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...explosion in the 5,000-to-12,000-megaton range. What was particularly unnerving about this flyby is that the asteroid was discovered only four days before it hurtled past Earth. All the more reason for a detection system that will discover asteroids early, plot their paths and predict, many years in advance, whether they will eventually threaten Earth...
...trillions of synapses. No scientific problem compares to it. (The Human Genome Project, which is trying to read a long molecular sentence composed of billions of letters, is simple by comparison.) Cognitive neuroscience is arming so many brilliant minds with such high technology that it would be foolish to predict that we will never understand how the brain gives rise to the mind. But the problem is so hard that it would be just as foolish to predict that we will...
Regardless, the first step in the anti-Berezovsky campaign will probably be to undermine his hold on the country's biggest TV network, ORT. Insiders predict that Putin will either cancel ORT's license, which is up for renewal in May, or give its airwaves to the government-controlled RTR network. This will be a blow, and Berezovsky is unlikely to go without a fight. Last year, when then Prime Minister Yevgeni Primakov tried to bring Berezovsky up on corruption charges, Yeltsin fired Primakov. Putin, however, will have an advantage that Primakov lacked: he will be President...
When serious complications first started showing up, the FDA strengthened the warning labels on Rezulin and recommended regular liver tests for all patients using it. But not everyone got tested, and it was impossible to predict who would suffer a bad reaction. Then last year the FDA approved two new drugs (Actos and Avandia) that are chemically related to Rezulin but appear to be safer. Rezulin began looking like more trouble than it was worth...
...what is largely perceived to be a last-ditch effort to avoid Judge Jackson's looming decision - which many predict will be harsh - Microsoft proffered a deal last week that would have separated the company's Internet browser from its Windows operating system. The government rejected the offer, saying it did not go far enough in curbing Microsoft's monopoly control over the technology industry. Of course, says Professor Warren Grimes of Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles, even if Judge Jackson does rule against Microsoft, that will hardly be the end of the story. "Jackson won't retry...