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Storybooks On Paper Better For Children Than Reading Fiction On Computer Screen
Posted on December 26, 2008 at 12:32:43 pm
Clicking and scrolling interrupt our attentional focus. Turning and touching the pages instead of clicking on the screen influence our ability for experience and attention.
Spain’s Biggest Meteorite Strike Remembered
Posted on December 26, 2008 at 12:36:25 pm
Early on Christmas Eve, 1858 “people who in the streets, on pathways and in the fields saw a magnificent ball of fire appear, which shone with a brilliant, blinding light and all the colours of the rainbow, obscured the light of the moon and descended maj
RFID Chips: A Privacy And Security Pandora's Box?
Posted on December 26, 2008 at 12:42:30 pm
A research article published in the current issue of the International Journal of Intellectual Property Management suggests that Big Brother could be opening a privacy and security Pandora's Box
The Future Of Data Storage
Posted on December 26, 2008 at 12:46:10 pm
Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have improved their understanding of the inner workings of our computers and MP3 players, thanks to an exciting new field of research called 'organic spintronics'.
A New Computer Security Gray Area
Posted on December 26, 2008 at 12:49:57 pm
If you want to make sure your computer or server is not tricked into undertaking malicious or undesirable behavior, it’s not enough to keep bad code out of the system.
New Titanium-glass Alloys Are Tough, Cheap And Light
Posted on December 27, 2008 at 12:42:23 pm
Scientists have created a range of structural metallic-glass composites, based in titanium, that are lighter and less expensive than any the group had previously created.
Earliest Evidence Of Our Cave-dwelling Human Ancestors Discovered
Posted on December 28, 2008 at 05:06:39 pm
A research team led by Professor Michael Chazan, director of the University of Toronto's Archaeology Centre, has discovered the earliest evidence of our cave-dwelling human ancestors at the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa.
Drilling Holes Into Deadly Bacteria's Kevlar-like Hide
Posted on December 29, 2008 at 10:54:26 am
To protect themselves from human defenses, disease-causing bacteria have evolved a cell wall made from a nearly impenetrable tangle of tightly woven strands.
Additional Excavations Strengthen Identification Of Herod’s Grave
Posted on December 31, 2008 at 11:26:53 am
Analysis of newly revealed items found at the site of the mausoleum of King Herod at Herodium (Herodion in Greek) have provided further assurances that this was indeed the site of the famed ruler’s 1st century B.C.E. grave.













