The Human Brain Project has just won a €1 billion research prize. Its director Henry Markram says the initiative will unify our understanding of the brain Your project aims to recreate the human brain in a supercomputer. Why?We...
Tech giants summoned by Australia pricing inquiry
Labels: Technology SYDNEY: Global technology giants Microsoft, Apple and Adobe were on Monday ordered to appear before a pricing inquiry examining the often-higher cost of tech goods in Australia compared with other economies.The lower house committee holding the probe, which was launched last May, said it had summoned the trio to appear at a public hearing next month to explain why Australian customers...
'Within seconds, everything changed'
Labels: LifestyleBy Dana Ford, CNNupdated 12:26 AM EST, Mon February 11, 2013STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant declares a state of emergency in four countiesAt least a dozen people are injured; no deaths are reported"Within seconds, everything changed," says a Hattiesburg, Mississippi residentiReport: Please send your photos and videos, but stay safe(CNN) -- A tornado touched down in southern Mississippi...
New Englanders slowly recover from weekend blizzard
Labels: Health NEWPORT, R.I. Travel eased and life slowly returned to normal for most New Englanders after a massive blizzard, but many remained without power in cold and darkened homes and a forecast of rain brought a new worry: Weight piling up dangerously on roofs already burdened by heavy snow. 61 PhotosPowerful blizzard descends on NortheastPlay VideoNortheast sees record snow fall The storm that slammed into...
Possible Dorner Sighting Leads to Store Evacuation
Labels: Business A Northridge, Calif., home improvement store was evacuated tonight because of a possible sighting of suspected cop-killer Christopher Dorner, just hours after police announced a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest.As helicopters hovered overhead and a command center was established, police searched the Lowe's store and eventually told shoppers they could...
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Sooty ships may be geoengineering by accident
Labels: World GEOENGINEERING is being tested - albeit inadvertently - in the north Pacific. Soot from oil-burning ships is dumping about 1000 tonnes of soluble iron per year across 6 million square kilometres of ocean, new research has revealed. Fertilising the world's...
China ships in disputed waters as tension runs high
Labels: Technology TOKYO: Four Chinese ships were spotted Sunday in disputed East China Sea waters, Japanese officials said, as Tokyo considered disclosing video footage and pictures as evidence of a Chinese frigate's alleged radar-lock incident.For the first time after Tokyo made the allegation last week, China sent maritime surveillance vessels near Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea, known...
Almost famous: See celebs' early roles
Labels: LifestyleBy Henry Hanks, CNNupdated 5:05 PM EST, Thu February 7, 2013Stars who started out like GoDaddy's geekJesse HeimanSylvester StalloneJohn TravoltaKeanu ReevesCourtney CoxMatt LeBlancTina FeyRainn WilsonMegan FoxDean Wint...
New Yorkers tell of hours stranded on snowy roads
Labels: Health FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. Stranded for hours on a snow-covered road, Priscilla Arena prayed, took out a sheet of loose-leaf paper and wrote what she thought might be her last words to her husband and children. She told her 9 1/2-year-old daughter, Sophia, she was "picture-perfect beautiful." And she advised her 5 ?-year-old son, John: "Remember all the things that mommy taught you. Never say you hate someone...
LAPD Reopens Case of Suspected Cop-Killer's Firing
Labels: Business The Los Angeles Police Department announced today it will reopen the case of the firing of Christopher Dorner, but said the decision was not made to "appease" the fugitive former cop suspected of killing three people.Dorner, a fired and disgruntled former Los Angeles police officer, said in the so-called "manifesto" he released that he was targeting LAPD officials and their...
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