Defense Dept. hopes to enlist AI in war against terrorism ... and political dissent.

From Technology Review: Bridging the Genomic Divide:

"the emerging science of chemical genomics, [...] uses vast libraries of "small molecules" - synthetic compounds that bind to proteins and alter their functions - to probe how all the proteins encoded by the genome work in concert. "

Tired: thermonuclear weapons. Wired: antimatter weapons. And you get to pay for them!

Ask Congress: Have you gotten your flu shot?

Tired: Kazaa -- Wired: BitTorrent -- "capable of swarming downloads across unreliable networks". And its free (natch). The RIAA is gonna hate this!

Bush Bashing Pumpkin Contest: Political Art For a Better World

Tired: Minimalism -- Wired: Neo-complexity

The 20 Greatest Equations of All Time. I still think nothing tops the jaw-dropping power of exp(i*pi)+1=0.

Please remember that, because of the high turnout expected at the polls this year, Democrats will be voting on Tuesday, November 2nd, Republicans on Wednesday the 3rd. Pass it on.

Two Women Sentenced To Death in Nigeria for Adultery

Was Bush Wired?