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Flu Pandemic Coming, U.S. Not Prepared
Immediate action is needed to prepare the United States for a deadly pandemic of influenza, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is telling policymakers. The Numbers Behind The Kidney: Mathematicians Find A Useful Niche In B
Mathematics professor Harold Layton was an unusual graduate student back in the 1980s. While the other Duke students stuck to theorems and proofs, Layton turned his attention to something more ordinary: urine. For his dissertation he created a mathematical model of how the kidney combines water and waste to produce the familiar yellow stream. Primate Behavior Explained By Computer 'Agents'
The complex behavior of primates can be understood using artificially-intelligent computer "agents"that mimic their actions, shows new research. Scientists using agents programmed with simple instructions to work out why some primate groups are 'despotic'whilst others are 'egalitarian'- overturning previous theories developed by primatologists. Apple, Other Laptops Using New Intel 'Penryn' Chips Might Debut in Jan
Apple, as well as other PC manufacturers, may start offering laptops based on Intel's new 45-nanometer CPUs as early as January 2008. Expect the supply to be a little tight at first, if reports are correct. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Marine Lobsters of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue o
This 1991 publication introduces species of marine lobsters of interest to fisheries. Includes a glossary, illustrated descriptions of the lobster species, a list of species by major marine fishing areas, a bibliography, and an index of scientific and vernacular names. From the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The Blind Fragging the Blind
If you need to improve your hand-to-ear coordination, you can take advantage of a growing library of computer games for the blind, including audio versions of Quake and Doom. By David Cohn. [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. Bye Swarmbots, Hello Swarmanoids
A new project will create collaborative, multitasking miniature robots that can work together to help humans build factories or assist in rescues after natural disasters. By Emmet Cole. David Lynch's Weird, Wired World
He's a renowned avant-garde filmmaker. But he's also a TV producer, cartoonist, graphic artist and composer -- and a big fan of the internet. The man who brought Twin Peaks to life talks about his online efforts, his new film and transcendental meditation. By Wired magazine's Scott Thill.
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