Email Scam Crackdown Leads to Worldwide Arrests
A major crackdown on Internet financial scams has resulted in $2.1 billion in seized fake checks. This was an International effort, with aid from multiple English-speaking countries, including the US, the Netherlands, UK and Nigeria, where most of the scams actually take place. These scams entice people with spam email messages that offer to pay recipients’ processing fees for depositing checks, which are in fact fakes.

Proving That Seeing Shouldn’t Always Be Believing
Hany Farid, a 41-year-old engineer, is a founder of a subdiscipline within computer science: digital forensics.

Malicious code infects Chinese security site
San Francisco (IDGNS) – The Web site of one of China’s Internet security organizations has been laced with malicious code.

eBay Exec Warns Against Internet Taxes
An Internet tax ban, which was initiated in 1998 and has since been twice extended, is set to expire on November 1, 2007… The current Internet tax ban keeps state and local governments from taxing connection to basic Internet content, and if taxes ever do take effect, small businesses could see a 15% to 30% increase in their Internet bills. Congress is currently considering legislation that would extend the Internet ban for several more years, and maybe even permanently.

Robots may aid aging Japanese population
TOKYO – If you grow old in Japan, expect to be served food by a robot, ride a voice-recognition wheelchair or even possibly hire a nurse in a robotic suit — all examples of cutting-edge technology to care for the country’s rapidly graying population.

Scientist invents computer pillow to stop snoring
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German scientist has come up with a solution for snoring — a computerized pillow that shifts the head’s sleeping position until the noise stops.

Liquid Drops Defy Gravity, Travel Uphill
Gravity-defying drops of liquid can travel uphill if the surface they are sitting on is shaken up and down vigorously enough, a new study finds.

Researchers Discover Link Between Schizophrenia, Autism and Maternal Flu
PASADENA, Calif.- A team of California Institute of Technology researchers has found an unexpected link connecting schizophrenia and autism to the importance of covering your mouth whenever you sneeze.

Discovery Supports Theory of Alzheimer’s Disease as Form of Diabetes
EVANSTON, Ill. — Insulin, it turns out, may be as important for the mind as it is for the body. Research in the last few years has raised the possibility that Alzheimer’s memory loss could be due to a novel third form of diabetes.

Drug Combo Blocks Pain Without Impairing Movement
Chili pepper compound plus lidocaine derivative anesthetizes without numbness in rat study

Cardiac Artery Trouble Boosts Family Heart Risk
Relatives of those affected face higher odds of heart disease, study finds.

Gene Tests Match Up Lung Tumors, Best Treatment
DNA indicates whether chemo will work, experts say

Flu Vaccine Does Protect Older People
It cuts rates of hospitalizations and deaths, study finds.

‘Virtual’ Colonoscopy an Effective Option: Study
The screen uses CT scans and is performed without anesthesia

Spouses Copy Each Other’s Health Habits
Spouses tend to be copycats—if one quits smoking or starts exercising, the other is more likely to follow suit, a new study finds.

Assisted Suicide Won’t Up Deaths for Vulnerable Groups: Study
Researchers saw no such rise among poor, elderly in Oregon, The Netherlands

Duck-billed dinosaur amazes scientists
SALT LAKE CITY – Scientists are amazed at the chomping ability of a newly described duck-billed dinosaur. The herbivore’s powerful jaw, more than 800 teeth and compact skull meant that no leaf, branch or bush would have been safe, they say.

Acropolis statues ready for new museum
Swaddled in white drop cloths, hundreds of sculptural masterpieces from the Acropolis are waiting to be delicately lifted by crane to a new, glass and concrete museum nearing completion at the foot of the ancient citadel.
Sadly, all of the ancient monuments are being destroyed by weathering, pollution, and vandalism.

Astronomers See Second Earth in the Making
Astronomers have spotted evidence of a second Earth being built around a distant star 424 light-years away. Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a huge belt of warm dust swirling around a young star called HD 113766 that is just slightly larger than our sun.