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GM cotton 'protects neighbouring crops'
Bt cotton, the genetically modified crop, can protect neighbouring crops from pests, report Chinese scientists.
FDA Considers Engineered Animals For Food
The U.S. government will start considering industry proposals to sell genetically engineered animals as human food.
New Method For Building Multilingual Ontologies That Can Be Applied To The Semantic Web
Researchers have developed a new method for building multilingual ontologies that can be applied to the Semantic Web. An ontology is a structured set of terms and concepts underpinning the...
From Sugar To Gasoline: 'Green Gasoline' Crafted From Sugar And Carbohydrates
Following independent paths of investigation, two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar -- potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants -- into gasoline,...
Security: Checking People At Airports – With Terahertz Radiation
Within the last few years the number of transport checks -- above all at airports -- has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it concerns the protection...
Hacker impersonated Palin, stole e-mail password
(AP) -- Details emerged Thursday behind the break-in of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail account, including a first-hand account suggesting it was vulnerable because a hacker was...
Internet group sues US government for electronic eavesdropping
A non-profit Internet rights group on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the George W. Bush administration for what it called the "massively illegal" surveillance of Americans' emails and telephone calls...
Review: Updated Zunes, iPods make choice harder
(AP) -- The Zune has a long way to go to become a threat to the iPod. But it is getting closer. With updated Zunes and new iPods hitting...
Professor David Canter discusses his psychological research into the routes into terrorism
Prof David Canter discusses his research into the routes into terrorism
EU sets new slaughterhouse rules
The European Commission says new legislation is needed to improve animal welfare at European slaughterhouses.
New education products take human spaceflight into the classroom
ESA has released a new educational DVD and a 3-D Teaching Tool, adding to the suite of human spaceflight related education products available for school teachers to use in the...
Satellites to bring speedy Internet to developing world
A new satellite system to provide high-speed Internet access to people in developing countries by 2010 is under construction.
Google and GE in energy deal
Google and GE form an alliance to improve America's energy network including the development of a "smart grid".
Immerse yourself in Spanish
I've just returned from my 90-minute commute on the parking lot known as the 405 Freeway. If traffic wasn't exactly flying, time was and instead of hearing about how bad...
1M barrels of emergency oil are moved
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Energy Department has delivered more than 1 million barrels of emergency exchange oil due to supply disruptions caused by Hurricanes Gustav...
Opinion: Is it really worth cutting emissions?
Now that a carbon trading scheme in Australia is becoming a reality, many are questioning whether it is really going to be worth it. Mark Morrison argues that the answer...
Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis
Improved agricultural productivity can help developing countries reduce their reliance on international emergency food relief following natural disasters. This is one of the conclusions of a team of International Rice...
Aspirin: Some plants like it, too
(AP) -- Aspirin is among the most popular remedies used by people. Turns out some plants like it, too. Researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research were surprised...
Self-flying Stanford robocopter learn tricks though observation
Brow clenched in focus, expert radio-control pilot Garett Oku, of Mountain View, Calif., guided a 4-foot-long model helicopter through a dizzying sequence of aerobatic tricks, punctuated by an upside-down tailspin...
Yahoo Tests Livelier, More Open Home Page
Yahoo has begun offering some users a more personalized home page that the company hopes will increase the usage and utility of a Web site that's widely used but elderly...
NASA opens Web-based educational project
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has developed a free Web-based educational product consisting of more than 55 short minute video segments.
Psychologists vote against role in interrogation
(AP) -- The nation's leading psychologist's association has voted to ban its members from taking part in interrogations at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other military detention sites.
Turkish court bans Richard Dawkins website
A Turkish court has banned internet users from viewing the official Richard Dawkins website after a Muslim creationist claimed its contents were defamatory and blasphemous
Computers figuring out what words mean
The Internet got smarter this week with the release of a semantic map that teaches computers the meanings behind words -- and gives the machines a vocabulary far larger than...
Australian company launches 3D Internet tool
An Australian company on Thursday launched a free tool it says offers web browsers a world-first opportunity to view the Internet in three dimensions.
UK wants right to pay to pollute
The UK government wants EU nations to be allowed to trade 50% of their target CO2 cuts, a leaked document reveals.
Editorial: Armoured cars used by British Army astonished British soldiers and terrified the enemy
Editorial: Armoured cars were the great surprise of the attack on a new strip of reconquered territory
You want fries with that Wi-Fi? Not in Canada, you don't
Aside from Big Macs and fries, McDonald's customers in many other parts of the world have an additional menu item to choose from that Canadians do not - Wi-Fi internet...