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Biotech

Submission + - BT Corn: insects rapidly becoming resistant (msn.com)

DrHeasley writes: BT corn, which contains the DNA for Bacillus thuringensis toxin, was once hailed as the final solution for insect predators on this valuable crop. Now it turns out that insects, and evolution, are smarter than we thought, and the corn that contains the built in pesticide is no longer reliably protected.

Comment Innocent until proven guilty (Score 1) 758

IANAL, but: To convict you, the RIAA must prove that the files you have violate copyright, you don't have to prove that they are legal - that would be Napoleonic law, which is unconstitutional, although the current supreme court might disagree. The RIAA would face the same difficulties being discussed here. If a way cannot be found to prove your music is legal, I doubt that they'd be able to find a way to prove that it's illegal.
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Mirror life: Ice 9? (wired.com)

DrHeasley writes: The organic compounds that make up all terrestrial life can exist in either of two forms which are mirror images of each other, either "d" or "l". Yet, all life that we know of is exclusively "d". Can life based on the mirror image "l" compounds exist? A team of scientists is reegineering cells to create a mirror image of life on Earth. Consider the result if a few mirror photosynthetic cyanobacteria made it into the ocean...
The Internet

Submission + - Netscape's Andreesen offers new browser (msn.com)

DrHeasley writes: Rockmelt, available for the first time Monday, is built on the premise that most online activity today revolves around socializing on Facebook, searching on Google, tweeting on Twitter and monitoring a handful of favorite websites. It tries to minimize the need to roam from one website to the next by corralling all vital information and favorite services in panes and drop-down windows.

"This is a chance for us to build a browser all over again," Andreessen said. "These are all things we would have done (at Netscape) if we had known how people were going to use the Web."

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