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How birds spot the cuckoo in the nest
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Jul 15, 2008 |
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It's not always easy spotting the cuckoo in the nest. But if you don't, you pay a high price raising someone else's chick. How hosts distinguish impostor eggs from their own has long puzzled scientists.
Crystal Cathedral: OMG! Poser tweets as Schuller
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Televangelist Robert H. Schuller has reached millions worldwide with his weekly "Hour of Power" TV broadcasts, but when it comes to the Internet, he had a high-tech headache: an online impostor.
Keeping an eye on intruders
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Electronic fingerprinting, iris scans, and signature recognition software are all becoming commonplace biometrics for user authentication and security. However, they all suffer from one major drawback - they can be spoofed ...
Supernova impostor goes supernova
Apr 04, 2007 |
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In a galaxy far, far away, a massive star suffered a nasty double whammy. On Oct. 20, 2004, Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki saw the star let loose an outburst so bright that it was initially mistaken ...
