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String Is a very important thing. Rope is thicker, But string is quicker. Spike Milligan probably wasn’t considering the structure of the universe and unifying the four forces of nature when he wrote that lovely poem. He was, however, possibly correct as “String Theory” is one method being explored
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These should be interesting, available online if you cant attend. ROYAL SOCIETY - RADIO NZ E=mc² LECTURE SERIES May 4 - June 15. This public lecture series is being hosted in Auckland, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Wangarei, Timaru, Nelson and Wellington. Each lecture will be broadcast on National Radio at 2.
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This is not an advertisement GulliGo - Super-Homeopathic Gullibility Remedy Are you tired of being taken for a ride by every huckster with an infomercial or a web site? Are you embarrassed about purchasing every nostrum on the natural remedies shelf? Are you sick of being a sucker? Then we&
Just what it says, Science of Cycling from The Exploratorium. Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics.
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And I thought the wild ducks trying to get through the cat door were dumb... Technology: Tech News: Birdbrain Is Not Stupid Argue Scientists
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Anyone with a several rechargable devices knows that the mix of chargers is a pain. Maybe the solution is one charger for everything? New Scientist Breaking News - One charging pad could power up all gadgets
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The space shuttle Endeavour's 5 year mission to map planet Earth is over. New Zealand and Australia were the last datasets released this week. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) obtained elevation data on a near-global scale to generate the most (80%) complete high-resolution digital topographic
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In 1983 John Walker drew The Solar System to scale in AutoCAD-86. It was a demonstration of AutoCAD’s floating point database resolution and I remember being shown it when I was at Tech. Everyone was amazed at the precision as they zoomed from Pluto’s orbit down to
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On a similar theme… AIBO/Dog Attack Movie Experiment: Can a dog tell the difference? Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris is an offshoot of the successful Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Tokyo. Both laboratories were created by Sony to perform basic research in computer science and related fields. Via comment
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Just noticed NewScientist.com have added ATOM and RSS feeds for News, Subjects (eg: Life, Space) and Special Reports (EG: Cassini, GM Organisms) but not for my favourite bit: Back Page :-) Link: New Scientist Feeds. NewScientist.com offers XML-based feeds so you can receive updates on your desktop of
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"What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?" 120 answers, 60,000 words, all worth reading whether you agree or not. Link: THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2005.
Written in 1998, this works, you can fix traffic (around you)