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POPSWhen Journalist LIE, Innocence Dies! Rarely since the WW2 has a people been so vilified as the Palestinians. Rarely has a people been so frequently excused and placated as the Israelis. Israeli embassies are now buttonholing editors around the world, saying that it's not fair to call Israel's PM "hard-line". And the reporters are falling into line. ... R Fisk I think he should know.
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POPSRobots inspired by animals Robots inspired by animals, ranging from a robotic salamander, mechanical cockroaches to swarms of tiny robots that can be manipulated with electromagnetic forces to create various forms.
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POPSRocky The Robo-Squirrel an ornithologist with Cornell University, was able to talk to a parrot through speakers hidden in a bush. The parrot was later seen encouraging other parrots to follow a set of commandments. At Indiana University, researchers were even able to build a robot that could successfully challenge male lizards to push up contests. Can complete control of the reptile psyche be far behind? “Whether it's a bunch of squirrels in a field or humans in a mall, there are general principles of behavior that seem to hold up across species lines,” said Greg Demas, director of Indiana University's Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. This indicates just one eventual outcome of this line of research: creating robots that can successfully challenge humans to push up contests.
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POPSNorwegian Pirates Begin Killing Again In 1992, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society scuttled the outlaw whaler Nybraena in the Lofoten Islands and two years later scuttled the outlaw whaler Senet in Southern Norway. Since then numerous Norwegian whalers have been deliberately sunk, the latest being the Willassen Senior sunk in August 2007 by Agenda 21 agents.
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POPSScientists find 8ft bug fossil The ancient sea scorpion, was estimated to have been over 8ft long, by the size of a fossil claw found. They say it was likely to have been one of the largest ancestors of arachnids, almost half a yard larger than any found previously.