What are we going to do? What are we going to do? Are we going to accept the breakdown of due process to people based on their religion? What's next?

Monkeys visualizing led to language Researchers at Bethesda NIMH found that monkeys react to screams and calls by "lighting up" the part of the brain associated with image and action. The paper appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (needs costly subscription), abstract here, and it is speculated that this might explain the appearance of language in humans, or, as these scientists say, "neural substrate for representing object concepts." So, alarm calls are precursors for language. Nifty.

Desktop Google Search Monkeys, what we all have been waiting for: Google in the desktop, although privacy advocates are already in arms, because of the hazy concepts that the privacy policy mention. More of that "don't be evil" soft stuff. The current beta edition is actually very limited, focusing on MSFT products and platform. Not word yet on Eudora, for example, or whether we are going to be able to see a history of pages visited with Mozilla. If you live in a Windows environment, and like to experiment with the contents of your hard drive, you might want to give it a go. It only needs either Windows XP or 200, and half a Giga in your drive. No bananas, though.

Learn how (not) to smuggle drugs! For those of you bent on thwarting the DEA and their friends, be advised, those people had seen it all. Check here their most recent monthly online magazine detailing the latest in drug smuggling. Of course, you could always swallow small packets and then travel. Remember, though, to arrange for Orlando Tobon to bury your hapless remains.