A Question of Character!
by Justin Raimondo

The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced that we’re reliving the last days of the Roman Empire. Of course, that’s not all bad, especially if you like peeled grapes, gladiatorial games, and those cute little tunics on men: but it isn’t all fun and games, either, particularly [...]

Milk and meat from cloned animals probably is safe for human consumption, but there are still a lot of unknowns, according to a new report.

A National Academy of Sciences report released Wednesday said there’s no evidence that milk or meat from cloned animals will make anyone sick. But it also said researchers need better testing [...]

Cataclysmic waves that smash ships to bits are considered the stuff of sailors’ tales. But data gathered by the European Space Agency proves otherwise: rogue waves exist and surface more frequently than previously known.

More than 200 massive cargo ships sank over the past two decades and some of them could have fallen victim to “freak” [...]

Earthly spin-offs of technology developed for space travel has long been a bonus for nations launching humans and machines into orbit.

Two new machines developed with the help of NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have found their way into hospitals on Earth, where physicians have put them to use sniffing out harmful microbes and [...]

Fort Benning’s International Aerial Robotics Competition tests ingenuity.

What if there was a robot that could fly? Perhaps, even save a life or gather information on an enemy?

That’s what future scientists and engineers set out to do Thursday at the 14th Annual International Aerial Robotics Competition at Fort Benning’s McKenna Urban Operations Site.

The first robot that [...]

Nanomaterial Yields Cool Results

A pinch of iron dramatically boosts the cooling performance of a material considered key to the development of magnetic refrigerators, report researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the June 24 issue of the journal Nature. The achievement might move the promising technology closer to market, opening the [...]

Mobile phone use has taken off in Nigeria in recent years Nigerian mobile phone users have been anxiously checking who is calling them before answering them in recent days.

A rumour has spread rapidly in the commercial capital, Lagos, that if one answers calls from certain “killer numbers” then one will die immediately.

A BBC reporter [...]

On 6 July 2004 Professor Khaled Salah of An-Najah National University, along with son Muhammad, were killed by an Israeli attack unit. The Salah home was later demolished by six helicopter rockets.

A press conference by the wife and daughter of Prof. Khaled Salah

“If I am Palestinian they will kill me…If I am American they will [...]

Q. You’re married?
A. Right.
Q. Children?
A. Two.
Q. How old?
A. The boy is two and a half, and the little girl is a year and a half.
Q. Obviously, the question comes to my mind… the father of two little kids like that… how can he shoot babies?
A. I didn’t have the little girl. I just had the [...]

Airplane 3G mobile phone test successful

American Airlines and Qualcomm have completed a test flight of a new system to allow airplane passengers to use their mobile phones while in the air. The 3G “picocell” network used on the 2 hour proof-of-concept flight out of Dallas allowed passengers to place calls, send text messages, and [...]