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Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning (AP)

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AP – A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.

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[ More ] December 22nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots (AP)

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AP – Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine.

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[ More ] December 6th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

IBM takes a (feline) step toward thinking machines (AP)

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AP – Scientists say they’ve made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that “think” like a living thing’s brain — an effort that tests the limits of technology.
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[ More ] November 18th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

India loses communication with lunar satellite (AP)

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AP – India’s national space agency said communications with the country’s only satellite orbiting the moon snapped Saturday and that its scientists were no longer controlling the spacecraft.

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[ More ] August 30th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

Japanese astronaut tests endurance — of his undies (AP)

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AP – In what might embarrass less adventurous souls, astronaut Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth with the underwear he kept on for a solid month during his space station stay and scientists will check them out.

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[ More ] July 31st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

Photos: How the Army tests biological, chemical weapons

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At the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Grounds facility in the Utah desert, scientists look for ways to protect soldiers against various chemical and biological weapons they might encounter in combat.
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[ More ] July 4th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

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