Chinese hackers attack Google, US companies
Hackers seeking source code from Google, Adobe and dozens of other high-profile companies used unprecedented tactics that combined encryption, stealth programming and an
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Scarcity Bites – A Decade Too Soon!
Peak Plutonium? It is our contention that energy is not the only resource that will be scarce in the immediate future. We envisage
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Nature: 2020 visions
For the first issue of the new decade, Nature asked a selection of leading researchers and policy-makers where their fields will be ten
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Putin: U.S. missile shield holding up nuclear deal
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday U.S. plans for a missile defense system were the main obstacle to
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Bacteria is put to work turning microgears
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eRZDZ9wWg] Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University have discovered that common bacteria can turn microgears
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Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTlvpj7VGsY] Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information
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Future Shock (1972)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ghzomm15yE] Documentary based on the book with the same name by Alvin Toffler, narrated by Orson Welles.
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ESA: Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction
Science Fiction (SF) literature, artwork and films are works of imagination, but often contain some elements of plausibility, with the story revolving around
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Age of cyber warfare is ‘dawning’
Cyber war has moved from fiction to fact, says a report. Compiled by security firm McAfee, it bases its conclusion on analysis of recent
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Andrew Hessel – Introduction to Synthetic Biology
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