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The future of NASA's Ares I rocket has been up in the air (Illustration: NASA/MSFC)
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A hand around the neck cuts off blood supply to the brain
LRAD Sonic Weapon The LRAD, another sonic weapon, has been used successfully
Rescuers from all around the world are converging on Haiti in the wake of this week's earthquake - and not all of them are human. Finding survivors amid the rubble of Port-au-Prince is a job tailor-made for dogs and devices.
The search-and-rescue operation "appears to be unprecedented in scale," Discovery.com reports.
Airborne view of the Pine Island glacier, Antarctica. (Credit: NASA/Jane Peterson)
The molecular motorcar on the left, called a "nanodragster," could spur new nanotechnologies such as factories that build products atom-by-atom. Credit: American Chemical Society
From PC World:Worried about the security hole in Internet Explorer that was used to launch attacks by China against Google and others? There are ways to help close it and limit your exposure to similar threats --- and it won't take more than a few minutes. Here's how to do it.
Microsoft has confirmed that an IE vulnerability was at fault for the Google attacks. In Microsoft Security Advisory (979352) it spells out details and in a company blog, Mike Reavey, director of Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC) provides more information.
From Arstechnica:Fox News posted an article Monday claiming that not only will next week's now-confirmed Apple event play host to the long-rumored tablet unveiling, but it will also see the next iteration of Apple's iLife software on show. Fox's report also claims that Apple will discuss the next iPhone OS update.
The article by Fox News' Clayton Morris is boldly titled "Apple Tablet, iPhone 4 Launch Confirmed for January 27th" (never mind the fact that it's always iffy to "confirm" any new Apple product until Steve Jobs stands onstage with it), and goes on to detail a conversation Morris allegedly had with an Apple source early Monday morning.
Customers play computer games at an Internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi province in this July 23, 2009 file photo. The Chinese government will offer greater cash rewards to people reporting online smut after handing out 224,000 yuan ($32,810) as of late last week, state media said on Monday. REUTERS/Stringer/Files
Apple on Monday ratcheted up the public relations buzz surrounding the launch of a new product, widely expected to be a tablet-sized computer, this month.
It sent out a press invitation via email, inviting journalists to “come see our latest creation”. Whilst far from explicit, as is Apple’s wont, the invitation was the strongest confirmation yet of what has been the company’s most anticipated new product since the launch of the iPhone three years ago.
Glider under water. (Credit: Holger v. Neuhoff, IFM-GEOMAR)
There are theories of how cell phones may cause cancer but
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Photo: Richard Branson's Virgin company already hopes to send people into space
Sir Isaac Newton was said to have discovered gravity while
Flying saucer: The AR.Drone is controlled by an iPhone. Developed by a French company, it caused a sensation when it received its public debut at a consumer electronics show in Las Vegas
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Women around the world spend billions of dollars each year on exotic smelling perfumes and lotions in the hopes of attracting a mate. However, according to a new study, going "au natural" may be the best way to capture a potential mate's attention. (Credit: iStockphoto/Catalin Plesa)
By reflecting a laser beam from a specially designed hologram (shown here as the colored circle), physicists created knots of dark filaments (represented by the colored knot). Credit: Mark Dennis.
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Scientists simulated the change from an ape-like hand to a human-like hand.
The west Himalayan range includes 15,000 glaciers. (Simon Fraser/Science Photo Library)
U.S. Keeps Science Lead, But Other Countries Gain -- Wall Street Journal
Professor Chris Cooper showing the changes in blood color.
The island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Darker blue indicates deeper waters (up to 5,000 m); light blue/white indicated shallow waters and sea level. Not far from the western coast of Sumatra, the Australian Plate is sliding under the Sunda plate. Marked in red is the city of Padang, which may yet see worse Earthquakes. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
From Watts Up With That?:
The ISS, Captured By Discovery September 2009 NASA 
More to come? (Image: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features)
Nile barge docked at Amarna, King Tut Virtual. Loki Popinjay
Photograph: Phillipe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
Tank Man: One of the most iconic images of the Tiananmen Square massacre, that of a man standing alone and defenceless in a face off against four tanks, now appears on Google.cn
The Greek god Zeus was honored by the ancients at an open-air sanctuary atop Mount Lykaion, new research shows. iStockPhoto
Researchers made use of the methane concentrations determined by SRON on the basis of measurements from the Dutch-German space instrument SCIAMACHY (on board ESA's environmental satellite Envisat). (Credit: Image courtesy of SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research)
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The border between Haiti (left) and the Dominican Republic highlights the relative deforestation of Haiti. Photograph courtesy NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization StudioThe combination of widespread deforestation and the recent earthquake in Haiti could lead to more landslides in the already hard-hit country, scientists say (Haiti map).
(Read "Haiti Earthquake 'Strange,' Strongest in 200 Years.")
Many of Haiti's people, the poorest in the Americas, routinely cut down trees for fuel—either to burn "raw" or turn into charcoal.
As a result, the destruction of Haiti's natural forests is almost total, making the Caribbean country one of the most deforested in the world.
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