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18-Oct-08

Your phone ‘will make you spotty’

The problem, according to the British Association of Dermatologists (Bad), is nickel. The metal is present in most mobile phones and the association warned that users may develop rashes on their cheeks or ear.

Category: Public Health

17-Oct-08

Hoon defends giant database plans

"Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has said the government is prepared to go "quite a long way" with civil liberties to "stop terrorists killing people"."

Category: Communications

17-Oct-08

Can you be a green petrolhead?

"Many environmentalists regard cars as the enemy. But might there still be a place for them in a green future?"


17-Oct-08

In conversation with... a computer program

"Stuck for someone to talk to? Elbot is a computer program pretending to be a person. And this week it won a prize for coming closest to fooling people into thinking it was human. The BBC's Mark Lobel catches him in a more...

Category: Robotics

17-Oct-08

EU 'holds firm' on climate goals

"EU leaders will maintain their targets and timetable for tackling climate change, despite objections from some nations, the French president has said."

Category: Climate Change

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