Science
 | Chicago Tribune - Following is a summary of current odd news briefs. Women are a mystery to British physicist Hawking LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world's best known scientists is -- women. |
 | Daily Mail - By Fiona Macrae Roku and Hex are the world's first chimeric monkeys - created with genetic material from six 'parents'. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - PARIS - Pentagon-supported physicists say they had devised a "time cloak" that briefly makes an event undetectable. The laboratory device manipulates the flow of light in such a way that for the merest fraction of a second an event cannot be seen, ... |
 | Register - By Richard Chirgwin • Get more from this author Researchers at the University of New South Wales have created what the uni thinks is the narrowest-ever silicon conducting wire. |
 | PBS NewsHour - In 2006, while collecting ants on an abandoned property in central Long Island, biologist Ehab Abouheif of McGill University noticed eight unusually oversized ants. |
 | Fresno Business Journal - Written by GOSIA WOZNIACKA,AP (AP) - Northern California scientists say they have found a possible explanation for a honey bee die-off that has decimated hives around the world: A parasitic fly that hijacks the bees' bodies and causes them to abandon ... |
 | Reelz - Actor, singer, producer, businessman - David Hasselhoff has many credits to his name. But this new one took us by surprise. The Baywatch actor now has a crab named after him. |
 | San Francisco Chronicle - Scientists have identified the first-ever hybrid shark off the coast of Australia, a discovery that suggests some shark species may respond to changing ocean conditions by interbreeding with one another. |
 | Forbes - Analytical Graphics, Inc. ('AGI'), has created a very cool animation of how and why the failed Russian probe Phobos-Grunt will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. |
 | NDTV - PTI, Updated: January 05, 2012 00:47 IST New Delhi: The Sun will be closest to our planet today, giving an opportunity to astro-enthusiasts to carry out several experiments. |
Technology
 | SFGate.com (blog) - A creepily realistic action figure of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs may not be making its way to US shores after all. The doll made a stir when news of its development emerged earlier this week. |
 | San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - We know things are tough up in the mountains - what with no new snow and all - but I can't remember ever seeing a deal like this before. |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - RALEIGH, North CAROLINA -- Will Wright, the designer behind successful video game simulations including SimCity, The Sims and Spore, is at it again. |
 | InformationWeek - Research In Motion is talking to Samsung and HTC about licensing its Blackberry 10 smartphone platform, says analyst. All kinds of crazy, or crazy like a fox? |
 | The Citizen Daily - New York. Yahoo this week named PayPal's Scott Thompson its new chief executive, saying he would recharge growth at the Internet giant that has been losing the battle over online ads. |
 | PC Magazine - By John C. Dvorak If all of 2012 goes like the first week of the year has, insofar as wacky news is concerned, then this year will be a winner. |
 | Indian Express - Cyrus Mistry, chairman-designate of Tata Group, will be free to choose his own governance model once he formally takes over as group chairman from Ratan Tata in December this year. |
 | Daily Mail - By Rob Waugh The Google tablet seems to be pitched squarely at Amazon's market for Kindle Fire (pictured). It will reportedly feature a seven-inch panel, run Google's Android - unsurprisingly - and will retail at less than $200, the same price as ... |
 | Wall Street Journal (blog) - By WSJ Staff NEW DELHI - The world's top auto makers converged at the auto expo in New Delhi to unveil new vehicles as they attempt to reverse slowing demand in one of the world's biggest potential growth markets for automobiles and as markets in the ... |
 | Winnipeg Free Press - TORONTO - Ikea is recalling the belts from a type of high chair it sold in Canada and the United States. Health Canada says the belts have been found to open unexpectedly while in use, creating a fall hazard. |
 | Autoblog (blog) - By Damon Lavrinc RSS feed We expect Zetsche to detail the automaker's plans for its infotainment systems going forward, including a comprehensive update of COMAND and new connected and app-driven features. |
 | Fox Business - The white Samsung Galaxy Nexus is expected to hit stores in the UK in the next two weeks and the US launch will follow in early February, according to Expansys. |
 | Written by  MotorTrend Magazine - Suzuki has pulled the wraps off its XA Alpha concept at the New Delhi Motor Show in India. According to Autocar, the compact crossover rides on the same platform as the Suzuki Swift hatchback. |
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