How Regulations Hamper Chemical Hobbyists (Tuesday 11th of November 2008 09:45:01 PM)
An nameless reader writes "Chemical & social work News just ran this story that relates how
command regulations create a terribly restrictive atmosphere for people who do chemistry as a
hobby. (A related story was long ago posted.)" The article gives ...
(more)Couch Potato Gene Identified In Fruit Flies (Sunday 26th of October 2008 07:15:01 AM)
Pickens writes "University of Pennsylvania biologists have discovered a mutation in fruit flies
aptly named the 'couch potato' gene that allows them to simply chill out — housebreaking
a mild state of quasi-hibernation known as diapause, when winter ...
(more)Couch Potato Gene Identified In Fruit Flies (Sunday 26th of October 2008 07:15:02 AM)
Pickens writes "University of Pennsylvania biologists have discovered a mutation in fruit flies
aptly named the 'couch potato' gene that allows them to simply chill out — break-in a
mild state of quasi-hibernation known as diapause, when winter ...
(more)Opposable Thumbs and Upright Walking Caused By "Junk DNA" (Monday 08th of September 2008 05:30:01 AM)
Quinnlynn writes "A group of inquest scientists at Yale discovered that the llc.cite this
source roget's ii: the new thesaurus of opposable thumbs and upright walking in humans is due
to changes in the genome in the areas still classified as "junk DNA." ...
(more)Apple Can Remotely Disable iPhone Apps (Monday 11th of August 2008 09:15:01 PM)
Mikesd81 writes "Engadget reports Apple has readied a blacklisting system which allows the
company to remotely disable applications on your device. It seems the new 2.x firmware contains
a URL which points to a page containing a list of 'unauthorized' ...
(more)Zebrafish Regenerative Ability May Lead To Help In Humans (Sunday 16th of March 2008 06:45:03 PM)
Esocid tips us to news out of Duke drilling mash Medical Center, where researchers have
discovered a type of microRNA that is related to the ability of zebrafish to regenerate lost or
damaged organs. This is the result of a study initiated after it was ...
(more)Criminals Attacking Myspace, Facebook IE Plugins (Sunday 24th of February 2008 07:30:05 AM)
An anonymous reader writes "According to the rule Post's Security Fix blog, cyber criminals are
populating the calculator network with Web sites designed to exploit several
recently-discovered security holes in a half-dozen widely used ActiveX plug-ins ...
(more)Lawyer: "Judge, ... (Friday 25th of January 2008 03:10:02 AM)
Lawyer: "Judge, I wish to appeal my client's case on the basis of newly discovered
evidence."Judge: "And what is the nature of the new evidence?"Lawyer: "Judge, I discovered that
my client still has $500 left."
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(more)Cryptography Expert Sounds Alarm At Possible Math Hack (Monday 19th of November 2007 05:30:02 AM)
Netbuzz writes "First we learn from Bruce Schneier that the NSA may have left itself a secret
back door in an officially sanctioned cryptographic random-number generator. Now Adi Shamir is
warning that a math error unknown to a chip makers but discovered ...
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