links for 2006-09-27
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Developed by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), the Terrorism Knowledge Base offers in-depth information on terrorist incidents, groups, and trials.
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While I can’t claim to understand the technology, CNN is reporting that French and Canadian art experts have uncovered the reason for the Mona Lisa’s half-smile… apparently, she’d just given birth! According to the article, scientists used special
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While the US Department of Defense continues to focus on the emerging threat of China as a conventional power and Goldman Sachs contemplates the exact date of China’s emergence as the world’s leading economy, another scenario is building steam: that China
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According to a recent Gallup Panel survey, the American public puts the primary blame on Bush rather than Clinton for the fact that bin Laden has not been captured. A majority of Americans say Bush is more to blame (53%), compared with 36% blaming Clinton
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(AP) — A government agency blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday.
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Japanese actor Tetsuro Tamba, known worldwide for his appearance in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, has died aged 84, it is reported.
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I was detained for about 25 minutes today after passing though the TSA checkpoint at MKE terminal E.
I thought about posting this in the other treads devoted to their experience today under the new new liquids-are-okay-in-a-quart bag rule, but I decid
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Recently Google released a collection of free software for Windows called Google Pack. The big G made some good applications choices for the Pack and a couple of atrocious ones (RealPlayer *cough* Norton *cough*).
Coincidentally, a year ago, when Lifeh
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Tarantulas secrete sticky silk from their feet to help them adhere to shiny surfaces, German scientists have learned.
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Scientists testing a resurrected version of the 1918 flu virus on lab mice believe the 20th-century’s deadliest pathogen reaped its toll through a combination of runaway tissue inflammation and cell death.
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Although the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) regarding Iraq and terrorism is still classified (UPDATE: The Key Judgments are now declassified and can be found at this link), the data behind the findings is not and has been publicly available for thre
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The House passed a bill yesterday that would bar judges from awarding legal fees to the American Civil Liberties Union and similar groups that sue municipalities for violating the Constitution’s ban on government establishment of religion.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 26 — A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according to new polls by the State Departme
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One would think journalists might not make fun of a high-profile industry colleague, in this day and age, receiving an envelope — at home — which contains white powder. But that seemed to be the case at the New York Post’s “Page Six” today in reporting
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As this week marks European Day of Languages some of us may harbour thoughts about brushing up our French or perhaps even taking on German, but for a group of Surrey academics every day is a languages day. The Surrey Morphology Group is committed to inves
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Monday on Fox News’s Your World With Neil Cavuto, Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) said that Sunday’s New York Times story on the new National Intelligence Estimate and the ensuing public discussion are “putting lives in danger” because terrorists are mo
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Researchers have determined that airbags and antilock braking systems do not reduce the likelihood of accidents or injuries because they may encourage more aggressive driving, thwarting the potential benefits of such safety features.
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Scientists, college students, and applications users seeking satellite data on hurricanes now have a new place to turn — a web portal created by NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center, Greenbelt, Md. The new Hurricane web portal
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Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Bar-Ilan University have discovered unusually high concentrations of silver in samples of many different types of pottery from excavations in Jerusalem of the late S
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