Changes in October:
(October 23th, 2000)
New Articles in the END Section of our site:
Tests show Gulf War victims have uranium poisoning
New evidence that Gulf War syndrome exists and was caused by radiation poisoning has been revealed by a former American army colonel. (October 23rd, 2000)
Earthquakes, eruptions give Japan the jitters
Japan is nervous. For more than a month, daily earthquake bulletins have flashed across TV screens. Most experts agree that, based on historical cycles, Tokyo is now overdue for another big quake. (October 23rd, 2000)
Smile! The Feds want your face on file.
Big Brother never forgets a face. Or, at least, he won't if the State Department implements cutting-edge facial-recognition technology to track anyone entering or leaving the country. (October 23rd, 2000)
Digital surveillance? You'll get used to it
Electronic surveillance may eat away your privacy in the digital era, but you'll get used to it. You have no choice. At least according to the Government. (October 23rd, 2000)
In this brave new world of cyber-spying, very little is private and whatever you write, even in your own home, may come back to haunt you. (October 23rd, 2000)
Human Genome Project: big deal or big hype?
It was all over the news recently--the completion of the initial sequencing of the human genome. What does it mean? (October 23rd, 2000)
Pope says scientific progress both magnificent and terrible
Pope John Paul said scientific progress created wonderful possibilities, but warned of its terrible potential. (October 23rd, 2000)
The twentieth century presents a brutal spectacle that may be remembered historically as one of the darkest periods of martyrdom. (October 23rd, 2000)
As the earth's ice cover melts, it brings floods and famine
If any explorers had been hiking to the North Pole this summer, they would have had to swim the last few miles. (October 23rd, 2000)
Cyborg facts and fantasy: Chip implants
Chip Implants are now a commercial reality and being readily accepted by the public due to the accessibility of the subject in the media. (October 23rd, 2000)
Team links brain cells with a robot
Researchers have created a fish on wheels. They connected a robot to the brain of a fish producing what they call an "artificial animal." (October 23rd, 2000)
A hum in the global village--jet-setting mosquitoes.
Most mosquitoes don't fly five miles in their lives, but a few have joined the jet age and spread disease all over the world. (October 23rd, 2000)
System creates robotic life--automatically
Scientists have created a computerized system that automatically creates, evolves, improves and finally builds a variety of simple creatures without any significant human intervention. (October 23rd, 2000)
Two of every five U.S. teenagers surveyed say it would be easy to get hold of a handgun. (October 23rd, 2000)
A Tamil guerrilla's story, starting at age 7
The story of the youngest child soldiers captured alive by government forces in their 17-year war against the guerrilla fighters is a sad tale of abduction and lost childhood. (October 23rd, 2000)
Palestine: Dependence shapes emerging state
"The agreement [on statehood] with Israel, whatever its shape, will condemn the Palestinians to subordination," said Ibrahim Abu Lughod. (October 23rd, 2000)
Hiroshima: The bombs of August
Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki an unavoidable necessity or rather a wanton act of gargantuan cruelty? (October 15th, 2000)
Save kids from the bloodthirsty Bible
Two lawyers said that they had written to a German Family Minister asking her to officially class the Bible among books considered dangerous for children because of its violent content. (October 15th, 2000)
Seven years ago an international coordinating group was set up by the FBI. It's goal was to make telecommunications systems more "interception-friendly." (October 15th, 2000)
Germans can hire satellite tag to mind the children
Parents in Germany will soon be able to keep track of their children with satellite-linked equipment that works on the same basis as devices used to locate stolen cars. (October 15th, 2000)
Satellites give nosy neighbors their big break
For less than £100, people will be able to spy on their neighbors using cameras in the sky that beam live pictures to their internet screen. (October 15th, 2000)
Droughts, floods and change ahead as climate warms
Imagine New York toiling under the heat and humidity of Miami, and the rising seas, pushed on by storm surges, lapping at the foundations of the World Trade Center. (October 15th, 2000)
Rise of the corporate nation-state
Around the globe, more and more corporations are beginning to act like governments. They negotiate with guerrilla leaders, build roads, and set up schools. (October 15th, 2000)
Worries rise over effect of antibiotics in animal feed
... but her physicians were dismayed to find that drug didn't work either--the bacteria in her body were resistant to it as well. The woman died soon after. (October 15th, 2000)
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