Hacking the planet: The only climate solution left?
Click image to enlarge. Geoengineering schemes range from the low-tech, such as planting trees, to sci-fi, such as placing mirrors in orbit between
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Quantum dance: Discovery led by Princeton researchers could revolutionize computing
Theorists have long predicted that atoms placed in certain configurations would trigger electrons to behave in odd “quantum” ways. The Princeton-led team has
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Israel launches covert war against Iran
Israel has launched a covert war against Iran as an alternative to direct military strikes against Tehran’s nuclear programme, US intelligence sources have
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Military’s killer robots must learn warrior code
Autonomous military robots that will fight future wars must be programmed to live by a strict warrior code or the world risks untold
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Invisibility-Cloak Breakthrough
A new device that can reroute microwave radiation is made up of about 600 I-shaped copper structures and works over a broad spectrum.
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Biodesign Institute researchers use nanoparticles to make 3-D DNA nanotubes
In the January 2, 2009 issue of Science, Yan and Liu, researchers at ASU’s Biodesign Institute and faculty in the Department of Chemistry
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The Next 100 Years: George Friedman
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12eNAovkDTM] New book released by George Friedman, CEO of Stratfor.
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Broad Use of Brain Boosters?
Adderall Off-label use of stimulants, such as Ritalin, is on the rise among college students. Studies show that 5 percent to 15 percent
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Pentagon hires British scientist to help build robot soldiers that ‘won’t commit war crimes’
The American military is planning to build robot soldiers that will not be able to commit war crimes like their human comrades in
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2025: the end of US dominance
The United States’ leading intelligence organisation has warned that the world is entering an increasingly unstable and unpredictable period in which the advance
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