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Questioning Portable Video
Archos's new 604 portable video player has most of what people expect from a video iPod, but most people don't need either one. In Listening Post. Wildfire Drives Carbon Levels In Northern Forests
Far removed from streams of gas-thirsty cars and pollution-belching factories lies another key player in global climate change. Circling the northern hemisphere, the conifer-dominated boreal forests -- one of the largest ecosystems on earth -- act as a vast natural regulator of atmospheric carbon levels. Intruder Alert: Method Provides Double Computer Crime-Solving Evidence
Like an episode of "CSI: Computers,"a UF researcher has developed a technique that gives digital detectives twice the forensic evidence they now have to catch all kinds of hackers, from curious teenagers to disgruntled employees to agents of foreign governments. Snow Brings Green Machining To Laboratory
University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a novel machining technique that uses a jet of solid carbon dioxide (CO2) to cool/lubricate the surface of metal parts and remove the cut material during machining. Called Snow-Machining, the process could someday eliminate the use of oil-based or synthetic chemical fluids for metal cutting and metal parts cleaning in industry. Smaller Bowls And Spoons Key To Eating Less
When it comes to choosing food bowls, you might want to follow Goldilocks's lead and opt for the baby-bear serving, but not because of the temperature. What makes smaller bowls "just right"for most people is how they help control the urge to over-serve food, says Koert van Ittersum, assistant professor of marketing at Georgia Tech College of Management. Jan. 30, 1945: Torpedoed
The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff in the waning days of World War II results in the greatest maritime disaster in history. Compiled by Tony Long. Long-term Beta Carotene Supplementation May Help Prevent Cognitive Dec
Men who take beta carotene supplements for 15 years or longer may have less cognitive decline, according to a new report. Long-term cellular damage from "oxidative stress"may be a major factor in cognitive decline. Some evidence suggests that antioxidant supplements may help preserve cognition. Astronaut Suni Williams Sets Endurance Record
Call it a great leap forward for women in space. After six years of people, three of whom have been women, living in space aboard the International Space Station, the female time-in-space endurance record set 11 years ago has been broken. And it was broken in a single flight. Vermonters Fight Towers of Power
As the state seeks to replace aging power sources with clean energy plans, wind-power developers fear Vermont's rural aesthetic is too strong to allow towers atop mountain ridges. Folks just don't want to spoil the view. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him.
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