TheStar.com - The Muslim malaise

Seeded on Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:50 AM EDT (Toronto Star)

He who wrongs a Jew or a Christian will have me as his accuser on the Day of Judgment." -- Prophet Muhammad.

muslim, politics, islam, koran, allah

Priests in Christianity to Islam

Seeded on Wed Aug 2, 2006 7:18 PM EDT (islamweb.net)

The amazing tale of how an American former "born again" Christian and his father, both ordained ministers, plus their friend, a Catholic priest, all became muslims

iraq, middle-east, religion, war, arab, muslims, islam, moslims

Device burns fuel with almost zero emissions

Seeded on Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:33 AM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" Georgia Tech researchers have created a new combustor (combustion chamber where fuel is burned to power an engine or gas turbine) designed to burn fuel in a wide range of devices - with next to no emission of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO), two of the primary cau …

fuel, science, burn, zero-emissions

Biologist Discovers New Way to Date Books

Seeded on Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:45 AM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

"Antique book collectors might want to read up on genetic mutations before determining the age of an undated find.

books, science, antique

Computer age produces new social system

Seeded on Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:39 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" A Canadian scientist says members of peer-to-peer file sharing networks, like the early users of Napster, are part of a previously unseen social system."

science, scientist, napster, peer-to-peer

Florida's seas may offer cancer cure

Seeded on Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:12 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

"Biomedical researchers who dove down nearly 3,000 feet to search a newly-discovered coral reef found treasures they say may help doctors fight cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses."

cancer, science, coral-reef, illnesses

Mars rover Spirit finds metallic meteorites

Seeded on Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:22 AM EDT (New Scientist)

"Two iron meteorites have been spotted by the Mars rover Spirit, mission scientists have announced. The finds are the first meteorites identified by Spirit, although its twin, Opportunity, discovered a similar space rock on the other side of the planet in January 2005."

mars, science, spirit, rover

Flip the votes on an electronic voting machines

Seeded on Thu Jun 8, 2006 7:51 PM EDT (clintcurtis.com)

"Now a Democrat, I am a former Republican who left that party after a sitting US Republican Representative, Tom Feeney, asked me to build a prototype computer program that could, without detection, flip the votes on an electronic voting machines."

elections, politics, vote, republican, democrat, tom-feeney

Ancient human fossils find modern virtual home

Seeded on Tue Jun 6, 2006 11:58 AM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" First discovered 150 years ago, Neanderthals have been studied more widely than any other form of human.

science, ancient, modern, human-fossils, virtual-home

Physicists generate balllightning in the lab

Seeded on Tue Jun 6, 2006 11:57 AM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" Scientists in the joint study group of Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik and Berlin's Humboldt University have generated ball-lightning in the laboratory - or, to be more precise, ball-lightning-like plasma clouds.

science, physicists, physicists-generate-balllightning, balllightning

Podcasting Newest trend in education

Seeded on Fri Jun 2, 2006 4:41 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" A United Kingdom university is introducing the use of education-based MP3 audio files into its program to help modernize education."

education, podcast

Government, Internet companies meet on preserving records

Seeded on Fri Jun 2, 2006 4:38 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

"Representatives from law enforcement and the high-tech industry met Friday to discuss ways Internet service providers can better preserve customer records that prosecutors might need to pursue child pornography cases, people familiar with the meeting said."

internet, law, records, us-news, child-pornography

Ebook project to give free access to third of a million books next month

Seeded on Fri Jun 2, 2006 4:37 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

"Electronic book devotees may want to set aside some extra screen time this summer, as two nonprofits are preparing to provide free access to 300,000 texts online."

books, free, education, ebook

American cops taped torturing drug suspect - LISTEN! : Indymedia Radio

Seeded on Sat May 27, 2006 12:00 PM EDT (Global Features)

"They didn't know that Lester's wife had turned on a tape recorder in the kitchen. When Lester exercised his constitutional right not to sign a consent to search his house, these officers spent the next two hours torturing him." MP3 audio is attached.

us, politics, cops, torture, tape

Nike running shoe synchronized to iPod music players

Seeded on Wed May 24, 2006 2:18 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" US sports gear powerhouse Nike teamed up with Apple Computer to make a running shoe that can talk to iPod digital music players, the companies announced."

technology, shoe, ipod, nike

Redirecting Mouth of Mississippi River Proposed as Way to Save Louisiana Coast

Seeded on Mon May 15, 2006 2:56 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" Vince Neary, Tennessee Tech University associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, says such a bold, large-scale plan is necessary to stop the disappearance of the state's coastal wetlands — which act as natural speed bumps against hurricanes and storm surges.

river, water, science, mississippi-river, coast, louisiana-coast

FemaleName Chat Users Get 25 Times More Malicious Messages

Seeded on Tue May 9, 2006 2:04 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" A study by the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering found that chat room participants with female usernames received 25 times more threatening and/or sexually explicit private messages than those with male or ambiguous usernames."

technology, women, tech, chat, messages, chat-users

Gasification plant that can turn garbage into electricity

Seeded on Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:49 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" Southgate Township officials in Canada's Ontario Province say a company has agreed to build a gasification plant that can turn garbage into electricity."

canada, plant, science, garbage, electricity, gasification

Obesity epidemic in US underestimated by up to 50 percent study

Seeded on Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:40 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" The prevalence of obesity in the US states has been under-estimated by as much as 50 percent, according to a study published on Wednesday."

us, obesity, science, fat

Get a Head Start on Microsoft DirectX 10 with ATI's Newest SDK

Seeded on Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:12 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" With the introduction of the latest software development kit (SDK), ATI Technologies Inc.

technology, tech, microsoft, computer, pc, ms, cpu, sdk

What's the best way a podcaster can make money?

Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:06 PM EDT

Creating a podcast is not very difficult, sustaining it is. I'm not talking about one small little audio podcast but a network of them including vidcasts (videocast). Financially it can be draining depending on how much disk space and bandwidth you take up.

Continue reading this entry ...

business, money, podcast, twit, podcasters

Sad Story of 'Boy in the Bubble'

Seeded on Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:40 PM EDT (Wired News)

"Everyone expected that the baby boy named David Vetter would develop a functioning immune system once he received a bone marrow transplant from his sister.

boy, bubble, science, boy-bubble

CNN.com - Records: Official convicted of phone jamming called White House - Apr 11, 2006

Seeded on Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:35 PM EDT (CNN)

"Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced in criminal court show."

bush, democrats, court, politics, republican

Older Children Not Smarter Than Their Younger Sibs, Study Finds

Seeded on Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:50 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" A recent study provides some of the best evidence to date that birth order really doesn't have an effect on intelligence. The findings contradict many studies over the years that had reported that older children are generally smarter than their younger siblings."

children, science, sibs, siblings

New record set for smallest Xray nanospot

Seeded on Mon Apr 3, 2006 3:21 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

" An award-winning device developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has set a world's record for tiny spot size with a hard X-ray beam."

science, x-ray, xray

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