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Eyes of Hurricanes. Great Pics Shot From Inside Hurricanes

Two Galleries from National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. Easy to access high resolution images.

Salmonella Can Be Passed Through Smoking Pot

In a 1981 outbreak, the salmonella was in the marijuana. When a marijuana smoker rolled a cigarette, his hands became contaminated, and when he put the cigarette in his mouth his lips became contaminated. Then a touch or a kiss or any sort of contact could spread the infection.

MIT team plays with fire to create cheap energy

Out on a lawn at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with joggers and traffic passing nearby, Spencer Ahrens is demonstrating what looks like either the future of solar power – or perhaps a death ray.

People can understand numbers without naming them

Everybody has one--even rats and pigeons, to say nothing of people. The ability to grasp small numbers and map them onto a number line in the brain is an evolutionary birthright of ours. Arithmetic, of course, is another matter.

An Uneasy Eden - Underwater Photo Gallery

A rare, pristine reef turns out to be a landscape of fear, where predatory fishes reign and their prey is hiding.

Premiere for Europe: Jules Verne refuels the ISS

ESA's Jules Verne ATV has been used for the first time to transfer in one step 811kg of refuelling propellant to the International Space Station while the two vehicles orbited Earth at 28 000km/h. With this premiere for Europe, Jules Verne becomes the first western spaceship to succeed in refuelling another space infrastructure in orbit.

Fastest-Ever Flashgun Captures Image of Light Wave

However hard you stare, you would still miss it. Researchers have found a way to generate the shortest-ever flash of light – 80 attoseconds (billionths of a billionth of a second) long. Such flashes have already been used to capture an image of a laser pulse too short to be "photographed" before (see right).

Stop Horse Slaughter, Video shows `inhumane' practices

Slaughter of horses in Canada "shockingly inhumane" and said the Canadian Food Inspection Agency does not properly police such slaughter for human consumption and it should be banned.

Ten Improvements In Auto Interiors

Interior comfort is the second most important factor in choosing a vehicle, ranking ahead of exterior styling and just behind reliability and durability

George Bush Doesn't Care About White People

The Daily Show tackles Bush's Katrina-speed response to the Midwest floods.

Firefox 3 mentioned on the Colbert Report

The official release of Firefox 3 has received widespread attention from the press and has gained a few unexpected allies, including television show host Stephen Colbert. In an episode of the Colbert Report that was aired on the same day as the Firefox 3 release, Colbert interviewed open Internet advocate Jonathan Zittrain, who encouraged Colbert t

Java is finally Free and Open! GPL Compatible.

Recently Sun Microsystems announced they were going to release Java under the terms of the GPL. The task (6.5 million lines of code) is complete! This week the IcedTea Project reached an important milestone - The latest OpenJDK binary included in Fedora 9 (x86 and x86_64) passes the rigorous Java Test Compatibility Kit (TCK). What about Red Hat?

Court limits mentally ill defendants

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that criminal defendants with a history of mental illness do not always have the right to represent themselves, even though they have been judged competent to stand trial.

Famous Invention's They Said Would Never Work

Quotes from some of the greatest minds on the planet on inventions they deemed had no future. From the Head of Century Fox declaring TV had no more than six months to the Chairman of IBM declaring that there is no need for more than five computers in the World.

Drivers Log 30 Billion Fewer Miles in US Since Last November

A recent report states that Americans have cut back 30 billion miles of driving over the last six months. The drop was measured between November 2007 - April 2008, and is the largest change in driving since the fuel crisis of 1979-1980. With fuel prices looking to stay high, it may represent permanent change in the way Americans think about travel

7 Expert Answers: How Big Business Will Spend Cash in Space

Of all the tons of fuel that drives modern space flight, cash is the most critical. That was the stark reality brought front and center on Wednesday at the first-ever Space Business Forum in New York, where leading rocket scientists, military officers and even hedge-fund managers crunched the numbers to illuminate the future of the space industry.

20 Jobs Too Awesome to Exist

Not the ones that help achieve the stated goals on your resume. The ones you wanted when you were five, before you found out they didn't exist.

700 People Arrested in Mortgage fraud investigation

Government official says losses in the fraud cases total about $1 billion. More than 700 people have been arrested over mortgage fraud as part of an investigation by the FBI and Justice Department that has been going on since March 1, a government official told CNN Thursday. A Press conference is scheduled for today.

China's Stunning Airport Terminal Design

Positioned as a gateway to China and designed by architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, the terminal will no doubt be a sleek transit destination. What has captured our attention is the incredible double skin canopy intended to let patterned natural light into the space, and significantly reduce energy consumption.

102,387,581 Americans Don't Know How to Go Green

According to a Harris survey, more than 90% of Americans are recycling, but over 1/3rd of the entire U.S. population hasn't changed their lifestyle because they "did not know what to do" in order to be more green.

Mysterious Russian Cement Rain Causes Hole in Moscow House

Last Tuesday, seemingly out of nowhere, a huge lump of cement hurtling from the sky crashed through a suburban Moscow home, creating a large hole. But what was the cause? Why, it was the Russian Air force attempting to change the weather of course!

What Will Be Manly In Ten Years?

I went on a veritable historical crusade of masculinity, in order to chart the path of what will be considered manly in 2018. I looked into the past 100 years of unabashed, American manhood; every Clint Eastwood movie, every Super Bowl, every beer brewed in Milwaukee. As it turns out, what is considered ‘manly’ hasn’t changed very much at all

Coldplay Accused of plagiarism by American band

Yesterday, the band was forced to issue a categorical denial of allegations that they copied the title track to their new record, Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends from a little-known US group, Creaky Boards.

Phone Companies Off the Hook

Spy bill could shield phone companies from suits - U.S. telephone companies that cooperated with President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic spying program could be shielded from lawsuits under an electronic spy bill finalized on Thursday by congressional and White House...

Top 10 Ways Musicians Piss Off Their Fans

A list of the 10 worst things musicians have done to piss off their fans, and show a blatant disregard to those who are responsible for their success. Very very true!

Swedes To Be Wiretapped, Despite Protests

Despite public protests both online and on the streets of Stockholm, the Swedish parliament has voted in favor of a new “wiretapping” law which invades the privacy of its citizens by allowing the government to monitor web traffic and phone calls, without the need for court orders or similar authorization.

The Star Streams of NGC 5907

Grand tidal streams of stars seem to surround galaxy NGC 5907. The arcing structures form tenuous loops extending more than 150,000 light-years from the narrow, edge-on spiral, also known as the Splinter or Knife Edge Galaxy.

Why It's OK to 'Steal' Wi-Fi

There are two reasons why it should not be illegal, or considered unethical, to use someone else's Wi-Fi network: 1) By using a Wi-Fi network you're -- by definition -- asking for, and receiving, permission from the owner; and 2) Your computer can't be on their Wi-Fi network unless their network is in your computer.

We love our DAUGHTER and her WIFE..!!!

these were the words written by newlyweds Sharon Papo (L) and Amber Weiss (R) stand with Patti and David Weiss outside San Francisco City Hall after exchanging wedding vows on the first full day of legal same-sex marriages in California

The 9 Largest Science Projects in The World

A great list of the 9 largest science projects in the world ... either running, under construction, or on the drawing board. Who else has never heard of the Space Elevator or the "Svalbard "Doomsday" Seed Vault?

Teen Pot Use Falling In States With Medical Marijuana Laws

States that have authorized the use of medical cannabis by qualified patients have not experienced an increase in pot use by the general population, according to a report issued this week by the Marijuana Policy Project. In seven of the twelve states, marijuana use among young people declined at rates that exceeded the national average.

Leading Republican Women say

John McCain is facing serious troubles with female voters - if the voices of a growing number of prominent Republican women are any indication."I cannot see a more counterproductive candidate for women," said Jillian Manus-Salzman, a leading California Republican activist and generous GOP donor, adding "I cannot vote for McCain."

"Perfect Evidence" ICE on Mars!

"It must be ice," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. "These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence that it's ice. There had been some question whether the bright material was salt. Salt can't do that."

The Best Methods For Battling Garden Born Bacteria

The best way to battle disease and bacteria in your garden is always through prevention. Part of prevention is making sure you practice sanitary gardening methods.If your plant has a bacterial infection there are a few things you can do to treat it

Spore Creator Editor Spawns Xbox 360 Controller

People aren't just using the Spore Creature Creator to make penis monsters. Creative kids are trading cocks for controllers — just look at what Kotakuite zOmbi's friend Eric made in the Spore creator editor a few minutes ago. Yep, that's right, Eric made an Xbox 360 controller.

10 Precious Animals Species on the Verge of Extinction

Ten of the world’s most precious endangered species and some interesting facts highlighting their important role on the planet and the urgency with which we should protect them.

McCain, Gas Prices & the Enron Loophole - Keith Olbermann

10 Wheaties boxes you will never see

Wheaties unveiled a new box featuring NBA champion Kevin Garnett yesterday. Here, the script is flipped as Cuzoogle unveils 10 boxes we almost certainly will *never* see.

Uncle Sam And Oil

The U.S. Interior Department's royalty rate for deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is 18.75%-up from 12.5% two years ago.This move helped the government take in $7 billion in offshore royalties, rents and bonuses from oil companies drilling in U.S. waters last year.The government's take would undoubtedly increase......