Edited by John L. Petersen
johnp@arlingtoninstitute.org

In This Issue:

• Scientists say they have found the best evidence yet that an ocean of liquid water may be hidden below the surface of Saturn’s giant moon Titan.

• Among the approximately 23,000 genes found in human DNA, scientists currently estimate that there may be as few as 50 to 100 that have no counterparts in other species.

• Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded.

• Archaeologists carrying out an excavation at Stonehenge say they have broken through to a layer that may finally explain why the site was built.

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Edited by John L. Petersen

johnp@arlingtoninstitute.org

In This Issue:

FUTURE FACTS - FROM THINK LINKS

DID YOU KNOW THAT…

• Scientists from UC Berkeley report that they have developed a method capable of decoding the patterns in visual areas of the brain to determine what someone has seen.

• Ordering a hamburger might soon sound something like this: “One charbroiled cloned-beef patty, with genetically modified cheese, lab-grown bacon and vitamin-C-fortified lettuce, on a protein-spiked bun.

• The “BigDog” quadruped robot can climb through rubble, snow, jump over obstacles like a wild goat, and save itself from a near-fall on iced ground at the last second. (Video clip).

• An Egyptian man said: “People are fighting. Killing for bread, some are even pulling out knives. What is happening? What is this? Famine? ”

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