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Traffic Jam Mystery Solved By Mathematicians
Mathematicians have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers baffled as they finally reach the end of a tail-back to find no visible cause for their delay. Now, a team of mathematicians have found the answer. Essentially a traffic jam moves backwards through the traffic creating a so-called 'backward traveling wave.' NewScientist.com Special Reports: Return of the Space Shuttle
Background information and news on U.S. space shuttles (Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour), the Hubble Space Telescope, and other topics related to NASA and the space program. Features a space shuttle timeline, facts and figures related to shuttle safety improvements, and related links. From the online version of New Scientist magazine. Anglo Boer War Museum
Website for this museum in South Africa devoted to the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. "Although the protagonists were Britain and the two Boer Republics, the population of South Africa as a whole became embroiled in the war either directly or indirectly."Features a timeline of events, photos, biographies, and related material. 'Chiptune' Bands Blitz New York for Blip Festival
People who turn vintage computers and videogames into musical instruments come from around the world to participate in the second-annual 8-bit music gathering. Myelin Suppresses Plasticity In The Mature Brain
Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Science this week genetic evidence for the hypothesis that myelination, or formation of a protective sheath around a nerve fiber, consolidates neural circuitry by suppressing plasticity in the mature brain. New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer p
Fossil plants provide clues as to what our planet looked like millions of years ago. Identifying fossil plants can be tricky, however, when plant organs fail to be preserved. Researchers recently discovered abundant fossilized specimens of a conifer (previously known as "Libocedrus" prechilensis) found in Argentinean Patagonia. Characteristics of these fossils match those currently found only in tropical, montane New Guinea and the Moluccas. This discovery helps to explain the remarkable plant and insect diversity found in Eocene Patagonia. Fingerprinting Hackers: Technique Demonstrates Wireless Device Driver
The next time you're sipping a latte and surfing the Net at your favorite neighborhood wireless café, someone just a few seats away could be breaking into your laptop and causing irreparable damage to your computer's operating system by secretly tapping into your network card's unique device driver, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in have concluded. Apple Drops iPod Prices: Old Models to Stay in Store, Shuffle to Be Ax
With nary a “Back Soon†sticky note to signal a reshuffle of its product lines, Apple has already started to drop the prices of various iPods.
 Reboot TheseSci-Fi TV Shows Next, Wired.com Readers Plead
We showed you ours, and you showed us yours. These science-fiction franchises of the past point the way toward great television of the future.
 [Scary] Driving instructor gives lesson in road rage
A Dutch driving instructor hit a knife-wielding fellow motorist with a baseball bat during a fight over his student's skills, police say."Words were exchanged between the instructor and the man who pulled a knife and then the other hit him with a baseball bat,"a police spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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