November 2011
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Deadly factional clashes erupt in Libya →
fyeahafrica:
At least two men have been killed in a second day of clashes as fighters from Zawiya set up roablocks to prevent rivals from the nearby town of Wershefana entering their territory.
There are conflicting reports about what triggered the confrontation on Saturday near a military camp.
One local commander, amid the sound of gunfire, claimed to be fighting Gaddafi loyalists, but those...
Technoccult: Researchers Trying to Build a... →
technoccult:
A photo of the Difference Engine constructed by the Science Museum based on the plans for Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 2 by geni
Forget big data:
The project follows the successful effort by a group at the museum to replicate a far less complicated Babbage invention: the…
What the brain sees after the eye stops looking →
(Medical Xpress) — When we gaze at a shape and then the shape disappears, a strange thing happens: We see an afterimage in the complementary color. Now a Japanese study has observed for the first…
An 'Operating System' That Runs on Cells Could... →
The scientists are starting by trying to make E. coli bacteria more programmable. If they are successful, they say they could be easily reprogramming cells and compiling those programs in just five years time, generating a database of easy-to-implement cellular programs that would allow the entire field of synthetic biology to move exponentially faster toward discoveries rather than inch forward...
