From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 02:10:25 MST
[www.futureport.dk/news] Summary - 2002-12-12 (13 articles)
Pumped-Up Hysteria
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[Skeptiscism] Found by: maxm
http://www.reason.com/0301/fe.dp.pumped.shtml
Forget the hype. Steroids aren’t wrecking professional baseball.
Software gambler takes on the tipsters
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[AI] Found by: maxm
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993172
Human gamblers are all too fallible, but some sure-fire tips are now on
hand from a distinctly non-human source: intelligent software.
New research links obesity to higher risk of cataracts
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://www.lef.org/news/disease/2002/12/10/eng-bostonherald_healthfitness/eng-bostonherald_healthfitness_080846_6273422026296278599.html
Here's yet another reason to lose weight: A study says obese people have
a greater risk of developing cataracts, a leading cause of blindness.
Researchers find new way to strengthen, build bone density
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[Aging] Found by: maxm
http://www.lef.org/news/aging/2002/12/10/eng-sptimes_seniority/eng-sptimes_seniority_004442_9183389791943199893.html
A compound that works like estrogen but has none of the side effects has
been found to prevent brittle bone disease in mice. The discovery may
offer an alternative for older women who stopped hormone replacement
therapy because of the risks of cancer and heart disease.
Combat lasers becoming a reality
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[Technology] Found by: maxm
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021210-090342-6771r
Futuristic laser weapons under development by the U.S. military are
making the transition from fodder for science fiction to reality and
could soon be ready to play a major role in protecting troops on the
battlefields of the 21st century.
Award Recognizes Advance in Noninvasive Brain Mapping
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[Science] Found by: maxm
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2002-12-11-1
A Finnish student has won an award for a doctoral thesis advancing
noninvasive techniques for mapping the brain.
Scientists grow teeth in lab
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2563435.stm
Scientists have successfully used tissue engineering techniques to grow
almost fully formed teeth.
They believe the breakthrough could eventually lead to a biological
tooth substitute to replace human teeth.
Butterflies point to micro machines
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[Science] Found by: maxm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2566091.stm
Tiny machines that fly like insects will soon be a reality.
That is the confident prediction of scientists who have just studied the
remarkable aerobatics of the butterfly.
Also:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20021209/butterfly.html":http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20021209/butterfly.html
Europe's super rocket explodes
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[Space] Found by: maxm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2565387.stm
Europe's new heavy-lift rocket has failed on its maiden flight.
Jean-Yves Le Gall, Arianespace The Ariane 5-ESCA blasted off from the
Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 1921 local time (2221 GMT) and
exploded over the Atlantic three minutes later.
Homeopathy - The Test - programme summary
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[Skeptiscism] Found by: maxm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/homeopathy.shtml
Homeopathy was pioneered over 200 years ago. Practitioners and patients
are convinced it has the power to heal. Today, some of the most famous
and influential people in the world, including pop stars, politicians,
footballers and even Prince Charles, all use homeopathic remedies. Yet
according to traditional science, they are wasting their money.
Russia space boss deplores program decline
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[Space] Found by: maxm
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/12/11/russia.decline.ap/
In strikingly candid remarks, Russia's space chief lamented the steady
decline of Moscow's once-glorious space program, saying it's only
capable now of providing services to others and no longer can launch any
major missions independently, a news agency reported Wednesday.
Intel's Grove warns of the end of Moore's Law
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[Technology] Found by: maxm
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6677
ONE OF THE MAJOR TECHNICAL HEADACHES facing chipmaker Intel is the
leaking of current from inactive processors, company chairman Andy Grove
told an audience at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San
Francisco yesterday.
What will you really die from
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[Politics] Found by: maxm
http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/12/5/121544/364
The news media have been fear mongering like a Baptist preacher at a
revival for about 1 year, 2 months now. I would like to point out how
screwed up and irrational their view of terror is.
-- hilsen/regards Max M http://www.futureport.dk/ Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme
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