... "Never, ever talk to the federal government."

] Thomas Campbell Butler, at 63 years of age, is completing
] the 1st year of a 2-year sentence in federal prison,
] following an investigation and trial that was initiated
] after he voluntarily reported that he believed vials
] containing _Yersinia pestis_ were missing from his
] laboratory at Texas Tech University. We take this
] opportunity to remind the infectious diseases community
] of the plight of our esteemed colleague, whose career and
] family have, as a result of his efforts to protect us
] from infection by this organism, paid a price from which
] they will never recover.

The FBI sends a strong message to the scientific community...

] ORLANDO, Fla. - No one could have been more surprised
] than the doctors themselves. They were just hoping to
] relieve the symptoms of a deadly blood disorder %u2014
] and ended up treating the disease itself. In nearly half
] of the people who took the experimental drug, the cancer
] became undetectable.

Drug's Effect on Cancer Stuns Doctors - Yahoo! News

] The Time Traveler Convention
]
]
] May 7, 2005, 10:00pm EDT (08 May 2005 02:00:00 UTC)
]
]
] East Campus Courtyard, MIT
]
]
] 42:21:36.025°N, 71:05:16.332°W
]
]
] (42.360007,-071.087870 in decimal degrees)
]
]
]
] What is it?
]
] Technically, you would only need one time traveler
] convention. Time travelers from all eras could meet at a
] specific place at a specific time, and they could make as
] many repeat visits as they wanted. We are hosting the
] first and only Time Traveler Convention at MIT in one
] week, and WE NEED YOUR HELP!
]
] Why do you need my help?
]
] We need you to help PUBLICIZE the event so that future
] time travelers will know about the convention and attend.
] This web page is insufficient; in less than a year it
] will be taken down when I graduate, and futhermore, the
] World Wide Web is unlikely to remain in its present form
] permanently. We need volunteers to publish the details of
] the convention in enduring forms, so that the time
] travelers of future millennia will be aware of the
] convention. This convention can never be forgotten! We
] need publicity in MAJOR outlets, not just Internet news.
] Think New York Times, Washington Post, books, that sort
] of thing. If you have any strings, please pull them.

The Time Traveler Convention - May 7, 2005

Mike the Usurper wrote:
] ] Some scientists now believe they may have finally
] ] discovered its root. We're all essentially mind readers,
] ] they say
]
] Cool.

The flipside of this, is that if you can anticipate when a person will mirror, you can control them.

RE: Scientists Say Everyone Can Read Minds

The discovery also raises interesting biological questions -- including whether it gets in the way of evolution, which depends on mutations changing an organism rather than being put right by a backup system.

[ Fascinating. -k]

Startling Scientists, Plant Fixes Its Flawed Gene

Decius wrote:
] The interesting thing about the statement "There is no such
] thing as absolute truth" is that if you could prove it, it
] wouldn't be true. In that sense it defines itself and explains
] itself. You can't even agree with it, because if you do,
] you'll have to admit that you must be wrong.

Not true... Just because there are no absolute truths, does not mean one cannot have beliefs. The concept of "no absolute truth" is a belief, not a truth and therefore not-contradictory. You can believe strongly in the properties of gravity, and for good reason. It does not mean you will not evolve this belief for a better reason if you find one. Truth is entirely dependent on perspective. We are incapable of perceiving all-things for all-times from everywhere in a consistent fashion therefore we are incapable of comprehending something which is "true" in a reality not fabricated in our own minds. When you speak of any truth, it is always a matter of a truth to who, and for what reason, which might not be something you believe. So, if you believe that it is true that there are no absolute truths, you can do so without conflict and wait for a perfect perspective to explain things differently.

RE: Agnost

] (CNN) -- Huygens successfully transmitted its first
] packet of irreplaceable data from Saturn's moon Titan
] this morning as scientists at the European Space Agency's
] operations center in Germany erupted in applause.

CNN.com - Earth receiving data on Titan's secrets - Jan 14, 2005

funny and creepy at the same time. the occular cavitiy of a powerpuff girl is the size of a buick.

What Cartoon Skeletons Look Like

Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors were colonising the world.

The new species - dubbed "the Hobbit" due to its small size - lived on Flores island until at least 12,000 years ago.

'Hobbit' joins human family tree

] The plus: the multidimensional topology of space in three
] dimensions will seem simple at last and a million dollar
] reward will be there for the asking. The minus: the
] solver does not claim to have found a solution, he
] doesn't want the reward, and he certainly doesn't want to
] talk to the media.

http://www.math.purdue.edu/ftp_pub/branges/apology.pdf

Maths holy grail could bring disaster for internet