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A congressional investigation into weapons of mass destruction today offered a chilling prediction of terrorists mounting an attack using biological or nuclear weapons within the next five years.The six-month inquiry singles out Pakistan as one of the likeliest sources of such an attack. The target could be the US or some o (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Science:
The smell of fear, one of the most terrible cliches of pulp fiction, is founded in fact, scientists claim today. People can unconsciously detect whether someone is stressed or scared by smelling a chemical pheromone released in their sweat, according to researchers who have investigated the underarm secretions of petrified (Read More)
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One of my earliest series of articles for Media Guardian, back in 1993 I think, was an attempt to discover why fewer people were reading newspapers. Yes, the sales decline began as long ago as that.Anyway, although some (not many) individual newspapers had carried out research into their readerships, I couldn't discover any (Read More)
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Guardian Unlimited: Technology:
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Brain scientists have succeeded in fooling people into thinking they are inside the body of another person or a plastic dummy.The out-of-body experience - which is surprisingly easy to induce - will help researchers to understand how the human brain constructs a sense of physical self. The research may also lead to practica (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Society:
A British surgeon volunteering in the Democratic Republic of Congo saved the life of a teenage boy by amputating his shoulder using instructions texted by a colleague in London.David Nott, 52, a general and vascular surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster hospital, was working with the charity Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) in t (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Europe's biggest onshore wind farm plugged itself into the grid today to provide enough electricity for up to a million people in northern Portugal.A total of 120 windmills are dotted across the highlands of the Upper Minho region of Portugal as one of western Europe's poorer nations continues to forge its reputation as a r (Read More)
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: Denmark has been the leading country for their efforts in renawable energy - as the manufacture of Vestas windmills and getting more than 20% of their domestic electricity supply from the windmills. Population in Denmark is however 5.5 million compared to Portugals 10.7 million. In retrospect; the weather is colder in Denmark, hence people are consuming more electricity.
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The Guardian:
The $326bn rescue of Citigroup was, some investors hoped, a turning point. It prompted a concerted rally on Wall Street last week as shareholders were reassured that the US authorities would not allow another major bank to collapse.The Dow Jones gained more than five straight days for the first time in more than a year; the (Read More)
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