthrax Attacks Part Of Government Bio-warfare Program Expert says FBI covered up the plot to attack Congress which may have been perpetrated by the same people who carried out the 9/11 attacks Steve Watson http://Infowars.net Wednesday, December 13, 2006 The real culprits behind the 2001 anthrax attack on Congress were most likely US government scientists at the army's Ft. Detrick, MD., bioterrorism lab according to a former government biological weapons legislator and University of Illinois Professor. Dr Franics A. Boyle says the FBI covered up these facts and has also quite clearly stated that he doubts the official ...
Study: Arctic basin ice free by September 2040
Post Date: 2006-12-12 19:59:23 by robin
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Study: Arctic basin ice free by September 2040www.chinaview.cn 2006-12-12 19:02:36 Arctic sea ice(Xinhua Photo)Photo Gallery >>> BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A recent climate study using computer models indicates that if greenhouse gases continue to be released at their current rate, most of the Arctic basin will be ice free in September by 2040. And winter ice, now about 12 feet thick, will be less than 3 feet thick. The most recent study by scientists from The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., disputes a previous study that predicted the region will be free of summer ice by 2060, and another that forecasts ice until 2105. The rapid meltdown, caused ...
Major Solar Eruption - Little Comment in Western Press
Post Date: 2006-12-12 18:07:41 by Eoghan
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If you are into following events involving sol, our system's central star, you may have heard of a major event in progress right now, but chances are you haven't heard as the Western media is strangely silent about the event. NASA has issued a communication about the event that plays down the importance of what is happening. Apart from an Item in Astronomy and Space News, the story was picked up - as far as I can tell - so far only by a paper in Brisbane, Australia. Solar_Flare.jpg A major solar flare not seen in 30 years But a more detailed account comes from Russia. The paper Commersant puts the event in perspective saying that the flare was classified an X-9, meaning an ...
Is this Kudizoo story true or a ruse?
Post Date: 2006-12-11 15:42:59 by Indrid Cold
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OK, so a fellow you've never met - a Mr. Kudizoo no less - wants to buy for a whopping $1.8 million what is essentially a list of grant-money sources you rounded up on the Internet. You wouldn't be stupid enough to buy that, would you? Well, what if he actually sent you a check? What if your bank said it was legitimate? What if you spent a couple hundred thousand of it before the bank reversed course? What are you now - a scam victim or a con artist? Even a veteran federal judge can't quite decide which label to put on LaFollette software designer wannabe John Henegar. "This thing is just a conundrum from the very beginning," Senior U.S. District Judge James H. ...
Study say marijuana no gateway drug
Post Date: 2006-12-06 22:45:58 by Zipporah
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Marijuana is not a “gateway” drug that predicts or eventually leads to substance abuse, suggests a 12-year University of Pittsburgh study. Moreover, the study’s findings call into question the long-held belief that has shaped prevention efforts and governmental policy for six decades and caused many a parent to panic upon discovering a bag of pot in their child’s bedroom. The Pitt researchers tracked 214 boys beginning at ages 10-12, all of whom eventually used either legal or illegal drugs. When the boys reached age 22, they were categorized into three groups: those who used only alcohol or tobacco, those who started with alcohol and tobacco and then used marijuana ...
US plans for Moon base
Post Date: 2006-12-06 04:17:20 by mirage
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US space agency Nasa says it is planning to start work on a base on the Moon after astronauts begin flying back there in 2020. The maps and graphics below show how and where man could live on the Moon. Nasa scientists say the best approach is to develop a solar-powered moon base and to locate it near one of the poles of the moon - such as the Shackleton Crater near the South Pole. The poles offer moderate temperatures, high percentage of sunlight which means greater potential for solar power and more opportunities to launch. Nasa says they are also exciting options as they are not as well known as other areas and offer "unique, cold dark craters". Nasa wants to have returned ...
Taco Bells Used Same Distributor [E.Coli Outbreak]
Post Date: 2006-12-05 18:55:42 by IndieTX
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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) — All 11 Taco Bells implicated in an E. coli outbreak in New York and New Jersey used the same food distributor, the restaurant chain said Tuesday as health officials tried to pinpoint the source of the dangerous bacteria that sickened at least three dozen people. Nine people remained hospitalized in New Jersey and New York, including an 11-year-old boy in stable condition with kidney damage. Taco Bell Corp. said it had sanitized its nine closed restaurants and planned to reopen them on Tuesday. At the same time, spokesman Rob Poetsch said: "We have no indication what the source is. We're looking into all possibilities." The distributor, ...
Flatulence, not turbulence forces plane landing in Nashville
Post Date: 2006-12-05 16:49:26 by Jethro Tull
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Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning. American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers reported smelling struck matches, said Lynne Lowrance, a spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. The plane landed safely. The FBI, Transportation Safety Administration and airport authority responded to the emergency, Lowrance said. The passengers and five crew members were brought off the plane, together with all the luggage, to go through security checks again. Bomb-sniffing dogs found spent ...
China will become world’s second highest investor in R&D by end of 2006, finds OECD
Post Date: 2006-12-04 22:55:28 by Steel
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04/12/2006 - China will this year for the first time spend more on research and development (R&D) than Japan and so become the world’s second highest investor in R&D after the United States, according to OECD projections based on recent trends. “The rapid rise of China in both money spent and researchers employed is stunning,” said Dirk Pilat, Head of the OECD’s Science and Technology Policy division. “To keep up, OECD countries need to make their research and innovation systems more efficient and find new ways to stimulate innovation in today’s increasingly competitive global economy.” Based on recent trends trends, China will spend just over ...
China develops computer server operating system
Post Date: 2006-12-04 22:43:45 by Steel
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A Chinese developed computer operating system for servers that is said to be more secure than other server software has been used in national defense. The Kylin operating system has passed an assessment by a panel of experts from the state 863 Hi-tech Research and Development Program office on Monday. The Kylin system is compatible with mainstream operating systems and supports multiple microprocessors and computers of different structures. The system has obtained authentication of the international Linux Standard Base and Free Standards Group, developers said. Operating systems in China are mainly products developed overseas, said officials with the Ministry of Science and Technology ...
Chemtrails - NARSTO
Post Date: 2006-12-04 14:13:42 by gothink3
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Check out NARSTO's Site: http://www.narsto.org/ NARSTO is a public / private partnership dedicated to improving management of air quality in North America. It was established on February 13, 1995 when representatives of Canada, the United States, and Mexico signed the NARSTO Charter in a ceremony at the White House. Since its founding, NARSTO has completed three major scientific Assessments of critical air quality management issues. NARSTO maintains the Quality Systems Science Center and the NARSTO Data Archive for storing data from NARSTO Affiliated Research Activities and making these data available to the scientific community. NARSTO also facilitates activities, such as the ...
Air travelers stripped bare with X-ray machine
Post Date: 2006-12-02 13:04:09 by innieway
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The agency in charge of the nation's air security expects later this year to begin using a controversial X-ray machine that will show airport screeners a clear picture of what's under passengers' clothes — whether weapons or just bare skin. Screeners plan to test the "backscatter" machines at several U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says. The refrigerator-sized machines are considered a breakthrough in scanning technology but have been labeled "a virtual strip search" by the American Civil Liberties Union. (Related story: Airports test 'futureworld' devices) Security workers using the machines can see through ...
Army rations rehydrated by urine
Post Date: 2006-12-01 15:48:13 by SmokinOPs
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Would you eat food cooked in your own urine? Food scientists working for the US military have developed a dried food ration that troops can hydrate by adding the filthiest of muddy swamp water or even peeing on it. The ration comes in a pouch containing a filter that removes 99.9 per cent of bacteria and most toxic chemicals from the water used to rehydrate it, according to the Combat Feeding Directorate, part of the US Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts. This is the same organisation that created the "indestructible sandwich" that will stay fresh for three years (New Scientist print edition, 10 April 2002). The aim is to reduce the amount of water soldiers ...
New Computer Vulnerabilities
Post Date: 2006-11-30 17:18:50 by IndieTX
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Handler's Diary November 29th 2006 previous - New Adobe vulnerability Published: 2006-11-29, Last Updated: 2006-11-29 18:34:37 UTC by Toby Kohlenberg (Version: 1) Frank Klein has written to let us know that there are new vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader that have the potential for code execution as a result of incorrect argument handling in the ActiveX control for IE. There is no patch currently available and Adobe is offering a mitigation of deleting the control. FrSIRT has provided a kill bit option that you can set that should disable the control. The vulnerable versions are: Adobe Standard, Reader & Professional 7.0.0 - 7.0.8 ...
Toronto University Lab Develops Tool To Overcome Web Censorship
Post Date: 2006-11-30 12:46:10 by Brian S
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TORONTO: Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a strong tool capable of circumventing government censorship of the internet. The program, called psiphon, has been developed by researchers at the Citizen Lab at the university's Munk Centre for International Studies, which is part of an Open Society Institute-funded project. It will be released on 1 December and can be downloaded feely. It is targeted at countries which impose internet censorship and helps users to access news sites, blogs and other censored media. The program works on the principle of social networking. When a person in an uncensored country downloads psiphon, that person's computer is converted ...
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