News
- Humans
San Jose hosts 2001 science competition
More than 1,200 students from almost 40 countries competed last week in San Jose for more than $3 million in prizes and scholarships at the 2001 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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Many refugees can’t flee mental ailments
Refugees interviewed in camps in Nepal exhibit post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental ailments, especially if they have survived torture in their native country.
- Astronomy
Snacking in space: Star dines on planet
Astronomers have found evidence that a star has swallowed one or more of its own planets.
- Physics
Light shines in quantum-computing arena
A new computing scheme using available technology and only classical physics appears to handle many tasks that researchers thought would be unsuited to any computers except the still-hypothetical ones that would exploit quantum physics.
