Intel to release new chip architecture every 2 years
China to launch first lunar probe next April
China plans to take the first step in its ambitious lunar exploration program next April, launching a satellite that will orbit the moon, a space official said on Thursday. The craft will be followed a few years later by a remote-controlled lunar rover that will perform experiments and send data back to earth, and, in another few years, a module that will drill out a chunk of the moon and return with it.
Men, are you taking the pill?
A contraceptive pill for men could be a step closer according to a study in male fertility.
Where do big ideas come from?
Why can we be creative one moment, and dull as a fencepost the next? Scientists have sought the answers to questions like those for centuries, because human creativity is as mysterious as it is important. “If you are going to solve a problem with insight (creativity), there’s a characteristic pattern of brain activity even before the problem is presented,” says Kounios, a professor of psychology at Drexel. “When it’s going to be solved by a more methodical, analytical approach, there’s a separate characteristic of brain activity that is different.
WOW. Feds Drop Bomb on EFF Lawsuit
The federal government intends to invoke the rarely used “State Secrets Privilege”. The State Secrets Privilege is a vestige from English common law that lets the executive branch step into a civil lawsuit and have it dismissed if the case might reveal information that puts national security at risk. In other words — The executive branch of the US government is accused of illegally spying on its own citizens. To investigate this, somebody sues the private organisation that is alleged to be helping them. This is supposed to work because the judicial branch and executive branch of the government are separated, so the judicial branch shouldn’t be covering for the executive branch. Yet somehow the executive branch can interfere with the judicial branch and simply dismiss cases it doesn’t like? I thought the US government was set up in separate branches to prevent things like this?
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New key to war on obesity: the endocannabinoid system. Of course!!
Hospitals trying to slim kids down
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