By BENEDICT CAREY
Two monkeys with tiny sensors in their brains have learned to control a mechanical arm with just their thoughts, using it to reach for and grab food and even to adjust for the size and stickiness of morsels when necessary, scientists reported on Wednesday.
The report, released online by the journal Nature, is the […]
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By JIM RUTENBERG and JEFF ZELENY
WASHINGTON — With his experience and leadership credentials under sharp criticism, Senator Barack Obama and his advisers are trying to clarify what has emerged as a central tenet of his proposed foreign policy: a willingness to meet leaders of enemy nations.
In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Obama, of Illinois, sought […]
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By DINA KRAFT
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Nibbling doughnuts and wrestling with computer code, the workers at G.ho.st, an Internet start-up here, are holding their weekly staff meeting — with colleagues on the other side of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
They trade ideas through a video hookup that connects the West Bank office with one in Israel in […]
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Global Update By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Researchers have found several new mosquito repellents that appear to work more than three times as long as DEET.
DEET — or N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide — has been used for 50 years and is still the gold standard. But new repellents are always needed because the threat from mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, […]
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By HOWARD FRENCH
SHANGHAI — The Chinese authorities are evacuating 150,000 people threatened by possible flooding from a lake in southwestern China formed by landslides following this month’s earthquake, and military engineers struggled Tuesday to dig sluiceways to drain the water safely.
The landslides dammed a major river in Tangjiashan, just north of Beichuan, one of the […]
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By ELAINE SCIOLINO and SOUAD MEKHENNET
BRUSSELS — On the street, Malika El Aroud is anonymous in an Islamic black veil covering all but her eyes.
In her living room, Ms. El Aroud, a 48-year-old Belgian, wears the ordinary look of middle age: a plain black T-shirt and pants and curly brown hair. The only adornment is […]
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