Thursday, June 7, 2007

Via Ars Technia Researchers suggest that a cognitive lock-in occurs when users become familiar enough with a product’s interface to not have to think about using it. Their tests suggest that people mistake this familiarity with product superiority. Read More…

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A team in the Canary Islands has sent a quantum cryptographic key 144km using "spooky interaction" between photons.

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A geoengineering scheme to reflect some of the Sun’s rays back into space might cool the climate within a decade – but the technique has its risks

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When under attack from feeding insects, some plants emit chemicals to attract the insects’ enemies – the plant’s neighbours can join in too

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