Topic: NATURE - on January 18, 2007 at 11:12:00 AM CET
The Lonely Tree of Ténéré
Because trees are so abundant, it is rare for a single one to become well-known. Some trees become distinguished due to their historical significance. The Bodhi Tree in India, for example, is where Buddha is thought to have gained enlightenment; and the Liberty Tree in 18th-century Boston was a gathering place for American colonists who objected to British rule.
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Topic: PHOTO - on January 18, 2007 at 11:04:00 AM CET
Tokyo Nightscape
Brought my Pentax dSLR to work today so I could make a run to the top of the Roppongi Hills Mori building after work; just before the usual Thursday night Tequila drinking with friends.
Could see the city just fine, but it was raining fairly hard so the windows on the 52 floor were covered with water, thus couldn't get clear shots :-(
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Topic: NATURE - on January 18, 2007 at 11:03:00 AM CET
Hawking warns: We must recognise the catastrophic dangers of climate change
Climate change stands alongside the use of nuclear weapons as one of the greatest threats posed to the future of the world, the Cambridge cosmologist Stephen Hawking has said.
Professor Hawking said that we stand on the precipice of a second nuclear age and a period of exceptional climate change, both of which could destroy the planet as we know it.
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Topic: NATURE - on January 18, 2007 at 11:00:00 AM CET
Spiders prefer malaria-infested mosquitoes
A jumping spider in East Africa is known to crave mosquitoes engorged with blood. Now scientists find the spider prefers a particular type of them—mosquitoes infested with the deadly malaria parasite.
These predatory spiders could help control the lethal disease, scientists say. Malaria leads to more than one million deaths per year worldwide, mostly children.
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 18, 2007 at 10:59:00 AM CET
Animal party bans mouse poison in parliament
The Dutch Party for Animals, which entered parliament for the first time last November, has forbidden the laying of poison to deal with a mouse infestation in its offices.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 18, 2007 at 10:57:00 AM CET
Open source gets European boost
The European Commission has added its voice to the debate about the use of open source software.
A report funded by the Commission concludes that the software could offer considerable savings to organisations with little effect on their business.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on January 18, 2007 at 10:55:00 AM CET
How to get Google to notice you
Why did so many other family therapy websites pop to the top of Google (GOOG) search results listings, while her site was nowhere to be found?
It's a question posed by thousands of small-business owners every day as they seek new customers online rather than through traditional Yellow Pages directories. These days, if a company website can't be found on Google, it basically doesn't exist.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on January 18, 2007 at 10:54:00 AM CET
Google erases British bases in Iraq
It appears Google has replaced recent satellite imagery of British military bases in Basra with pre-war snaps following Army claims that terrorists were using Google Earth to plan attacks on its facilities.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on January 18, 2007 at 10:53:00 AM CET
Volcanoes Erupt on Google Earth
Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain is a geologic, fire-breathing dragon with dozens of active volcanoes. To prevent a Vesuvius-style disaster, researchers at the Alaska Volcano Observatory have begun channeling eruption data into Google Earth.
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Topic: NATURE - on January 18, 2007 at 10:51:00 AM CET
Top 100 Cryptic Mammals
The Zoological Society of London has created an amazing list of the world’s top 100 rarest and thus most endangered mammalian species.
“We are focusing on EDGE species – that means they are Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered,” announced the Zoological Society of London ’s Jonathan Baillie. “These are one-of-a-kind species. If they are lost there is nothing similar to them left on the planet. It would be a bit like the art world losing the Mona Lisa – they are simply irreplaceable.”
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Topic: MUSIK - on January 18, 2007 at 10:31:00 AM CET
DIY DJ MIX ONE: State of Emergency
For a while now, I have had a growing interest in being a DJ at some point in my life. I have this whole week off from school, so I downloaded MixMeister Pro and set to work. What I came up with is about 45 minutes long, and basically it’s a lightly edited bunch of my favorite songs as of late, transitioned into one another. Don’t have very high expectations, I only have had this program for a few hours.
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