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Arming US Airliners Against Possible Missile Attacks Too Pricey For Now - SpaceDaily Left: A thermal imaging photograph provided by military experts shows that a MANPADS missile would guide on the three Air Packs located directly below the Center Fuel Tank. The Stinger Man Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) is representative of many such systems available to terrorists groups. A top US research group said Tuesday that arming thousands of US commercial airliners against possible ground-to-air missile strikes is currently too pricey as the price of such defensive technology is too high. "Over 20 years, the cost to develop, procure and operate these systems would amount to an estimated 40 billion," it said. United Airlines and US Airways are vying to emerge from bankruptcy. |
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Canada, Russia Eye 'Bridge' Over Melting Ice Cap - SpaceDaily Left: The so-called arctic bridge has won support from the Canadian government and local administrations, as well as the new Russian ambassador to Canada Georgiy Mamedov. Russian crude oil destined for the gas guzzling United States could soon be shipped through a passage between Churchill, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) north of the US-Canada border and Murmansk in Russia's far north on the Barents Sea. By mid-century, scientists predict waterways could remain ice-free year round, cutting more than 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) off trips to northern Europe or Russia. A delegation is currently in Russia to discuss plans for the new trade route, led by Denver |
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China Could Feed 2 Billion People With Better Irrigation - SpaceDaily China's farmers can feed their nation's growing population by using expanded irrigation to support intense farming techniques, U.S. researchers said. Using the land currently being cultivated, China can feed between 1.1 and 1.7 billion people using available farming techniques and drawing on groundwater. f the same amount of land is irrigated, however, China can feed between 1.3 and 2.0 billion people - probably enough for China's expected 2030 population of 1.6 billion. "It might be more cost effective for them to invest in new semiconductor plants and use the income to buy food from Canada." |
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Biosciences:
2/7/2005: International Science Team Measures Arctic's Atmosphere - SpaceDaily
2/7/2005: Why insects hold their breath for days - MSNBC
2/7/2005: Nine more crisis areas for biodiversity
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Nature
2/7/2005: Stressful divisions for stem cells
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Nature
2/7/2005: Minority rule works for animals
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Nature
2/7/2005: Speediest feeding mammal revealed as a mole - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: Nothing but the tooth - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: The Darwinian Interlude - Technology
Review
Climate, Environment:
2/7/2005: Antarctic's ice 'melting faster' -
BBC
2/7/2005: Africans 'worst-hit by warming' -
BBC
2/7/2005: Forest fears: Ancient British woods which development is putting at risk -
BBC
2/7/2005: Rule on shooting gray wolves overturned - MSNBC
2/7/2005: Climatologists pursue greenhouse gas danger levels - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: Antarctic ice sheet is an 'awakened giant' - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: The Snow Man - Technology
Review
2/7/2005: In Sweden, Biobank Becomes Detective's Tool for Identifying Bodies in Thailand - Technology
Review
Computers:
Devices
2/7/2005: Xbox 2 could be unveiled in May -
BBC
2/7/2005: Old phones made into alarms -
BBC
2/7/2005: Hide your iPod, here comes Bill - Wired News
2/7/2005: Handheld market free fall continues - C/Net
2/7/2005: Is the PDA
dead? - C/Net
Communications
2/7/2005: Lasers help bridge network gaps -
BBC
2/7/2005: India widens access to telecoms -
BBC
2/7/2005: For Telecom, a Whole New World - Business
Week
2/7/2005: Phone
fallout: Talk is cheap - C/Net
2/7/2005: Cells make young drivers react like seniors - CNN
2/7/2005: Put Down the Phone and Drive (and Take Off the Headset, Too) - C/Net
2/7/2005: Cell
phones: Too hot to handle? - C/Net
2/7/2005: NY Passes
Law: Hands Off Cell Phones While Driving - C/Net
2/7/2005: SBC, AT&T Layoffs Sign of Telecom Malaise - C/Net
2/7/2005: Meet Mr. I-mode - C/Net
2/7/2005: FCC lets SBC dial direct to get Net phone numbers - C/Net
2/7/2005: Cingular picks up PalmOne's Treo 650 - C/Net
Technology
PC's
2/7/2005: Sun offers processing by the hour -
BBC
2/7/2005: iRise: Real Promise in Simulations - Business
Week
2/7/2005: HP unveils mobile menagerie - C/Net
2/7/2005: Photos: Notebooks at work - C/Net
2/7/2005: Sun's utility
computing: $1 per CPU per hour - C/Net
2/7/2005: Why the desktop is dying - C/Net
2/7/2005: Diverging roadmaps halting flexible display progress, says analyst - El.
Engr. Times
2/7/2005: Sun outlines "grid computing" offering - Silicon
Strategies
2/7/2005: Sun Microsystems Unveils Grid Computing Initiative - Technology
Review
Internet
2/7/2005: Baghdad Blogger film shown -
BBC
2/7/2005: More women turn to net security -
BBC
2/7/2005: Google Gyrations - Business
Week
2/7/2005: Precious photos disappear - C/Net
2/7/2005: Unprotected PCs can be hijacked in minutes - C/Net
2/7/2005: Manage Calls, E-Mail With One Service - C/Net
2/7/2005: Is hard time for worm author too
harsh? - C/Net
2/7/2005: Zombie trick expected to send spam sky-high - C/Net
2/7/2005: Bloggers get set for State of the Union - CNN
Miscellaneous
2/7/2005: Microsoft's
Mission: Search and Destroy - Business
Week
2/7/2005: Open-source battlegrounds - C/Net
2/7/2005: Linux developers create forum to air core flaws - C/Net
2/7/2005: Amazon unveils flat-fee shipping - C/Net
2/7/2005: IT worker confidence holds steady - C/Net
2/7/2005: Grokster and America - C/Net
2/7/2005: Microsoft Announces Security Initiative for Governments - Technology
Review
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Health:
Cardiovascular
2/7/2005: Call to check athletes' hearts -
BBC
2/7/2005: The hand that treats hypotension...
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Nature
2/7/2005: Pollution fighter turns clot buster - New
Scientist
Cancer
2/7/2005: Sunshine might stop skin cancers -
BBC
2/7/2005: Cancer: a world of
risk?
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Nature
2/7/2005: New effectors of beta-catenin in tumourigenesis
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Nature
2/7/2005: GO AML therapy!
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Nature
2/7/2005: Cancer drugs may fight smallpox - New
Scientist
Infectious
2/7/2005: Park teen boozers 'most at risk' -
BBC
Non-Infectious
2/7/2005: Cannabis: Prescribing the miracle weed - New
Scientist
Miscellaneous
2/7/2005: Free fruit offered to low earners -
BBC
2/7/2005: How Far from Sugar Is
Splenda? - Business
Week
2/7/2005: Human skin made to order ... on a
printer? - MSNBC
2/7/2005: Teen sex abstinence study sparks controversy - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: Mirror that reflects your future self - New
Scientist
History, Anthropology:
2/7/2005: Black migration - CNN
2/7/2005: Has ‘New England’s Columbus’ been
found? - MSNBC
2/7/2005: Newsweek: Debating Darwin and design - MSNBC
2/7/2005: So, Prehistory Looked Like New
Jersey? - NY
Times
Miscellaneous:
2/7/2005: China Could Feed 2 Billion People With Better Irrigation - SpaceDaily
2/7/2005: Canada, Russia Eye 'Bridge' Over Melting Ice Cap - SpaceDaily
2/7/2005: Arming US Airliners Against Possible Missile Attacks Too Pricey For Now - SpaceDaily
2/7/2005: The Coming Of The Shiite Empire - SpaceDaily
2/7/2005: Israel To Launch Two Military Satellites - SpaceDaily
2/7/2005: Digital canvas: National Gallery unveils interactive art experience -
BBC
2/7/2005: Global challenge: Can a jet be flown solo around the world with no stops or
refuelling? -
BBC
2/7/2005: Spreading the gospel with holy golf balls and GodPods -
BBC
2/7/2005: MPs' tribute to BBC's Ivan Noble -
BBC
2/7/2005: Secret 'bus cams' challenged in court - C/Net
2/7/2005: Extracting value from digital content - C/Net
2/7/2005: Are you ready to go
global? - C/Net
2/7/2005: Please evacuate Connecticut--oops - C/Net
2/7/2005: How companies turn customers' big ideas into innovations - C/Net
2/7/2005: Google blows away estimates - CNN
2/7/2005: Groundhog Day - MSNBC
2/7/2005: Microsoft unveils EuroScience initiative - MSNBC
2/7/2005: Humans beings are actors, not puppets - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: Fed raises key interest rate for sixth time - Seattle
Times
2/7/2005: More employers using simulations to hire - Seattle
Times
2/7/2005: Uncle Sam looking for workers with certain skills - Seattle
Times
2/7/2005: FDA approves spray for B-12 deficiency - Seattle
Times
Neurosciences:
2/7/2005: Forget counting sheep, listen to jazz to drop off to sleep -
BBC
2/7/2005: Dyslexia slows drivers' reactions - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: Senses
special: Doors of perception - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: Senses
special: The art of seeing without sight - Seattle
Times
Physics and Astronomy:
2/7/2005: Cosmic
Log: A new and improved Hubble? - MSNBC
2/7/2005: Radio waves make aurora sparkle
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Nature
2/7/2005: Milky Way's supermassive black hole is snoozing - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: Massive exploding stars create rare magnetars - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: Pluto's moon a chip off the old
block? - New
Scientist
2/7/2005: Course- Cosmos Explained.
Prerequisites: None. - NY
Times
2/7/2005: Astronomers find missing baryons - PhysicsWeb
Prolongevity
Robotics:
2/7/2005: Teaching Computers to Read No ABC Affair - Technology
Review
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Technology:
2/7/2005: Underwater Trials For Robotic Arm - SpaceDaily
2/7/2005: Automotive image sensor market set to boom, says analyst - Silicon
Strategies