Pirate Coders
Jason Hill talks to the captain of Disney’s games studio....
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Don’t Bank On Euro As The Pound Slides
IT tells us something that I have received many more e-mails and letters about sterling’s big fall against the euro than I did a few months ago for a different reason – the $2 pound....
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Zimbabwe: The Terror Is Back As We Wait For The Return Of A Deranged, Violent Power
In Mbare township, almost exactly 28 years ago, I stood and trembled as an exultant, raucous mob surged down the road towards me. Minutes before, Robert Mugabe and his Zanu (PF) had been announced t...
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Pensions Corporation Forced To Water Down Plans
Britain’s pensions watchdog has forced Pension Corporation, the company that attempted to gain control of the old Marconi retirement scheme, into a series of compromises following a six-mo...
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Study Says Chatty Doctors Forget Patients
A new study shows that many doctors waste patients? time in office visits by interjecting irrelevant information about themselves....
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Science News

The Candidates as Cousins Much Removed
2008-03-27 05:31 - Next time you?re considering whether to run for president, don?t forget the value of the fast and free genealogical research that comes with candidacy.

Novy Urengoi Journal: Ivory for the Taking, From Beasts Well Beyond Ca...
2008-03-27 05:31 - The Russian tradition of carving mammoth ivory has been given a lift by global warming, which has melted away the tundra and exposed more frozen remains.

Regulators Stamp Copper as a Germ Killer
2008-03-27 05:31 - Federal regulators approved a group of copper alloys, including brass and bronze, as capable of killing bacteria and microbes effectively enough to protect human health.

A Turn to Alternative Chemicals
2008-03-27 05:31 - With a push from state government and industries, chemical companies are producing more environmentally benign products.

For Carbon Emissions, a Goal of Less Than Zero
2008-03-27 05:30 - At laboratories in the United States and abroad, the search is on to develop fuels from sources that remove more greenhouse gas than they produce.

What a Rodent Can Do With a Rake in Its Paw
2008-03-27 05:30 - For the first time, rodents have been trained to wield tools in the laboratory and other species may soon join them.

Shuttle Heads Home After a Long Mission
2008-03-27 05:30 - The space shuttle Endeavour headed home on Wednesday after a record-breaking 16-day mission to the International Space Station.

Remains of Human Ancestors Found
2008-03-27 05:30 - Excavations in a cave in the mountains of northern Spain have uncovered the oldest known remains of human ancestors in Western Europe, scientists reported.

Essay: A Boy’s Life, Guided by the Voice of Cosmic Wonder
2008-03-26 06:01 - To space fans and perpetual adolescents everywhere Arthur C. Clarke was simply the deceptively dry voice of cosmic wonder.

Far Below the Surface of the World’s Oceans, a Tough Place for Foam Cu...
2008-03-26 06:01 - During a historic dive to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, the pressure of the surrounding water crushed foam cups to the size of thimbles.


 
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