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'Viking Ship' Discovered in Sweden's Largest Lake
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 214 days ago - thelocal.se
"Never before has a Viking shipwreck been found in Swedish waters," marine archaeologist Roland Peterson from the Vänern Museum told The Local.
A New Breed of Superheroes Battle Online Child Predators.
Science & Tech  (tags: internet, children, sexual assault, online, predators, pedophiles, interesting, society, safety, computer )

Sherry
- 635 days ago - imperfectparent.com
if we spent our entire day dwelling on all the cruelty and injustice in the world, most of us would wind up in the fetal position under the covers and not get anything done. There are those that take it to extremes, and never watch the news for this very
Encrypted Data - Who Cares? Group Develops Simple Method for Cracking and Stealing It
Science & Tech  (tags: data theft, online theft, encrypted data, Princeton, hacking )

RC
- 656 days ago - nytimes.com
A group of geeks led by a Princeton University researcher finds it easy to hack encryted data by chilling a computer memory chip with a blast of frigid air from a can of dust remover. It can't be done remotely, but still...
FBI Got More Than It Asked For Through Email Glitch
Science & Tech  (tags: domestic surveillance, human error, email, spying, FBI, National Security agency, technology )

RC
- 661 days ago - nytimes.com
Email from an entire undisclosed domain was turned over to the FBI because of a technical error blamed on the service prodiver. Instead of giving access to the one email account authorized by a judge, the FBI was privy to all email on that domain.
Monkeys Fuss Over Inequality
Science & Tech  (tags: monkeys, capuchin, study, science, research )

Mari
- 756 days ago - news.yahoo.com
In a new study, envy reared its ugly head if capuchins, primates like us, landed slices of cucumber while their cage mates received tasty grapes--considered more desirable. She-Devil, a 3 week-old Capucin monkey, rests on the shoulder of her mother Impie
Chemistry Professor Retracts Paper on Origins of Life After Fundamentalist Groups Misuse His Findings
Science & Tech  (tags: Homer Jacobsen, anti-Darwinism, fundamentalists, the Christian right wing, propaganda, integrity of research, academic research )

RC
- 773 days ago - nytimes.com
Read why Dr. Homer Jacobson retracted his findings in "Information, Reproduction and the Origin of Life", published in American Scientist in 1955. Excellent study of how scientific research can be co-opted for religio-political propaganda purposes.
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...
Science & Tech  (tags: dreams, bad dreams, nightmares, REM sleep, somnolent sleep, psyche, the unconscious )

RC
- 778 days ago - nytimes.com
Interesting article on dreams and nightmares - why we dream, how often we have dreams and nightmares and how they can affect our waking lives.
Proposed Buyout of Government Internet Security Provider Rouses Ire
Science & Tech  (tags: 3com, goverment technology, Huawei Technologies, China, free trade, Bush )

RC
- 782 days ago - boston.com
Today, 1 Democratic and 13 Republican senators sent a message to Bush with their concerns about the Bain buyout of 3com. Bain plans to give a minority share of 3com to China's Huawei Technologies, which is linked to the government's Red Army.
Police to Search Land and Water for Madeleine McCann
Science & Tech  (tags: )

June
- 784 days ago - news.com.au
A FRESH land and water search for missing British girl Madeleine McCann will be launched by Portuguese police around the holiday resort where the four-year-old was last seen, it was reported today. The search will be carried out within a large
Former QWEST CEO Says National Security Agency Wanted Phone Records Prior to 9/11
Science & Tech  (tags: QWEST, Joseph Nacchio, National Security Agency, retaliation, domestic surveillance, phone records, domesti spying )

RC
- 787 days ago - nytimes.com
Joseph Nacchio said last year that he had refused an N.S.A. request for customers' call records in late 2001, after the Sept. 11 attacks, as the agency initiated domestic surveillance and data mining programs to monitor Al Qaeda communications.
 
 
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