Nitack - Slashdot User

+ - Science shows Hobbits were real-> 0

Submitted by Nitack on Thursday September 20, 2007 @04:42PM

Nitack writes "The tiny, human-like creature living and using tools in Indonesia just 18,000 years ago really was a distinct species, not just a malformed modern human.

That is the clear implication of a new study of the so-called "hobbit". It states that the creature had wrist bones almost identical to those found in early hominids and modern chimpanzees, and so must have diverged from the human lineage well before the origin of modern humans and Neanderthals."
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+ - :-) Turns 25-> 0

Submitted by Nitack on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @11:10AM

Nitack writes "It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon.

:-)

Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis — as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message."
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+ - Researcher finds way to burn salt water.-> 0

Submitted by Nitack on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @12:03PM

Nitack writes "A cancer researcher says he has found a way to burn salt water, a novel invention that is being touted by a retired chemistry professor as the "most remarkable" water science discovery in a century."
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+ - EPA forced to defend the environment

Submitted by Nitack on Monday April 02, 2007 @04:53PM

Nitack writes "The NY Times is reporting that the US Supreme Court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency is required by the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon emissions. Senator John Kerry is quoted as saying "It's an historic moment when the Supreme Court has to step in to protect the environment from the Bush administration.""

+ - Big Business Wants Bush to Go Green

Submitted by Nitack on Monday January 22, 2007 @04:03PM

Nitack writes "CEOs of ten major industrial corporations call for Bush to address global warming in the State of the Union. Climate change is finally an issue that has galvanized those would be opponents such as BP, DuPont, and others. Even utility giant PG&E is on board."

+ - Diet Pills

Submitted by Nitack on Friday January 05, 2007 @12:35PM

Nitack writes "Diet pill makers just got spanked by the Federal Trade Comission today. The FTC levied a $25 million fine for false advertising on four diet pill makers. Apparently psudo-science and testimonials are not considered scientific proof any more! FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras asserted that "They not only didn't have studies to support the claim, they actually had a study that went the other way." The fines are targeted against marketers of Xenadrine EFX, One A Day Weight Smart, CortiSlim and TrimSpa. Looks like Anna Nicole may be out of a job."