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Spammers Advance AI Technology to Trick CAPTCHA
In: Informatics
By: 
Victoria Nicks
CAPTCHA images prevent spammers from using scripts for online forms. Efforts are underway to improve spamming and bypass this safety device, inadvertently advancing AI. more...
September 2009 Atlanta Georgia Floods
Although it looked like a tropical storm had swept across northern Georgia, flooding was caused by steady rain saturating the ground until it had nowhere to go. more...
Optics & Physics of Metamaterials & Invisibility
In: Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics
By: Paul A. Heckert
Physicists doing research in optics and metamaterials may someday move invisibility cloaking from the realm of fantasy and magic to the realm of science and technology. more...
Scuba Diving on a Christmas Caribbean Vacation
In: Marine Biology & Oceanography
By: Megan Jungwi
This Christmas take a Caribbean scuba diving vacation to see beautiful marine life while getting a suntan. more...
Martin Waldseemüller and His Map of New World
In: Cartography/Maps
By: Dianne Turgeon
Based on the works of Ptolemy and Amerigo Vespucci, German cartographer Waldseemüller produced the first modern map of the world. In it, he gave America its name. more...
Ethics in Health Technology Assessment
In: Bioethics
By: Jeffrey Willett
Over time, the focus of health technology assessment (HTA) has shifted away from ethical issues to clinical and economic concerns. An international survey examines why. more...
In: Geology/Ecology
Some rocks in the core of the Appalachian Mountains are more than 1 billion years old and construction of the mountains relates to the Supercontinent Pangea. more...
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By: Paul A. Heckert
Lunar Eclipses During 2010 & December 2009
By: Paul A. Heckert
Spammers Advance AI Technology to Trick CAPTCHA
In: Informatics
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The Best Ways to be Green this Christmas
In: Environmentalism
By: Neshali Weera
Ghost Forest in Trafalgar Square, London
In: Environmentalism
By: Paris Franz
September 2009 Atlanta Georgia Floods
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