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Hypnosis, with its long and checkered history in medicine and entertainment, is receiving some new respect from neuroscientists. Recent brain studies of people who are susceptible to suggestion indicate that when they act on the suggestions their brains show profound changes in how they process information. The suggestions, researchers report, literally change what people see, hear, feel and believe to be true.
Scattered starlight may soon reveal the presence of extrasolar planets that cannot be detected by any other means, according to a pair of scientists in India. But some other experts say the method is best suited to studying the properties of known exoplanets not turning up new discoveries.
The Hayabusa space probe landed successfully on its asteroid target despite the initial announcement of a failure, Japan's space agency says.
But it apparently failed to drop equipment to collect material from the surface of asteroid Itokawa.
The Japanese spacecraft is on a mission to return these samples from Itokawa to Earth for the summer of 2007.
Controllers lost contact with the probe after it manoeuvred to within several metres of the space rock.
However, data confirmed Hayabusa landed on Itokawa on Sunday for half an hour, Japan's space agency (Jaxa) has said.
But it apparently failed to drop equipment to collect material from the surface of asteroid Itokawa.
The Japanese spacecraft is on a mission to return these samples from Itokawa to Earth for the summer of 2007.
Controllers lost contact with the probe after it manoeuvred to within several metres of the space rock.
However, data confirmed Hayabusa landed on Itokawa on Sunday for half an hour, Japan's space agency (Jaxa) has said.
Britain produced some of the world's great physicists but few schoolchildren want to study the subject now. Simon Singh explains why we should worry.
Ray Kurzweil has enormous faith in science. He takes 250 dietary supplements every day. He is sure computers will make him much, much cleverer within decades. He won't rule out being able to live for ever. Even if medical technology cannot prevent the life passing from his body, he thinks there is a good chance he will be able to secure immortality by downloading the contents of his enhanced brain before he dies.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) The Army is hunting for a new military uniform that can make soldiers nearly invisible, grant superhuman strength and provide instant medical care. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is up for the task.
The school said Wednesday it has been awarded a five-year, $50 million dollar grant to develop the armor, which could detect threats and protect against projectiles and biological or chemical weapons.
Comment: Given the type of projects that the DOD is throwing money at, it would appear that either they are not expecting world peace anytime soon, or they are actively involved in ensuring that such a peaceful world never comes to pass.
TIFTON - Move over, drug-sniffing dogs.
Make way for the wasps.
Make way for the wasps.
The first attempt at a spectacular landing of a space probe on the Itokawa comet has failed. After analyzing the data received from the probe, Japan's Jaxa space agency announced that its research satellite Hayabusa aborted its approach to the comet some 17 meters from the surface for reasons that are still unclear.
DALLAS - Amateur fossil hunter Van Turner felt certain he had found something important during his search of earth turned up by bulldozers making way for a new subdivision in Dallas County.
Sixteen years later, scientists finally confirmed that Turner had discovered the first well preserved early mosasaur found in North America a prehistoric lizard that lived 92 million years ago that evolved into what some call the "T. Rex of the ocean."
Sixteen years later, scientists finally confirmed that Turner had discovered the first well preserved early mosasaur found in North America a prehistoric lizard that lived 92 million years ago that evolved into what some call the "T. Rex of the ocean."
Negotiators from more than 100 countries agreed late Tuesday to leave the United States in charge of the Internet's addressing system, averting a U.S.-EU showdown at this week's U.N. technology summit.
U.S. officials said early Wednesday that instead of transferring management of the system to an international body such as the United Nations, an international forum would be created to address concerns. The forum, however, would have no binding authority.
U.S. officials said early Wednesday that instead of transferring management of the system to an international body such as the United Nations, an international forum would be created to address concerns. The forum, however, would have no binding authority.
Comment: Well, if you want this stuff plugged into your body, go right ahead. Personally, we'll stick with our cigarettes as the way to enhance our meatware.