In The News
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Quake?
The best place to be in an earthquake is where you can say "What was that?" — Rick & Ruby, 1970s comedy group I have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since Sept. 1984. I've noticed several small earthquakes and one large (the Loma Prieta, in 1989). Earthquakes are "normal" here. Buildings are designed… Continue reading
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Three Links – Two Cute and one Big Awwwwwww
An “escaped” chimp, a stubborn sloth, and a pair of baby otters… Continue reading
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Study Illuminates How Babies Learn to Speak
A high-tech machine that monitors infants’ brain cells as they listen to speech reveals a key element in how babies go from hearing sounds to speaking them. Continue reading
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Lost and Found
The Journal of Robert Hooke A manuscript "charting the birth of modern science" and misplaced for more than 200 years, has been found, sold to a private party, and will be housed at Britain’s Royal Society. Continue reading
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How to Get Happy
Harvard University is offering a new Psych course this semester which has become the most popular course on campus. Psychology 1504, or “Positive Psychology,” purports to teach the psychology of happiness. Continue reading
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Patently Ridiculous
Those of us who work in the technology industries know that the US Patent and Trademark Office has been in trouble for years. The PTO seems willing to grant just about every patent application they receive — for algorithms, genetic sequences, and ideas, as well as "real" inventions. Continue reading
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Happy Anniversary, ENIAC
February 2006, marks the 60th anniversary of ENIAC. Continue reading
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Narrowband Connectivity
The US has fallen to 19th overall in household broadband penetration, and is in danger of being passed by Slovenia in early 2007. Continue reading
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Low Fat Diet Debunked
The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet reduces the risk of getting cancer or heart disease has found that the diet has no effect. Continue reading
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Smog Blog
On August 5, 20 pigeons will take to the skies above San Jose to measure air pollution levels. Continue reading
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