Changes in August
New Articles in the END Section of our site:
A new study shows that NATO bombs plowed up some fields, blew up hundreds of cars, trucks and decoys, and barely dented Serb artillery and armor. The number of targets verifiably destroyed was a tiny fraction of those claimed. (August 27th, 2000)
US Rogue State: A world in denial
The evidence has piled up. The rogue states of the world today include: North Korea, Iran and Iraq and ... the United States. (August 27th, 2000)
Muslim group defends Ohio's motto
A Muslim group said it wants Ohio to retain its motto—"With God all things are possible"—even though a federal court has ruled it is an unconstitutional government endorsement of Christianity. (August 27th, 2000)
MI5 "will be able to monitor all e-mail"
The [British] intelligence service is building a new surveillance center to monitor all e-mails and Internet messages sent and received in Britain. (August 27th, 2000)
Canada says no risk to privacy from giant database
The Canadian government dismissed fears that private companies and others would be able to access a vast federal database containing up to 2,000 pieces of information on every Canadian citizen. (August 27th, 2000)
Above us the waves: Atlantic Tsunami
New York and the entire East Coast of the United States obliterated by an apocalyptic sea wave? We've seen it in Hollywood blockbuster "Deep Impact," but surely it couldn't really happen? (August 27th, 2000)
South Asia reels from drought and famine
Today, up to 80 million people lack water, and hundreds of thousands of animals are perishing in what locals call the worst drought in a century. (August 27th, 2000)
Growing distribution of the Good News
Last year, the United Bible Societies distributed 627 million copies of biblical literature worldwide (August 27th, 2000)
Bar code foils would-be truants
Schools are using bar-coded identification cards that monitor who comes into the building each morning and track classes a student attends. (August 27th, 2000)
The standard advice may be "take two aspirin and call me in the morning." Soon it'll be, "take these tablets and they'll call me!" (August 27th, 2000)
Cameras can read text at 100 yards
New cameras are able to zoom in from than 100 yards away and read print on flyers, even at night. These cameras that can also tape your conversation, even if you're whispering. They have the capability of peering through the windows of private homes and businesses. (August 16th, 2000)
War's legacy and the human condition
In World War I, nine soldiers were killed for every civilian life. In today's wars, 10 civilians die for every soldier or fighter killed in battle. (August 16th, 2000)
Just between us (and the spies): Global Phone Tap
The recent NSA patent officially confirms for the first time that the NSA has been working on ways of automatically analyzing human speech. (August 16th, 2000)
World food supply at risk, experts warn
Honeybees, the primary species that fertilizes food-producing plants, have suffered dramatic declines in recent years, mostly from afflictions introduced by humans. (August 16th, 2000)
Charles warns scientists of disaster
Prince Charles's simmering anger with modern science will blow into a philosophical storm as he argues the only way to avoid environmental catastrophe is for humankind to rediscover an urgent "sense of the sacred." (August 16th, 2000)
Scientists have discovered cracks in the ocean floor off the East Coast that they say could trigger a tsunami, sending 18-foot waves toward the mid-Atlantic states. (August 16th, 2000)
The plague of New Orleans, with jaws of steel
The Formosan, the most destructive species of termite in the world, is capable of building colonies of up to 10 million writhing white bugs, which devour an average of 1,000 pounds of wood a year. (August 16th, 2000)
Scientific promise and peril: Nanocomputers
Technology is creating tools that will allow us to conquer disease, live twice as long, master our world at last. The package is dazzling, but what's inside? (August 16th, 2000)
Another violent day in the American capital
Violence is one of the primary things foreigners associate with life in the United States of America. (August 16th, 2000)
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