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 -> Best sci/tech gifts this season
Who says there's no science to gift giving?
11,567 views | 21 Nov 2003
 -> Face transplants not fiction anymore
An issue surely not free from pithy moral, ethical and psychological questions.
11,288 views | 21 Nov 2003
 -> A new crown: Miss Digital World
Sophia Loren may have been the icon of 20th-century Italian beauty, but times have changed and now she's being challenged for her crown by virtual divas in the first "Miss Digital World" competition.
10,361 views | 21 Nov 2003
 -> World's tiniest helicopter: from Epson!
Weighing only 8.9 grams, the four-legged mini-copter is equipped with four micro actuators to drive two rotors and stabilising units that make it fly and balance in the air.
2,076 views | 20 Nov 2003
 -> I love this company!
VIDEO: Steve Ballmer gets all excited about Microsoft in a presentation.
16,975 views | 20 Nov 2003
 -> "We are prepared to use any means" China says to Taiwan
China has warned Taiwan that it risks triggering war if the island's leaders pushed ahead with their drive for independence.
1,064 views | 18 Nov 2003
 -> EVD: China's answer to DVD
In an attempt to avoid paying DVD patent royalties to firms from US, Japan and Germany, China developed (and now released) its own format -- the EVD -- which apparentl competes very well against emerging DVD formats.
874 views | 20 Nov 2003
 -> PayPal worms rampant
Beware: Mimail.J is an email worm which disguises itself as an email from Paypal on-line payment service and tries to steal credit card information. It arrives with the subject "IMPORTANT" and attachment named www.paypal.com.pif
653 views | 19 Nov 2003
 -> Take this McJob!
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary includes the definition of a McJob: "low-paying and dead-end work". Of course McDonald's isn't too happy about it.
9,992 views | 18 Nov 2003
 -> The Congo Trek
A journey through the heart of Central Africa.
9,901 views | 18 Nov 2003
 -> New range of curry translates as "arse"
Sharwoods promised the "deliciously rich" sauces based on a traditional northern Indian method of cooking would "change the way consumers make curry". Unfortunately, £6m TV campaign was spent on a name that means..er...a human behind.
1,076 views | 18 Nov 2003
 -> Does God answer e-mail?
Nope, but he does answer...
267 views | 16 Nov 2003
 -> All the things you need to know about our Universe
PBS has released a totally online fun and informative VIDEO of our universe (the NOVA program, for those in the know) including discussions of the unified string theory. Very interesting, and no math knowledge required.
1,111 views | 16 Nov 2003
 -> Great, now we can make a virus ourselves
US scientists have created a simple virus from scratch, assembling more than 5,000 DNA building blocks, which could eventually lead to genetically-modified organisms. As though we didn't already have enough microbes.
1,269 views | 16 Nov 2003
 -> Sex and Jelly?
Snopes explores an urban legend about youngsters signaling sexual availability with jelly bracelets.
2,134 views | 16 Nov 2003
 -> "Hot" Sushi?
Tokyo Update: Saturday night at Bonzai in Pioneer Square, a nearly naked woman is laid out on a table. A chef slices sushi behind her, to be arrayed on her torso, bare except for a sheath of plastic wrap and some decorative flower petals...read on
635 views | 15 Nov 2003
 -> Police dog sacked
Can a police dog be sacked for catching more rabbits than criminals? Sure.
1,214 views | 13 Nov 2003
 -> Well, this is one way to promote patriotism
A range of provocative posters is being launched in Leicester to encourage people to be proud of their city. The posters will have no pictures, but will feature slogans like "boring, boring Leicester" and "Leicester - nothing to shout about".
1,206 views | 13 Nov 2003
 -> The new Boeing 7E7
The new Boeing 7E7 jet, if launched as planned, will be the 25th commercial airplane model unveiled by the Western world, and the 11th jet from Boeing or McDonnell Douglas.
527 views | 12 Nov 2003
 -> Top 50 guy movies
Talk about a guy thing. Men's Journal has compiled a list of the 50 best guy movies of all time.
1,481 views | 12 Nov 2003
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