Turkey set for mass terror trial

On the charges of  armed insurrection, aiding terror group and illegal possession of explosives, a group of 86 people are to be tried at a Turkish court. The massive trial held near Istanbul is organised agaisnt Ergenekon group for about 30 charges, including membership...

[Crowd-powered] Program brings Web's collective wisdom to patent process

AKA "Peer-to-patent", this process posts patent applications online for the public to review, helping to uncover cases of "prior art" and obvious ideas that shouldn't be patented, and helping the Patent Office to cut down on mistakes and through paperwork."WASHINGTON (AP) --...

Pollution sends men bald

Hair loss can begin as early as the teens, and by the age of 35, almost40 percent of men and women show some degree of hair loss.Studies recently reveal that, men who live in high polluted areas are most likely...

Class Wargames Revises Guy Debord's The Game of War in London

Guy Debord is the celebrated leader of the Situationist International movement, and the author of the searing critique of the media-saturated society of consumer capitalism in his book The Society of the...

Hippies had it right: kids need spirituality

"Four years ago, two American psychologists put forth a simple question: What do you want for your children? More than 10,000 adults in 48 countries across six continents responded overwhelmingly with one answer:...

Australian embassy hosts seminar on biotechnology, nano-technology

"Australian and Indonesian academics, education experts and professionals participated in a seminar on Biotechnology and Nano-technology at the Australian Embassy on Thursday, coordinated by Australian Education International (AEI), the embassy media release has said.On the...

Experts determine Mona Lisa identity

German experts have confirmed the Mona Lisa painting is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant.The discovery of notes scribbled in the margins of a book belonging to the...

'Mona Lisa' mystery solved

"Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant, Francesco del Giocondo, has long been seen as the most likely model for the sixteenth-century painting. But art historians have often wondered whether the smiling woman may actually have been da Vinci's lover,...

You silly boys: blondes make men act dumb

"WHEN men meet fair-haired women they really do have a “blonde moment”. Scientists have found that their mental performance drops, apparently because they believe they are dealing with someone less...

Hitler planned to halt invasion at Northampton

"Adolf Hitler was plotting to make Northampton his northernmost outpost in an invasion of Britain, according to secret war documents unearthed by Oxford University academics. The Nazi leader hatched a plan to land...

Russian Scientist may have Smuggled Biological Weapons Material

"MOSCOW — Security agents are investigating a Russian scientist for allegedly trying to smuggle out of Russia materials that could be used in building a biological or bacteriological weapon, the scientist and...

Architects aren't ready for an urbanized planet

"EW DELHI: The world is racing to the city, and the one group of professionals capable of housing and sheltering the massive human influx to the urban centers - the architects and the planners - freely acknowledge that they are ill-equipped to cope. This summer, the number of...

Hanging crackdown in Iran

"Surge in public executions is a push to silence political activists, say critics Robert Tait in Tehran Sunday August 19, 2007 The Observer Nikoubazl/Reuters Iran has hanged up to 30 people in the past month...

Britain: New health fears over big surge in autism

Denis Campbell, health correspondentSunday July 8, 2007The Observer  Experts "concerned" by dramatic rise. Questions over triple jab for children.     The number of children in Britain with autism is far...

U.K. Academic Union Votes to Boycott Israeli Academics

In a continued assault against Israeli academics by British academics, another educational union has voted to boycott Israeli academics and halt any joint projects between British and Israeli intellectuals....

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