Science
msnbc.com (blog) - Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking floats on a zero-gravity jet in April of 2007. The modified 727 carried Hawking, a handful of his physicians, nurses, and dozens of others on eight parabolic dips. |
CBC.ca - Canadian researchers have discovered they can induce supersoldier ants - whose bodies react to stress by expanding in size with huge oblong heads and giant vicious jaws - in the Pheidole ant species. |
The Tribune-Democrat - Curt Anderson AP MIAMI - NASA is questioning whether Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the flight that includes his handwritten calculations that were crucial in guiding the damaged spacecraft back to Earth ... |
Denver Post - Europe's highest active volcano rumbled back to life yesterday as Italy's Mt Etna on the Mediterranean island of Sicily spewed a column of hot ash high into the sky. |
Overclockers Club - Researchers at University of New South Wales, Melbourne University and Purdue University have recently created the smallest silicon wire ever. |
Daily Mail - By Rob Waugh Most of the human race don't have any problem making time disappear - but scientists have cracked a very hi-tech way of doing exactly that. |
The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog) - By Lee Roop, The Huntsville Times PASADENA, California -- A new NASA study published this week in the journal Nature says the ice in the Arctic sea is melting, but a previously unobserved flow of runoff from Russia, caused by atmospheric conditions, ... |
About - News & Issues - By Stewart Green, About.com Guide January 6, 2012 Humans are scouring Planet Earth right now looking for unclimbed mountains, cliffs, and boulders. |
CME-MEC (blog) - The former head of a United Nations effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions says businesses should accept that change is on the way and it will be legally binding. |
Technology
Times of India - It's not often that a company celebrates the demise of one of its (former) flagship products. SAN FRANCISCO: It's not often that a company celebrates the demise of one of its (former) flagship products, but Microsoft is happily shouting "good riddance" ... |
Popular Mechanics - We'll be in Las Vegas next week for the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), where the biggest tech companies are ready to roll out their 2012 product lines. |
New York Times - JERUSALEM - The credit card details of more than 20000 Israelis were exposed on the Internet in two waves this week by a hacker or team of hackers presenting themselves as Saudi Arabian. |
New York Times (blog) - By NICOLE PERLROTH | January 6, 2012, 5:04 pm Malware may be the digital equivalent of bedbugs: suddenly ubiquitous, hard to treat and a real menace for those infested. |
National Post - Barbara Stymiest is believed to be the frontrunner to replace Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie as chairman of Research in Motion Ltd. |
Sky News Australia - Video for this article is not available as your browser either does not support JavaScript and/or Flash Player 9+ or they are currently disabled in your browser settings. |
Sydney Morning Herald - Crowded airwaves ... Ericsson expects the volume of global mobile data to rise tenfold between 2011 and 2016. Photo: Reuters THE top one per cent of mobile users consume half the world's wireless bandwidth, while the top 10 per cent generate 90 per ... |
Reuters - By Kurt Orzeck at TheWrap Sony Corporation is getting a new president, according to a Japanese newspaper. Kaz Hirai, who has served as Sony Computer Entertainment's consumer products chief since April 2011, will replace Howard Stringer, Nikkei Business ... |
CTV.ca - The virus, known as Ramnit, was first identified in April 2010 and has previously stolen banking information. The Security firm Seculert says 800000 computers were infected with the virus from September to the end of December 2011. |
Wall Street Journal (blog) - By Paul Beckett The 2012 Auto Expo is a titanic war of public relations. Companies vie for almost any edge in attracting visitors to their stands, from paying for celebrity appearances to handing out free USB memory sticks - a particularly popular ... |
Geek - As an avid Android user, one of the biggest complaints I have with the platform is how long it takes to get a device updated to the latest version of the OS after it has been announced. |
Yahoo!7 News - BRUSSELS (AFP) - The online piracy group Anonymous hacked into the Belgian website of industrial giant ArcelorMittal on Friday, posting a video to protest the closure of two blast furnaces in Belgium. |
Written by  San Jose Mercury News - By Jeremy C. Owens MIAMI BEACH, FL - JANUARY 06: Cool-Breeze Air Conditioning supervisor Mike Trent (L) works with recently hired, Mike Turner on installing an air conditioner in a hotel on January 6, 2012 in Miami Beach, Florida. |
Livemint - New Delhi: In a move that may bring closure to the industrial discord at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd's Manesar plant, the company has decided to revise the pay structure of workers at the facility. |
Detroit Free Press - By Alisa Priddle Ford wants to flood its exhibit at the North American International Auto Show with visitors and use a series of interactive displays to bolster the image of the Ford and Lincoln brands. |
Indian Express - Tata Motors on Friday said it would launch a CNG version of the Nano in India and seek to enter foreign markets in South East Asia and the subcontinent with the small car within the year. |
Wall Street Journal - By SHARON TERLEP General Motors Co. on Sunday will show its first small Cadillac in more than two decades, hoping to woo younger US luxury-car buyers from German brands and carve a bigger role globally for the American icon. |
CNN International (blog) - Shock! Horror! Crisis! Apple's iPhone was not the top selling phone at Christmas - Samsung's Galaxy S II was. Can this be? |
Fox Business - Apple plans to launch a new “iPad 3″ with a Retina Display this coming March, and then a second “iPad 4″ model in October that will ship with “killer applications. |
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