Thanks to advances in satellite technology, college students are giving government intelligence a run for its money.  A student geography project from UCLA made waves in the Harvard International review for using principles of wildlife diversity to narrow bin Laden’s likely location to a few promising structures in Pakistan.  

Bin Laden has everything in common with a member of a species trying to escape extinction. This allowed the UCLA students used theories of wildlife dispersion to predict his whereabouts. 

I guess it was only a matter of time before my colleague Jerry Coyne at the University of Chicago lost his patience while reading one of several pieces that appeared in the press about the current and future status of evolutionary theory.

STOCKHOLM, February 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Orange Guinea Conakry and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) are deploying more than 100 base stations fully powered by solar energy, connecting remote parts of rural Africa. Using Ericsson's energy-efficient base stations, a hybrid diesel-battery solution and solar panels, Orange is increasing mobile coverage in rural and urban areas, while taking concrete steps towards its target of reducing CO2 emissions by 20 percent by 2020. This enables remote areas without an established power grid to get access mobile communications.

BIRMINGHAM, England, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --

-'Voice Push' Enables Users to Drive New Revenue Streams Globally Through Interactive Voice Services

International interactive communications company, Oxygen8 Communications http://www.oxygen8.com/ today launches 'Voice Push', a new interactive voice broadcasting service which enables media companies and corporates to drive new revenue streams across all English-speaking territories.

STOCKHOLM, February 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Telecom Italia initiate deployment of mobile network technology of 28 Mbps speeds in early 2009. The deployment will include MIMO technology. Milan will be the first town to become the Italian 'ultra-broadband city', enjoying speeds up to 28 Mbps in download and 5.8 Mbps in upload.

Telecom Italia will be first in Italy to deploy live mobile broadband speeds of 28 Mbps with Ericsson's mobile network technology. Tests in Telecom Italia's mobile network will start early 2009 and initial deployment is planned in the city of Milan in June 2009. National coverage will follow in the second half of 2009.

Looking for a great family vacation this summer? If you happen to be in BC's glorious interior, stop by and visit Cache Creek, the gateway to B.C.'s Cariboo Country. They boast cowboys aplenty, horses and, as it happens, some great fossil localities.

LONGJUMEAU, France, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sales Affected by the Economic Climate and Exceptional Events

- Operating Profitability Has Resisted Well

- Continued Reduction in Net Debt

In millions of euros 2008 2007 Net sales 168.4 185.3 EBITDA* 19.3 26.8 EBITDA margin 11.5% 14.5% Current operating income* 4.6 12.0 Other operating income and expenses 1.0 (3.0). Financial results (5.4) (5.6) Net income (0.9) 2.7 Equity 73.7 75.3 Net debt 62.4 70.1 Gearing 0.85 0.93 Net asset per share 5.7 5.8

* Including Research Tax Credit (CIR): 2.2 million euros in 2008 and 0.9 in 2007.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, February 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Alwil Software a.s. is pleased to announce that the award-winning avast! antivirus has now passed 75 million registered users. Since the first registration in January 2002, avast! antivirus has grown to be a truly global product. While it took 6 years to achieve the 50 millionth user, it has taken only an additional 12 months for this number to reach 75 million.

HARLOW, England, February 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrolink Recycling Ltd operates a government-approved compliance scheme for the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations. We are one of the largest contracted collectors of household WEEE from Local Authorities. We are naturally concerned about allegations in the media concerning the shipment of an inappropriate item of WEEE to Nigeria for re-use, although this incident did not involve our company or our operating partners in any way.

DES PLAINES, Illinois, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- New gasification plant will be the first in Europe to incorporate carbon capture and storage technology for cleaner power generation

UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that its technology has been selected by Powerfuel Power Ltd. to capture and remove contaminants from synthesis gas (syngas) made from coal for a new clean coal power station in the United Kingdom.

The UOP Selexol(TM) process technology was selected to remove sulfur and carbon dioxide from syngas in order to meet aggressive environmental targets for Powerfuel's Hatfield Colliery clean coal power station to be built in Stainforth, South Yorkshire.