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Africa's troubled Darfur mission
Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:57 PM EST (BBC News)
The African Union (AU) mission in Sudan has come under fire from all sides since it started its operation in Darfur in 2004.
White House: Reality Of Iraq War Has A Well-Known Liberal Bias
Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:18 PM EST (Think Progress)
Office of Management and Budget director Jim Nussle blasted a congressional report that pegged the cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan at $1.6 trillion through next year, saying the study by the Joint Economic Committee was "clearly partisan."
Feds Accuse Scholar of Terror Activity
Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:52 PM EST (The Buffalo News)
The federal government said it denied a visa for a well-known South African scholar who has been a critic of the war in Iraq because he "engaged in a terrorist activity," according to a letter made public Wednesday.
Canadian stun gun death on video
Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:52 AM EST (BBC News)
Video footage has been released in Canada showing the last moments of an immigrant who died after being stunned with a Taser by police. The Taser gun fires darts that release a 50,000-volt electric charge which temporarily paralyzes the target.
Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything
Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:14 AM EST (Telegraph)
An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which as received rave reviews from scientists.
The abortion ship's doctor
Seeded on Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:15 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Dutch doctor Rebecca Gomperts has caused huge controversy by providing abortions for women in countries where the procedure is illegal - by treating them on a ship anchored in international waters.
Are Americans completely incapable of getting mad as hell?
Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:31 PM EST (onlinejournal.com)
Following 9/11, Americans watched as Bush & Co.
1.8 million veterans lack health coverage
Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:12 PM EST (polhudson.lohudblogs.com)
Of the 47 million uninsured Americans, one in every eight or 12.2 percent is a veteran or member of a veteran's household, according to a study by Harvard Medical School researchers published in the December 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
Researchers successfully simulate photosynthesis and design a better leaf
Seeded on Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:59 PM EST (PhysOrg.com)
University of Illinois researchers have built a better plant, one that produces more leaves and fruit without needing extra fertilizer. The researchers accomplished the feat using a computer model that mimics the process of evolution.
Scientists link mysterious highest-energy cosmic rays with violent black holes
Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 11:55 PM EST (PhysOrg.com)
Scientists of the Pierre Auger Collaboration announced today (Nov. 8) that active galactic nuclei are the most likely candidate for the source of the highest-energy cosmic rays that hit Earth.
A brittle Western ally in the Horn of Africa
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 7:08 PM EST (The Economist)
AS AMERICA surveys the map of eastern Africa, it finds little to take comfort from. Somalia is in anarchy, riven by competing warlords and a haven for Islamist militants. Sudan is involved in the bloody suppression of blacks in its western region, Darfur.
Scientists Say Dark Matter Doesn't Exist
Seeded on Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:27 PM EDT (Space.com)
Two Canadian astronomers think there is a good reason dark matter, a mysterious substance thought to make up the bulk of matter in the universe, has never been directly detected: It doesn't exist.
A bold notion that's built on remembrance of things future
Seeded on Mon Nov 5, 2007 9:30 AM EST (Toronto)
A new book argues that writers and artists discover scientific truths long before scientists do
Cell stains create a 'brainbow'
Seeded on Fri Nov 2, 2007 10:45 AM EDT (BBC News)
Scientists have used the latest cell-staining techniques to create a colourful "brainbow" of the tissues of the brain. The Harvard University team used a combination of multiple fluorescent proteins to colour brain cells (neurons) up to 90 distinct colours.
Auctioned 'Rembrandt' fetches £2m
Seeded on Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:27 PM EDT (BBC News)
A painting given a reserve of £1,500 sold for more than £2m at auction after bidders became convinced it was a Rembrandt self portrait.
Resistance in the Burmese jungle
Seeded on Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:23 PM EDT (BBC News)
The leader of a Burmese ethnic army has urged all opponents of the ruling junta to unite in the aftermath of last month's uprising.
Fema sorry for 'fake' conference
Seeded on Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:11 PM EDT (BBC News)
The US Federal Emergency Management Administration has apologised for having its employees pose as reporters at a hastily arranged news conference.
Do birds, bees dance to same tune? How science goofed
Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:19 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)
A clutch of scientific studies showing that the foraging patterns of albatrosses, bumblebees and deer conform to a single mathematical axiom all got it wrong, researchers said Wednesday.
Humans and monkeys share Machiavellian intelligence
Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:01 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)
When it comes to their social behavior, people sometimes act like monkeys, or more specifically, like rhesus macaques, a type of monkey that shares with humans strong tendencies for nepotism and political maneuvering, according to research by Dario Maestripieri, an expert on prim …
Dwarf galaxies need dark matter too
Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:55 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)
Astronomy professor Mario Mateo and post-doctoral researcher Matthew Walker measured the velocity of 6,804 stars in seven dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way: Carina, Draco, Fornax, Leo I, Leo II, Sculptor and Sextans.
Could quantum effects explain consciousness?
Seeded on Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:27 PM EDT (Google)
WITH its triumphant descriptions of a range of subatomic phenomena, quantum mechanics is one of the most successful scientific theories of all time. Now it holds out the tantalising prospect of explaining one of the great mysteries in biology: the nature of consciousness.
Major pirate website shut down
Seeded on Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:18 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
One of the world's most-used pirate film websites has been closed after providing links to illegal versions of major Hollywood hits and TV shows.
Neandertals, humans share key changes to 'language gene'
Seeded on Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:51 AM EDT (PhysOrg.com)
A new study published online on October 18th in Current Biology reveals that adaptive changes in a human gene involved in speech and language were shared by our closest extinct relatives, the Neandertals.
European XFEL Project Shines a New Light for Research
Seeded on Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:33 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)
A colossal project called XFEL located in Germany will allow the collective sciences gain understanding of solar cells, fuel cells and watch how atoms and molecules combine.
FSU Physicist Shining a Light on Dark Matter
Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 10:41 AM EDT (PhysOrg.com)
We've all been taught that our bodies, the Earth, and in fact all matter in the universe is composed of tiny building blocks called atoms. Now imagine if this weren't the case.
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