Schneier on Security: Correspondent Inference Theory

An essay on why terrorism doesn't work, based on ideas from psychology.

'Intel Core 2' - MARC

In an email to openbsd-misc, Theo de Raddt (founder and lead of the OpenBSD project) writes: Various developers are busy implimenting workarounds for serious bugs in Intel's Core 2 cpu.

Hans Reiser: Once a Linux Visionary, Now Accused of Murder

Hans Reiser is waiting for me, standing on the other side of an imitation-wood table. The room is small, the concrete walls bare. A guard locks the steel door from the outside. There is no sound.

NYT: What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran

HERE is the redacted version of a draft Op-Ed article we wrote for The Times, as blacked out by the Central Intelligence Agency's Publication Review Board after the White House intervened in the normal prepublication review process and demanded substantial deletions.

JetBlue experimenting with passenger safety?

Fly with JetBlue last year? You may have been a passenger on a test flight: An experiment to see how long pilots can actually control a passenger jet before fatigue sets in.

SPEC Developing Power Benchmark

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp., which develops the SPEC benchmark used to assess PC performance, said it has formed a new committee for comparing energy use in computers.

French-German Group Verifies High-Temperature Superconductivity Theory

A French-German team of experimental scientists, led by Philippe Bourges of the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France, reports that it has verified the central prediction of a theory on high-temperature superconductivity developed by Chandra Varma, distinguished professor

For Elderly, Extra Pounds May Lower Mortality Rates

If you're more than 80 years old, carrying a few extra pounds might not be such a bad idea. In fact, it may be beneficial.

Exxon Valdez oil found in tidal feeding grounds

Seventeen years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, compelling new evidence suggests that remnants of the worst oil spill in U.S.

AMD unveils line of energy-aware chips

Advanced Micro Devices has begun to market a line of energy-efficient desktop processors based on models the chipmaker already sells.

Prozac's target revealed

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island have identified which among several different kinds of cells in the brain is the chief target of the widely prescribed antidepressant Prozac.

New compound reduces stroke damage

Bethesda, MD – A group of German scientists has synthesized a new compound that dramatically decreases the damage to neurons in rats demonstrating stroke symptoms.

Fast pharmacy access to the morning-after pill could prevent 10% more unwanted pregnancies

Pharmacies who provide fast and convenient access to the morning-after pill could be helping to prevent 10 per cent more unwanted pregnancies, according to a study in the latest British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. UK researchers from South West Kent Primary Care Trust and t

Forests in Southeast Asia Fall to Prosperity's Ax

The Indonesian government has signed a deal with China that will level much of the remaining tropical forests in an area so vital it is sometimes called the lungs of Southeast Asia.

Science Panel Report Says Physics in U.S. Faces Crisis

Physics in America is at a crossroads and in crisis, just as humanity stands on the verge of great discoveries about the nature of matter and the universe, a panel from the National Academy of Sciences concludes in a new report.

New Weapons Needed For The War On Junk Email

Today's spam filters are highly effective, but they may be no match for spammers seeking new ways to fool people into visiting commercial websites or downloading rogue software carrying viruses, worms, spyware, or other dangerous applications, says John Aycock, an assistant prof

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