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Submission + - Sniffer bees set to snare suicide bombers

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on Wednesday November 29, 2006 @09:38AM

pilsner.urquell writes: "US military defense scientists have found a way to train the common honey bee to smell explosives used in bombs, a skill they say could help protect American troops abroad in a story posted by: EVENING STANDARD

Researchers at Inscentinel Ltd, which has just three employees at its Harpenden, Herts, HQ, have developed an amazing "sniffer box" to harness the bees' incredible sense of smell.

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Submission + - Genetic breakthrough that reveals the differences

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on Wednesday November 22, 2006 @11:28PM

pilsner.urquell writes: "Scientists hail genetic discovery that will change human understanding

Scientists have discovered a dramatic variation in the genetic make-up of humans that could lead to a fundamental reappraisal of what causes incurable diseases and could provide a greater understanding of mankind."

Submission + - Voting Machines Venezuela Ties?

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on Sunday October 29, 2006 @11:11AM

pilsner.urquell writes: "New York Times story: The federal government is investigating the takeover last year of a leading American manufacturer of electronic voting systems by a small software company that has been linked to the leftist Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chávez.

The inquiry is focusing on the Venezuelan owners of the software company, the Smartmatic Corporation, and is trying to determine whether the government in Caracas has any control or influence over the firms operations, government officials and others familiar with the investigation said."

Submission + - U.S. Investigates Voting Machines’ Venez

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on Sunday October 29, 2006 @11:04AM

pilsner.urquell writes: "New York Times story: The federal government is investigating the takeover last year of a leading American manufacturer of electronic voting systems by a small software company that has been linked to the leftist Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chávez.

The inquiry is focusing on the Venezuelan owners of the software company, the Smartmatic Corporation, and is trying to determine whether the government in Caracas has any control or influence over the firms operations, government officials and others familiar with the investigation said."

Submission + - Slackware Linux 11.0 Release Candidate

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on Monday October 02, 2006 @09:21AM

pilsner.urquell writes: "DistroWatch Weekly reports that the unusually long Release Candidate development cycle of Slackware Linux 11.0 is already more that 3 times the previous record of 15 days.

From the article:

Those who follow the development of Slackware Linux 11.0 will no doubt agree: the upcoming version is an equivalent of a Caesarean birth — at least, by Slackware's own development standards. While the project's previous two stable releases were limited to one short beta test each, the "Current" branch seems to be going through endless levels of bug-fixing steps and package recompile stages.
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