Topic: Science and Technology

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World War Two Navajo code talkers honored

Posted by Admin - Friday, February 29, 2008 - Technology

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Veteran Navajo code talkers on were honored in Phoenix on Thursday with a monument commemorating their use of an unbreakable cipher that helped U.S. forces defeat the Japanese in World War Two.

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Drinking makes heart grow more sorrowful, study finds

Posted by Admin - Friday, February 29, 2008 - Technology

TOKYO (AFP) - The age-old belief goes that alcohol helps people drown their sorrows, but in truth the bottle only makes bad memories linger, a Japanese study said Friday.

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Bush urges wiretap immunity law

Posted by Admin - Friday, February 29, 2008 - Technology

President George W Bush has urged the "urgent" passing of a bill that would retroactively shield telecoms firms which helped the government eavesdrop.

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Cellphone war is on (Namibia)

Posted by Admin - Thursday, February 28, 2008 - Technology

IT seems Namibia is experiencing a cellphone war.

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Fossil sea monster big enough to "bite a car"

Posted by Admin - Thursday, February 28, 2008 - Technology

OSLO (Reuters) - The fossil of a 15 meter (50 ft) long "sea monster" found in Arctic Norway was the biggest of its kind known to science with dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car, researchers said on Wednesday.

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NASA says moon south pole more rugged than thought

Posted by Admin - Thursday, February 28, 2008 - Technology

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The moon's south pole region, a possible future landing site for human or robotic lunar missions, is far more rugged than had been thought, with towering peaks and deep craters, NASA said on Wednesday.

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Robot as good as real dog at easing lonely hours

Posted by Admin - Thursday, February 28, 2008 - Technology

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A friendly dog can make older people feel less isolated -- and it appears to make little difference if that wagging tail belongs to a robot doggie or the real thing.

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