Study: Internet Feeds Delusions -
"The Internet appears to have infiltrated yet another aspect of modern life, the
delusions of the actively psychotic, a new study shows..."
Hawking Awaits Unified Theory Proof - The
world's best-known physicist, who was attending a conference on string theory, revised his
prediction in the 1980s that there was a 50-50 chance the theory would be proven in 20
years...
History: We're Losing It - They told us
digital data would last forever. They lied. How do we save the past before it all
disappears?
Does the "SOHO" Market Exist
- PC companies are always looking for new markets to address. Many have setup internal
product and marketing organizations to focus on the "SOHO" market." Here at
InfoBeads, we've banished the term SOHO from our vocabulary because we've found that it
lumps together two very different market segments...
Anniversary of Apollo 11 Celebrated
- "The men of Apollo 11, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first landing on the
moon, credited the competition of a space race with the Soviet Union for the success of
America's lunar program..."
Girl Released After Brain Surgery -
A teen-ager who had half of her brain removed to stem the spread of a deadly neurological
disease was released from Johns Hopkins Children's Center on Thursday...
Grissom's Capsule Lifted From Ocean - Filled
with stinking muck after 38 years at the bottom of the Atlantic, Gus Grissom's Mercury
capsule was brought to the surface Tuesday along with seven Mercury dimes the astronaut
carried into space as souvenirs...
Powerful Telescope Set for Launch
- The world's heftiest, mightiest, priciest X-ray telescope is about to embark on a
five-year voyage to stare deep into the hearts of galaxies and search for signs of black
holes...
Crew of Civil War Submarine Found - Archaeologists
dug beneath a football stadium for a month and found the remains of 27 Confederate
soldiers, including four thought to be the first crew members on the Hunley, the first
submarine to sink an enemy war ship...
NATURE VS. NURTURE - "Americans are more
likely to support gay rights, drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, and funding for
research on mental illness if they think certain behaviors are determined primarily by
heredity and genes rather than by upbringing and environment, according to the latest
Quality-Quotient poll from U.S. News & World Report and Bozell Worldwide..."
Scientists find more
room for chip-making at atomic level - Bell Labs scientists
say they have found what they believe is the limit for making ever-smaller computer chips
using current materials. Five atoms is the minimum thickness possible for the silicon
dioxide film at the heart of computers -- a part of the transistors that turn on and off
at lightning speed, the scientists report in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature...
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The Politics of Biology
- The view of mental illness as a brain disease has been crucial to the effort to
destigmatize illnesses such as schizophrenia and depression. But it's just one example of
a much broader biologizing of American culture that's been going on for more than a
decade...
Real Computers Don't 'Squish' -
"Some scientists in Atlanta have now demonstrated a different, very organic variation
on our nice "normal" computers -- a computer built out of leech neurons..."
Exiled Planets Might Support Life
- Earth-like planets that were ejected from our infant solar system might
just be warm and wet enough to support life, scientists reported Wednesday...
Law of the jungle - Altruism - Ever
since Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859, such
self-sacrifice among animals has puzzled biologists...
New Approach to 3D Imagery - Scientists
say they have invented a new kind of camera that takes three-dimensional pictures using
visible light.
Gov't Recommends Embryo Research
- President Clinton's top advisory panel on medical ethics is recommending
government financing of limited forms of research on human embryos to build on discoveries
promising huge medical advances...
Ancient Temple Factory Discovered
- Two thousand years ago, masons working in an underground factory - a
cluster of caverns beneath Jerusalem - carved stone mugs, dishes and wine jugs for priests
serving in the nearby Jewish Temple...
Attraction-Menstrual Cycle Linked
- "The kind of man's face a woman finds attractive varies with her menstrual cycle,
according to a study that underscores the hold biology still has on us, no matter how
highly evolved we like to think we are."
Old Shipwreck Found Off Israel - Using
the same techniques he used to locate the Titanic, explorer Bob Ballard said today he has
found the oldest known deepwater shipwrecks: a pair of wine-laden ships dragged to the
depths of the Mediterranean during a fierce storm more than 2,500 years ago...
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