Birds of Prey: The Feathered Killing Machines
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I heard the very loud call of kree!...kree! and then I looked down and saw the One-eyed Pirate. His face is covered with streams of blood and I can see he can't wipe it out of his eyes. He looks like someone shot him at close range in the head. It looks worse than it is.    "Gawd dammit Jaguar!" I heard Pirate yell. "Get 'er away from me!" he chuckled to himself.    Of course, there's no way I was able to keep her away from her territorial imperative.    Then...here came the call; kree...kree again. This time I heard AND saw her. She stoops, in a short but quick dive....And then suddenly...BAM! She screamed down and hammered the Pirate's head. More blood poured from One-eyed's scalp. Male prairie falcons are protective too but they are only 1/3rd the size of females. The females are killing machines, inherited from their ancient raptor ancestors; the dinosaurs.    "Yeow! Fuck that hurts!" One-eyed Pirate said as he rubbed his head. His hand is now slippery with his own blood.    I laughed and it echoed against the canyon walls, fading out somewhere into Purgatory Canyon.
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According to New Scientist.com, Scientists at the University of West England have designed an autonomous robot which generates its own energy by eating flies.
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A MICRO robot which kills flies and powers itself using their dead bodies, is being developed by British boffins. The EcoBot II, attracts flies by emitting a stench concocted from human excrement.
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Female chimps in Senegal are fashioning sticks into spears to hunt and kill their prey. A leading primatologist on what it means for monkeys--and mankind.
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By Goldberg, Cait  THE AUDUBON SOCIETY GUIDE TO ATTRACTING BIRDS: Creating Natural Habitats for Properties Large and Small  STEPHEN W.
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By Linda GoldstonThe great horned owl had clipped wings, was deathly thin and very aggressive toward humans when it was rescued by the Wildlife Center of the Silicon Valley.
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The feathered creatures winging across North America have an obvious gift that land-bound humans lack, but their survival is threatened by earthly concerns.
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Researchers developing robotic lobsters, flies, dogs cockroaches believe that machines inspired by biology will be able to operate in places where today's robots cannot go.
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An implementation of the famous Snake game written for MS-DOS in Pascal. This is a project from my early days of programming which I wish to update and develop as it's a bit rough around the edges and relies on libraries more than it really should. Othe   Although this program is in version 2, I have had it since long before my SourceForge.net days and have just decided to take another look at it after 6 years on the shelf.
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Evolutionary biologists have long theorized that the pace of evolution quickens when a species faces great environmental stress. This idea, of course, is a tough one to âprove,â but we can see examples of it all around us. Just look at the IT security industry, where something akin to drastic environmental change is happening right now: Organized cybercrime groups are punching truck-size holes in enterprise security defenses as regulators, shareholders, and attorneys general are putting pressure on companies to lock down sensitive data. The pressure for change will make this weekâs RSA Security Conference in San Francisco less an industry shindig than a live experiment in evolutionary biology. So walk quietly and keep your field glasses handy to spot some exotic new species in these areas:
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Artificial intelligence can make a game great; artificial stupidity can make gameplay unbearable. At Bungie Studios, game developers fine-tune the actions of battle-hungry marines and the nasty aliens who want to annihilate them.
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Looking for ways to feather your nest egg? We have some ideas.
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Imagine a video game in which characters evolve from primordial ooze, acquiring speed, claws, wings or other traits needed to survive.
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The Carolina parakeet, the only parrot that was native to South Carolina, vanished decades ago but in this age of high tech wizardry could DNA be used to bring the feathered creatures back?