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Zune Won't Kill the IPod
Microsoft's new MP3 player has a lot going against it, even without the iPod around. It's not cool, the DRM will be a pain and wireless sharing is just another way for people to lie to strangers. Commentary by Leander Kahney. Lift-off For Foton Microgravity Mission
An unmanned Foton spacecraft, carrying a payload of more than 40 ESA experiments, was successfully launched September 14. The Soyuz-U launcher lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Foton will spend 12 days in orbit, during which time the onboard experiments will be exposed to microgravity, and in some cases, to the harsh environment of open space, before re-entering the atmosphere and landing on the steppes near the Russian-Kazakh border. Carnegie Mellon Detection System Finds Life In Atacama Desert; Mars Ma
Current Mars expeditions raise the tantalizing possibility that there may be life somewhere on the red planet. But just how will future missions find it? A system being developed by Carnegie Mellon scientists could provide the answer. Badgers on the Web
This British site provides information about badgers throughout the world. It features images and information about "Eurasian badgers, American badgers, hog badgers, ferret badgers, stink badgers, and honey badgers (ratels)."Also includes links to hundreds of related sites, a section for children, a message board, and links to local badger organizations in the United Kingdom. From an enthusiast. Ozone Levels Drop When Hurricanes Are Strengthening
Scientists are continually exploring different aspects of hurricanes to increase the understanding of how they behave. Recently, NASA-funded scientists from Florida State University looked at ozone around hurricanes and found that ozone levels drop as a hurricane is intensifying. European Union Forests Expanding, Absorbing Carbon At Surprisingly Hig
European Union forests are expanding and absorbing carbon at a higher than expected rate. Researchers say at least partial credit for nurturing its carbon sink through forest expansion is likely needed by the EU to reach its ambitious post-Kyoto goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2020 from 1990 levels. Major New UNC-based Drinking Water Study Suggests Pregnancy Fears May
Fears that chemical byproducts resulting from purifying drinking water with chlorine boost the chances that pregnant women will miscarry were not supported by the results of a major new study. If such threats exist at all, which is uncertain, they likely are modest, it concludes. Researchers Discover Key To Human Embryonic Stem-cell Potential
Researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research working with human embryonic stem cells have uncovered the process responsible for the single-most tantalizing characteristic of these cells: their ability to become just about any type of cell in the body, a trait known as pluripotency. Building With Books
This site offers an alternative for disposing of undesirable books: build them into furniture. The site documents the exhibition of lamps, umbrella stands, picture frames, and related objects, along with "photographs of the process, [and] publicity posters."The project was the result of a classroom and library collaboration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Large-scale Projects in Berlin: Memorial to the Murdered Jews in Europ
"On 25 June 1999 the German Bundestag passed a resolution on the construction of a Memorial to the murdered Jews in Europe."This site features an overview of the project (which was completed in 2005) and its design "by the New York architect, Peter Eisenman, [which] marks a radical departure from the traditional memorial concept."Provides a video showing images of the memorial. In English and German. From the Senate Department of Urban Development, Berlin.
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