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April 4 to 10, 2005
A better overview of perpendicular storage technology, which
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s to a 10X increase in hard drive capacity. There's also an odd Flash movie that may end up being a digital collector's item...
March 14 to 20, 2005
Towards tolerance - "Under armed guard, a woman broke with more than a thousand years of Islamic tradition to
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men and women in a prayer service yesterday in Manhattan"...
March 7 to 13, 2005
Half of the world's 6,000 languages will disappear in less than a century,
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ing to "grave consequences for biodiversity" says the U.N.. Most people use one of only 8 languages...
January 24 to 30, 2005
The high cost of filming in Hawaii is
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ing productions to think twice about shooting in the islands. This article compares Hawaii's incentives to other locations...
The government is accusing DuPont of hiding materials that suggest that a chemical in Teflon
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s to cancer and birth defects. Not only that, the chemical's been found in people's bloodstreams. Afte...
January 17 to 23, 2005
Never mind the U.S. - electronics companies are using less
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in products thanks to European Union regulations...
January 1 to 9, 2005
The genome of a pollution-eating bacterium has been decoded,
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ing to more efficient garbage-eating biotools...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
What will be the role of religion in the 21st century? Despite the fact that so many in America purport to be religious, mainstream voices paint the majority of citizens as preferring war over peace...
New clear, flexible transistors may
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to clear, flexible gadgets...
November 15 to 21, 2004
New yarns made of carbon nanotubes
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s to smart clothing...
Two of three worldwide believe their
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ers are dishonest...
November 8 to 14, 2004
Ultraviolet laser technology will
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to 500GB optical disks...
"Creative Consequences of the Rights Clearance Culture for Documentary Filmmakers" - the film "Tarnation" may have cost $200 to make, but it cost $500,000 to clear the rights for it. Stric...
November 1 to 7, 2004
A new super-tough coating that resists wire-wool scrubbing has been developed,
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ing to anti-scratch CDs, DVDs, LCDs, PDAs, and other devices...
This was all over the news - Americans are getting heavier,
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ing to tons of extra weight and fuel for airlines. And 3.8 million more tons of carbon dioxide in the air...
Stem cell manipulation induces the birth of new neurons. This work may
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to Alzheimer's and spinal cord injury cures...
Because of a clash with federal law, legislation protecting whales from high-speed boats in the Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary has been overturned. This may
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to the end of offshor...
October 18 to 24, 2004
About Blake Ross, the 19-year-old
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architect of Firefox, the browser downloaded by almost 3 million...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
Hart Intercivic makes those evoting machines that people in Hawaii will be using in the upcoming general election. Here's a recent article about a letter written by a former Hart technician wh...
September 20 to 26, 2004
IBM scientists figure out how to make single-atom magnetic measurements, possibly
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ing to super-dense storage media...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
The world's smallest atomic clock will
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to devices with super-accurate time everywhere (1 second is lost every 300 years), affecting cryptography, global communications, etc....
August 22 to 29, 2004
Five photons have been linked in an milestone experiment that will
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to full-scale quantum computing...
August 8 to 14, 2004
Over the last few years developer Kenneth Hughes has proposed an ambitious redevelopment plan, which would replace the nearby HECO power plant with a real parking garage and build apartments...
Fearful of viruses, hospitals running Windows-based medical systems are applying security patches, which themselves may
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to life-threatening situations...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
What the U.S. can learn from South Korea, where broadband is cheap, over 10 times faster, and is transforming government and society with telemedicine to the house, video on demand, and a lucrativ...
July 19 to 25, 2004
Topic of the week: compulsory Web site registrations! Lots of people hate 'em, and they can
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to identify theft. But how are sites to make money? Just go to BugMeNot to get around sit...
An LED research breakthrough may
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to LEDs replacing lightbulbs in five years...
A fuel cell breakthrough
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s to cooler, smaller cells - one the size of two soda cans could power your entire household...
July 12 to 18, 2004
"Dwell magazine
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s the rebirth of a modernist movement in housing"...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
Finally, the U.S. government is "p
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ing" users to stop using Internet Explorer...
Holographic technology is
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ing to pocket- sized video projectors...
June 21 to 27, 2004
What it's like to be the chef for a country's
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er and travel around the world gathering exotic foods under oppressive surveillance...
May 24 to 30, 2004
A growing trend - Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)! I first saw this video game in a mall about eight months ago and was mesmerized by the dance moves of the teenager playing it. Basically, you have t...
May 10 to 16, 2004
"They Rule" - a nifty way to visualize and find connections between the
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ers of the world's most powerful companies...
April 19 to 25, 2004
4) Endorse the use of
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-free computer systems, at least by government: The world's first
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-free motherboard (the main component in personal computers) has been developed...
And Intel plans to cut the
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content of computer chips by 95%...
Dissatisfied with the mainland, a lot of people are moving to New Zealand these days,
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ing to a housing boom and sketchy developments...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
Wohr, the
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ing mechanized parking company...
March 15 to 21, 2004
Some independent music stores are finding that "file sharing can help create a buzz online that can
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to more sales"...
February 16 to 22, 2004
Hoo boy, lots of news this week. You heard it here first, folks! Leaked Pentagon report warns climate change may bring famine, war "LONDON (AFP) - A secret report prepared by the Pentagon warns tha...
According to two new surveys, Apple
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s the customer service satisfaction pack over Dell, HP, and Compaq...
January 5 to 11, 2004
"Please just tell the Americans to send the garbage closer to my home," p
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ed Dishar Jaber, 56, squinting through the one eye he was left with after the Iran-Iraq war. "Then I will be happy....
September 8, 2003
Thanks to the human genome project, researchers are pioneering the field of ionomics, the study of how genes regulate ions. That can
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to plants that soak up heavy metals.....
August 4, 2003
It is official U.S. policy to encourage people to buy larger, less efficient cars: "The Senate rejected a proposal to require a sharp increase in automobile fuel economy Tuesday after concerns wer...