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Martin Rees introduces the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, the most powerful experiment ever to probe the greatest of questions in physics: źródło
Martin Rees introduces the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, the most powerful experiment ever to probe the greatest of questions in physics: źródło
Scientists prove that beta-caryophyllene, a chemical found in marijuana, soothes the immune system, increases bone mass, and blocks pain signals — without causing euphoria or interfering with the central nervous system. źródło
More than 400,000 people in England have given up smoking thanks to the ban on lighting up in public introduced a year ago tomorrow, a study claims. źródło
The people who support you are speaking loudly and clearly. I believe you will hear them and will uphold your promise to oppose any FISA bill which includes immunity for for the telecommunications companies which unlawfully went along with President George W. Bush’s program of warrantless wiretapping of ordinary American citizens. źródło
June 30 is the day that Microsoft begins phasing out Windows XP by no longer providing copies of the operating system to PC makers and retailers for preloading on new machines. It’s also a good day (thanks to a recent New York Times opinion piece) to start looking ahead to what comes next — after Windows. That answer could be Softie Eric Rudder’s m źródło
Christening a particle is not easy. Do you name it after the person who proposed its existence, or the person who discovered it? Or do you give it a label that is abstract, poetic, whimsical, onomatopoeic, or just plain descriptive? źródło
When amputee athletes compete against able-bodied athletes, they’re called courageous. But when they nearly win, as a South African sprinter did earlier this year while trying to qualify for that country’s Olympic team, they are accused of cheating. It’s a hypocrisy that doesn’t sit well with MIT professor and double amputee Hugh Herr… źródło
Six people were killed and another was critically injured when two choppers collided near Flagstaff Medical Center. źródło
Surely the bestselling computer game of all time would have experienced a smoother transition from single- to multiplayer, especially a game with a social needs bar; friendless Sims end up moping around on the couch and experiencing Social Bunny hallucinations. źródło
The Japanese car manufacturer Honda has begun the first ever commercial production of a hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle. źródło