Jun 19 2008
So, simplifying this, they\’re breaking water into hydrogen and oxygen and then burning hydrogen and oxygen to create water. This is, of course, possible, but you can\’t get more energy out of the system than you put in. Otherwise,...
Jun 18 2008
Former terrorist suspects detained by the United States were tortured, according to medical examinations detailed in a report released Wednesday by a human rights group.
Jun 18 2008
America’s on a yo-yo diet and it’s ugly. It seems there isn’t much of a happy medium between all-you-can-eat buffet lovers with bursting bellies and image-obsessed scale jumpers who dip leaves into a drop of balsamic vinegar and call it a meal.
Jun 18 2008
As we\’ve discussed a number of times, the human brain is superb at image analysis, and computers come nowhere close to matching it. A pair of computer scientists have now attempted to get a computer to act more like a brain, using a huge library...
Jun 18 2008
For most people — the cab driver, the tourist, the business traveler — the ubiquitous GPS has become a lifeline, giving directions to the nearest bathroom, a pizza joint or the shortest route to the office.
Jun 16 2008
Charities are alarmed at mounting numbers of volunteers quitting because they can\’t afford rising petrol costs.
Jun 15 2008
Doctors in the British Medical Journal debate the issue of selling kidneys. A regulated system of compensation for living donors may be the solution to the growing shortage of kidneys for transplantation, writes Arthur Matas, Professor of Surgery at the...
Jun 15 2008
Zimbabwe\’s President Robert Mugabe said Friday that liberation war veterans would take up arms if he loses a June 27 presidential run-off vote.
Jun 15 2008
A college student who branded a date\’s body with a scalding piece of metal as payback for never calling her after they had sex was sentenced to five years in prison Friday.
Jun 14 2008
How to explain the oil price? Why is it so high? Are we running out? Are supplies disrupted, or is the high price a reflection of oil company greed or OPEC greed? Are Hugo Chavez and the Saudis conspiring against us?