Science/Tech URLs

From: Jas A.I. (jasai@jasai.com)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 09:40:59 MST


Despite the huge recent run-up of biotech stocks, picky investors still are
finding some hot companies with plenty of upside
http://www.redherring.com/industries/2000/0222/ind-biotech022200.html

The European Patent Office said Monday it made a mistake in recently
granting a patent to a process that could include the cloning of humans
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34466,00.html

Essays on the Philosophy of Technology I
http://commhum.mccneb.edu/PHILOS/techessay.htm

Patients with a small, benign tumour on a particular part of the brain
suffer from a bizarre desire to laugh, doctors report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_651000/651339.stm

Is common sense common, or even sensible? In this dense paper written for
the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies,
http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/ontology/focscs.htm

A pill-sized camera which would travel through the gut looking for signs of
disease is being developed by scientists.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_651000/651014.stm

There could be forests of trees on Mars, growing their own protective
greenhouses, within 50 years, one space expert said on Friday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/specials/washington_2000/newsid_64
8000/648326.stm

THE ONLY LEGAL MARTIAN PROPERTY REGISTRY IN EXISTENCE ON PLANET EARTH.
(skeptical on this one;)
http://www.martianconsulate.com/



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