Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Friday, July 18, 2003

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A Quantum Leap in Cryptography: "[...] network engineer Chip Elliott is using the laws of physics to build what he hopes will be an unbreakable encryption machine. The system, which sits atop a pink heat-stablization table, is designed to harness subatomic particles to create a hacker-proof way to communicate over fiber-optic networks." [Privacy Digest]


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Masturbating lowers prostate cancer risk: "Frequent masturbation, particularly in the 20s, helps prevent prostate cancer later in life, according to new research. Australian scientists have shown that the more men masturbate between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely they are to develop the disease that kills more than half a million men each year. They suspect that frequent ejaculation has a protective effect against the cancer because it prevents dangerous carcinogens from building up in the gland." [Reuters Health eLine]