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A Theory About Fate

A pair of otherwise distinguished physicists have suggested that the hypothesized Higgs boson, which physicists hope to produce with the collider, might be so abhorrent to nature that its creation would ripple backward through time and stop the collider before it could make one, like a time traveler who goes back in time to kill his grandfather.

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Building a brain inside a supercomputer

Sketch2Photo: Internet Image Montage

Sketch2Photo: Internet Image Montage from Tao Chen on Vimeo.

Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry

DURANGO, Colo. – The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward.

For the Shaw brothers, who converted the downtown arts building and community center into a miniature solar power plant two years ago, each reverse rotation subtracts from their monthly electric bill. It also means the building at that moment is producing more electricity from the sun than it needs.

"Backward is good," said John Shaw, who now runs Shaw Solar and Energy Conservation, a local solar installation company.

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LCROSS lunar impact - raw NASA video

We're all mutants, say scientists
We all have at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology.

Study finds prime time on the Internet is 11 p.m.
It's 11 p.m. Do you know where your neighbors are?

Antibodies found that prevent HIV from causing severe AIDS
After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can prevent the virus from multiplying in the body and producing severe disease.

Underwater robot missing

Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea
Team of scientists find more than 40 previously unidentified species in remote volcanic crater

Longest piece of music
The world's longest piece of music is being performed live for the first time on a unique 20-metre-wide instrument at a concert in London.

First Genetic Link Between Reptile And Human Heart Evolution Found
Scientists have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other reptiles. The research shows how a specific protein that turns on genes is involved in heart formation in turtles, lizards and humans.

Study says gun shows are the leading source of guns used in crimes
A new report from UC Davis researchers finds that American gun shows are the leading source of guns used in crimes, not just in the United States, but Mexico and Canada as well.

'Plasmobot': Scientists To Design First Robot Using Mould
Scientists in England are to design the first ever biological robot using mould. Researchers are developing the amorphous non-silicon biological robot, plasmobot, using plasmodium, the vegetative stage of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum, a commonly occurring mould which lives in forests, gardens and most damp places in the UK. The research project aims to design the first every fully biological (no silicon components) amorphous massively-parallel robot.

Single molecule, one million times smaller than a grain of sand, pictured for first time
It may look like a piece of honeycomb, but this lattice shaped image is the first ever close-up view of a single molecule.

As hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms
The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods.

Poll: Most Don't Know What "Public Option" Is -- Including Pollsters

'Moon rock' in Dutch museum is just petrified wood
It's not green cheese, but it might as well be.

Scientists Find "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch"

'On-Hold' Music's Complex Science
Inside the young science of keeping callers on the line. Damn you, Erik Satie.

The Appendix: Useful - - and in Fact Promising
Who knew that the appendix was good for something?

Top 10 Useless Limbs (and Other Vestigial Organs)
Charles Darwin argued that vestigial organs are evidence of evolution and represent a function that was once necessary for survival, but over time that function became either diminished or nonexistent. We just think they're weird.

UFO belief

GPS bike rides - Toronto 2004-09