The
Mega Foundation
Science News
July 3, 2005
| HIQNews Home Page |
Science News Comments |
 |
Study Suggests Mental Processing Is Continuous, Unlike A Computer - SpaceDaily The theory that the mind works like a computer, in a series of distinct stages, was an important steppingstone in cognitive science, but it has outlived its usefulness, concludes a new study. Instead, the mind should be thought of more as working the way biological organisms do: as a dynamic continuum, cascading through shades of grey. In this model, perception and cognition are mathematically described as a continuous trajectory through a high-dimensional mental space; the neural activation patterns flow back and forth to produce nonlinear, self-organized, emergent properties -- like a biological organism." |
 |
Analysis: Congress Upset Over War - SpaceDaily Left: File photo of American forces ridding a part of Baghdad of an Improvised Explosive Device. There are between 60 and 70 insurgent attacks per week, and the number of deaths since the Iraqi government came to power seven weeks ago stands at more than 1,000. Car bombings are at around 30 per week, up from one a week in January 2004. With the death toll in Iraq mounting and insurgency attacks and car bombs reaching their highest point in months, key senators have started criticizing what they see as the White House's failure to acknowledge the reality in Iraq. Democratic and Republican lawmakers expressed concern at Vice President Dick Cheney's remarks last Sunday that the Iraqi insurgency was in it's "last throes." |
|
|
US Not Losing In Iraq, Rumsfeld Insists - SpaceDaily US troops are defeating the stubborn insurgency in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted Thursday, rejecting calls that the Pentagon create a timetable for scaling back the US forces there. "Any who say that we've lost this war, or that we're losing this war, are wrong. We are not," said Rumsfeld, who appeared with his top military commanders at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Still, General John Abizaid conceded to the panel that "there's a lot of work to be done" to be done" to break the resolve of a resilient and determined insurgency. "I believe there are more foreign fighters coming into Iraq than there were six months ago," |
Am. Scientist
AlphaGalileo
Ananova
Arab Media
InternetNetwork
Anthropology
Assoc. Press
Astronomy
Artigen
AsiaWeek
Atlanta Journal
BBC
Beyond 2000
Boston Globe
Business Week
C/Net
CNN
Cosmiverse
Dallas News
Daily Tech
Duke
Discover
Economist
El.D&Tech.News
El. Engr. Times
EurekAlert!
First Science
Friday Times
Geology Today
Globe & Mail
Globe&Mail Tech
Globe&Mail Sci.
Gl.&Mail Health
HeadlineSpot
Human Nature
Industry Watch
L. A. Times
Lycos Science
MedNews
MiddleEast Times
Milli Gazette
MSNBC
Nando
NASA - JPL
NASA - MSFC
Nature
Nat'l. Geo .
News Sites
New Scientist
NY Times
PhysicsWeb
Popular Mech.
Popular Sci.
Rutgers
Salon
Scien. American
ScienceCentral
Science Daily
Sci. Headlines
Science Matters
Science News
SciNews
SciTech
Seattle Times
Silicon Strategies
Space.com
SpaceDaily
Star- Malay
Technology Rev.
Tech TV
Un.of N.Carolina
Univ. of Wisc.
Universe Today
USA Today
US News
Weekly Mirror
Wired
World Scientist
Yahoo
Alzheimer's Disease: :
Biosciences:
7/3/2005: DNA constraints control structure of attached macromolecules ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: Genome study of beneficial microbe may help boost plant health ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: From the
Lab: Biotechnology - Technology
Review
7/3/2005: Felling plan to save native trees -
BBC
Climate, Environment:
7/3/2005: UPDATE 3-Five states sue Allegheny for Clean Air violations ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: Allegheny believes it complied with Clean Air Act ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: Russia signs first Kyoto project, more seen ... -
ABC
7/3/2005: Chirac Backs Blair on Climate Change ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Highlights Latest Environmental Partnership With Celebrity Green Power ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: Britain's Blair to talk Africa, climate change on MTV ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: Russia Sells First Emissions Quotas ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: Chirac predicts tough G8 talks on climate, warns of threat to growth - SpaceDaily
7/3/2005: Storm costs 'could rise by 66%' -
BBC
Computers:
Devices
7/3/2005: Why Johnny Can't Play - Technology
Review
7/3/2005: Apple brings podcasts into iTunes -
BBC
Communications
7/3/2005: Fall Mobile Phone Preview - Wired News
7/3/2005: Bard's home town goes wireless -
BBC
7/3/2005: Connections, the Wireless Way - Business
Week
Technology
PC's
7/3/2005: India closes in on $100 PC - C/Net
7/3/2005: Photos: Low-cost computers - C/Net
Internet
7/3/2005: Wilderness Connection - L. A. Times
7/3/2005: Decision Won't Stop Downloads, Fans Say - Wired News
7/3/2005: Phishing pair jailed for ID fraud -
BBC
7/3/2005: Ace of Spades: American players defy the law and join online poker games -
BBC
7/3/2005: 100 million go online in China -
BBC
Miscellaneous
7/3/2005: Sun Makes Open-Source Move - Wired News
7/3/2005: Grappling with Grokster ruling - C/Net
7/3/2005: Complete court coverage - C/Net
Energy:
7/3/2005: France To Host Futuristic Nuclear Project ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: The future of nuclear
energy: a boost for plasma physics at EPFL ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: Cost of nuclear 'underestimated' -
BBC
Health:
Cardiovascular
7/3/2005: Patient's pioneering heart pump -
BBC
Cancer
7/3/2005: Scientists Hunt Genes Driving Lung Cancer ... - FirstScience
7/3/2005: Nuclear workers' cancer risk rise -
BBC
Infectious
7/3/2005: HIV drug target 'will not be met' -
BBC
Non-Infectious
7/3/2005: Rise in asthma with UK's storms -
BBC
Miscellaneous
7/3/2005: Confidentiality fear over records -
BBC
7/3/2005: Gruesome attack: Victim now able to blink again thanks to surgeons in Britain -
BBC
7/3/2005: 'Life of pain': Is enough being done to protect UK girls from
circumcision? -
BBC
7/3/2005: Singing could help a silent night -
BBC
7/3/2005: A Big Green Pill for Health
Care? - Business
Week
History, Anthropology:
7/3/2005: Secrets of the Dinosaurs - Wired News
7/3/2005: Ancient DNA helps clarify the origins of two extinct New World horse species ... - FirstScience
Miscellaneous:
7/3/2005: US Not Losing In Iraq, Rumsfeld Insists - SpaceDaily
7/3/2005: Analysis: Congress Upset Over War - SpaceDaily
7/3/2005: The Fading Memory of the State - Technology
Review
7/3/2005: India's Labor Problems - Wired News
7/3/2005: Google Looks Pricey and Still Irresistible
- NY
Times
7/3/2005: Geek
Chic: Old Computers as Collectibles - Washington Post
7/3/2005: Japan Urges Ukraine To Probe Alleged Cruise Missile Sales To Iran, China - SpaceDaily
7/3/2005: Analysis: Brazil's Nuclear Program - SpaceDaily
7/3/2005: Putin attacks US curbs on Russian space exports - SpaceDaily
7/3/2005: Direct action: When is it justified to take matters into your own
hands? -
BBC
7/3/2005: Blair's ID woes: MPs may have backed them now but ID card troubles lie ahead -
BBC
7/3/2005: "Chilled
Innovation": Creative Commons chair and law prof Larry Lessig sees 10 years of
fallout from the high court's ruling on file-sharing - Business
Week
Neurosciences:
7/3/2005: Mental health care 'not holistic' -
BBC
Physics and Astronomy:
Prolongevity
Robotics:
7/3/2005: Invasion of the Humanoid Robots - Business
Week
Space:
7/3/2005: Cosmic Crash Won't Destroy Comet or Earth ... - Space.com
7/3/2005: Bush Administration Presses Congress to Amend INA ... - Space.com
7/3/2005: House Bill Mandates Shuttle Retirement in 2010 ... - Space.com
7/3/2005: Griffin Favors Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster for Launching CEV ... - Space.com
7/3/2005: NASA Fails to Fully Meet Final Return to Flight Recommendations ... - Space.com
7/3/2005: Launch Delays Cost NASA Extra $4 Million for Shuttle Oversight Board ... - Space.com
7/3/2005: Moon Rock to be Awarded to Apollo-Soyuz Astronaut Thomas Stafford ... - Space.com
7/3/2005: Revealing Pan's Influence - SpaceDaily
7/3/2005: India's first unmanned spacecraft to carry three European payloads to moon - SpaceDaily
7/3/2005: Hubble Captures Outburst From Comet Targeted By Deep Impact - SpaceDaily
7/3/2005: Titan dark spot may be large lake -
BBC
Technology:
7/3/2005: Will Jetmakers Always Have
Paris? - Business
Week
7/3/2005: A Quantum Leap in Cryptography - Technology
Review
7/3/2005: Publishing makes shift to digital -
BBC