Science
Times of India - Russia has built an humanoid -- a robot resembling a human being -- to work in orbit. MOSCOW: Russia has built an humanoid -- a robot resembling a human being -- to work in orbit. |
Washington Post - WASHINGTON - The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. |
Christian Science Monitor - Higgs boson: The hunt for the elusive Higgs boson - the so-called God Particle thought to be responsible for giving objects mass - may soon come to an end, as scientists at Fermilab reported that they had glimpsed what look like signs of the particle. |
Register - By Adam Smith • Get more from this author Genes controlling hearing, the creation of knuckle pads and sperm formation have caught the interest of boffins who today published the first sequenced gorilla genome. |
Herald Sun - Extreme high tides could have dislodged extra icebergs Moon came the closest to Earth in over 1400 years Titanic theme song played as Costa Concordia sank PASSENGERS on the Titanic may have been better off checking their stars before boarding the ... |
msnbc.com - Scientists have taken the first-ever measurement of an atom made of antimatter. This measurement, though not very precise, represents a first step toward being able to study antimatter atoms in detail - a goal necessary for understanding why the ... |
89.3 KPCC (blog) - Twin NASA probes began studying the moon's gravity late Tuesday night in effort to determine why the moon, Earth's only natural satellite, is shaped the way it is. |
Houston Chronicle (blog) - DARPA recently released a video showing its “Cheetah” robot running at a speed of 18 mph, which is nearly 40 percent faster than the record for legged robots. |
Technology
Sky News - Apple's new iPad 3 comes with a screen resolution greater than a high definition TV, along with a host of other upgrades. The retina display - with so many pixels that they cannot be seen with a naked eye - was the most significant advance on the ... |
The Australian - US federal prosecutors brought charges against a group of men allegedly behind "LulzSec"-- a globe-spanning collective of computer hackers who wreaked havoc on companies, governments and individuals worldwide -- after one turned government informant. |
Brisbane Times - A robot caricaturist that can draw an accurate likeness of its subject in just three minutes was wowing the crowds on Wednesday at the world's biggest IT fair, but not every customer was satisfied. |
Autoblog (blog) - By Steven J. Ewing RSS feed A replacement for the aging GranTurismo is still a few years out, so in an effort to keep the model line fresh, Maserati has released this all new Sport trim here at the Geneva Motor Show. |
Wired News - If you've dismissed Google Play as just a rebranding of various Google media sites, Wired.com's Mike Isaac dispels that notion, calling it “Google's iTunes moment. |
msnbc.com - Stay up to speed with news and reviews on video games for the PC, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, Android, iPhone, iPad, Facebook and more. |
Telegraph.co.uk - The finalists for the title of World Car of the Year have been announced at the Geneva motor show. By Mike Rutherford From an initial entry list of 34 vehicles from across the globe, then a short list of ten finalists, the top three contenders for the ... |
ITProPortal - Lately Apple fans have been teased about the most optimistic rumours that spanned frantically around the Internet. Among them, we got the chance to hope for a new Apple TV device and now here it is. |
Games.com News (blog) - by Joe Osborne, Posted Mar 7th 2012 5:05PM FarmVille might have an allegedly sordid past of infringements and acquisitions, but Zynga's flagship game still has a name behind it: Mark Skaggs. |
The Daily Star - By Stephen Dockery Up until now twitter users have had to guess which spelling is most popular, or try to fit both into a 140 character message, but no longer. |
GamerFront - We do seem to love things that flail about. Why else do you think people would put themselves through the hell that is QWOP? Of course, it's nice to play games that don't frustrate us that much, so why not play something that will provide more ... |
Times of India - LONDON: The business world's most popular password has been found to be the predictable 'Password1'. Online security firm Trustwave said the supposedly secret word was widely used because it fulfilled complexity settings. |
New York Daily News - Fender benders may become a thing of the past, thanks to a 'shrinking' car that makes parking easier. Parking is no small task, which is why European scientists have developed a car that can shrink to fit the tightest of spaces. |
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