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Bills Push Access to Technology for Disable

Bills Push Access to Technology for Disable

by: Ann Pietrangelo

Legislation to make consumer electronics more accessible to vision and hearing-impaired people is winding its way through Congress.
Some of the key provisions of the legislation would
* provide a larger selection of cell phones with speech software that calls out phone numbers and gives information on how to access the Internet;
* make new television [...]

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Fenomena Astronomi Saksikan Puncak Hujan Meteor Perseid

Fenomena Astronomi Saksikan Puncak Hujan Meteor Perseid

Penampakan hujan meteor Perseid tahun ini di Indonesia akan mencapai puncaknya pada 13 Agustus dini hari. Meski lokasi terbaik untuk melihat hujan meteor ini adalah negara-negara di belahan Bumi utara, wilayah Indonesia yang terletak di khatulistiwa dapat melihat beberapa puluh meteor per jam.
“Jangan dibayangkan sebagai hujan meteor yang spektakuler. Hujan [...]

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Wuih... Orang Ini Menolak Uang Rp 1 M!

Wuih… Orang Ini Menolak Uang Rp 1 M!

Sikap ahli Matematika Rusia, Dr Grigory Perelman (44), ini pantas diacungi jempol. Menganggap dirinya bukanlah orang yang pantas, ahli Matematika yang disebut orang tercerdas sedunia ini menolak pemberian hadiah senilai satu juta dollar AS atau sekitar Rp 1 miliar.
Penghargaan itu rencananya akan diberikan oleh Clay Mathematics Institute, sebuah lembaga asal Amerika Serikat kepada pria yang [...]

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Hayabusa Diyakini Bawa Debu Asteroid

Hayabusa Diyakini Bawa Debu Asteroid

TERKAIT:

Penjelajah Asteroid Kembali ke Bumi

Hayabusa, sebuah wahana ruang angkasa milik Jepang, kembali ke Bumi, Minggu (13/6/2010) malam setelah sukses melakukan misinya mendekati asteroid Itokawa. Wahana tersebut mendarat di wilayah padang pasir selatan Australia setelah melakukan perjalanan panjang selama 6 miliar kilometer dalam tujuh tahun.
Badan Antariksa Jepang (JAXA) menyatakan pihaknya telah [...]

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Science Shows Animals Have Distinct Personalities

Science Shows Animals Have Distinct Personalities

by: Mac McDaniel

The primary justification for the cruelty that humanity inflicts on non-human animals is rooted in a kind of bigotry that some of us in the Animal Rights community refer to as “speciesism”, a philosophically that runs parallel to the other “isms” we condemn: racism, sexism, etc. Specieism makes the argument that humanity is [...]

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Scientist 'Infected' With Computer Virus

Scientist ‘Infected’ With Computer Virus

Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand.

The chip is programmed to open security doors to his lab – and ensure only he is able to switch on and use his mobile phone.
But Dr Gasson deliberately infected the chip with a computer virus, [...]

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Endangered Species Day Celebrated May 21st, 22nd, and 23rd

Endangered Species Day Celebrated May 21st, 22nd, and 23rd

by Jake Richardson

Endangered Species Day was started by the US Senate to bring attention to the large number of species that are struggling to survive. It is recently passed legislation and was sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island.
Everyone can play a role in conserving what remains of the world’s natural, wild biological [...]

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