Tuesday Tech News

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Aron Schatz
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November 15, 2005
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I have an article planned for the end of the week. Watch this space for more.

Online DVD rentals to surge.

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"Although the growth of the online rental sector will inevitably cannibalize the offline business, its overall effect will be to maintain levels of consumer spending on video rental at above $8 billion and 2 billion euros in the U.S. and Europe respectively, throughout the forecast period," the report said.


See how DNA is copied. I smell the *AA of the world clammering over gene piracy.

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The group then manipulated one of the glass beads until the RNAP latched on to a rung on the DNA molecule. As the enzyme moved along the bases, it tugged the glass bead it was bonded too, moving the two beads toward each together. The RNAP jerked along the DNA, pausing between jerks to churn out RNA transcribed bases. It was by precisely measuring the lengths of the jerks that Block determined how many bases it transcribed each time.


Mediation makes your brain bigger. I know some people that could use this...

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Ten volunteers were tested before and after 40 minutes of either sleep, meditation, reading or light conversation, with all subjects trying all conditions. The 40-minute nap was known to improve performance (after an hour or so to recover from grogginess). But what astonished the researchers was that meditation was the only intervention that immediately led to superior performance, despite none of the volunteers being experienced at meditation.

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