Michael Marshall, environment reporter(Image: Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee)These eyes are positively spectral. They belong to a Caribbean trumpetfish, and their many colours are created by the refraction of light.Rays of light bend as they pass in and out of the fish's eyes, and different colours of light bend different amounts. As a result, what was previously white light splinters into bands...
EU agrees new sanctions against North Korea after nuclear test
Label: Technology BRUSSELS: The European Union agreed a raft of new sanctions on Monday against North Korea in retaliation for the country's nuclear test last week, EU officials said.The measures range from financial measures to travel bans and asset freezes against individuals.The sanctions include the implementation of individual sanctions approved at UN level as well as EU restrictions on financial dealings...
Get a Logitech Harmony 700 universal remote for $59.99
Label: LifestyleThe Logitech Harmony 700.(Credit:Logitech)This is an update of a deal I posted last summer.Juggling is meant for circus folk, not home-theater owners. Yet that's exactly what you're doing if you have more than one device and, ergo, more than one remote.Regular Cheapskate readers know I'm a fan of Logitech's Harmony series of universal remotes. One of the better models, the 700, has a list price of...
Confirmed: Dogs Sneak Food When People Aren't Looking
Label: Health Many dog owners will swear their pups are up to something when out of view of watchful eyes. Shoes go missing, couches have mysterious teeth marks, and food disappears. They seem to disregard the word "no."Now, a new study suggests dogs might understand people even better than we thought. (Related: "Animal Minds.")The research shows that domestic dogs, when told not to snatch a piece of...
Country Singer Mindy McCready Dead at 37
Label: Business Mindy McCready, the country singer who soared to the top of the charts with her debut album, "Ten Thousand Angels," but struggled with substance abuse, served time in jail and fought a lengthy battle with her mother over custody of her son has died of what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. She was 37.Deputies from the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office were...
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False memories prime immune system for future attacks
Label: World IN A police line-up, a falsely remembered face is a big problem. But for the body's police force – the immune system – false memories could be a crucial weapon. When a new bacterium or virus invades the body, the immune system mounts...
Pope calls for Church to "renew", thousands flock to Angelus
Label: Technology VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI called on the Church and its faithful on Sunday to "renew themselves" as tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists attended his penultimate Angelus prayers.Families with young children, pensioners and nuns packed into the square in the sunshine said they had come to pay their respects to the pope, make their goodbyes or just share in a historic event ahead...
Russian meteorite: The conspiracy theories
Label: LifestyleA strange time for a military attack?(Credit:CNN; screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)A good hearty conspiracy theory can shine a sharp light on two of humanity's most enduring traits.One, of course, is humanity's boundless imagination. The other is humanity's essential suspicion of humanity.So while you might be deeply immersed in Bill Nye's explanation of the Russian meteorite, those with darker...
Pictures: What the Presidents Brought Home
Label: HealthPhotograph by Bill Ray, Time Life Pictures/Getty ImagesWhen paleontologist Paul Olsen (pictured left, in 1970 at 17 years old) first started looking for dinosaurs in 1967, he never dreamed that he'd end up the subject of White House memos between President Richard Nixon and his senior advisers.Or that one of the dinosaur footprints he discovered would find its way into a presidential collection.But...
Gun Ban Would Protect More Than 2,200 Firearms
Label: Business Congress' latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle that is nearly identical to one of the guns used in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history.One model of that firearm, the Ruger .223 caliber Mini-14, is on the proposed list to be banned, while a different model of the same gun is on a list of exempted...
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