Area 51 doesn't exist officially, but newly declassified images show an exciting glimpse into its secretive past: An A12 aircraft (shown under radar testing here), stealthy forerunner to the amazing BlackBird, crashed out in the desert and had to be completely covered up so no data leaked. It was a success, until now. 1.
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Feed SubscriptionThe Fog of Cyber War: What Are the Rules of Engagement?
There is some speculation among some politicians and pundits that the fog of war will soon extend to the Internet, if it has not already, given a recent report that the U.S. Defense Department will introduce its first cyber warfare doctrine this month, combined with similar announcements from the governments of Australia, China and the U.K.
Read More »Green Fluorescent Protein Makes for Living Lasers
In a unique fusion of biology and physics, researchers have created the world's first living laser. Single cells containing a special protein that acts as an optical amplifier have been coaxed to emit green laser light, according to a new study. And, perhaps surprisingly, the cell survives its stint as part of the laser
Read More »Small Group Of People Dominate Some Internet Discussions
When the internet first got kicking, some scholars of democracy and civil society thought that online discussions could create what they called a "conversational democracy”: an ongoing town hall without bricks and mortar. But the internet may not be as democratic as they'd imagined, according to a study in the journal Communication Research .
Read More »Fragments Of Single Meteorite Show Different Chemistry
It came from outer space. It being the stuff of life--amino acids, sugars and other organic molecules. [More]
Read More »Why You Need a Mobile Strategy
A solid mobile strategy will include several ways to connect with consumers via their mobile devices. Here are some key approaches and why you should be using them.
Read More »Pavement Contributes To Poor Air Quality
Sprawl isn't just eating up the countryside--it's also blocking the breezes that would otherwise clear out air pollution. That's according to a new study of Houston from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, to be published in the Journal of Geophysical Research
Read More »Police Officer Runs Past A Brutal Beating, Denies Ever Seeing It
It happened in 1995.
Read More »Why’d He Have to Go and Cry? Weiner’s Tears May Have Generated Contempt
Anthony Weiner, the once cheered, now shamed New York congressman, made at least two mistakes in the past two weeks. First, he lied, and then he cried. "I have exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years," he admitted, after denying three days earlier that he publicly posted an R-rated picture of himself via Twitter
Read More »KinectShop: The Next Generation Of Shopping [Exclusive Video]
A new augmented reality shopping platform for Xbox Kinect will allow users to try on clothes in true 3-D, share photos with friends, and store wish-listed items on smartphones for shopping on-the-go. Virtual reality shopping just got a lot more real--and could soon become a lot more mainstream.
Read More »The Case for Artificial Meat [Podcast]
Journalist Jeffrey Bartholet talks about his June Scientific American magazine article on the attempts to grow meat in the lab, and Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks about the cover piece in the May issue on radical energy solutions. Web sites related to this episode include "Inside The Meat Lab " and "7 Radical Energy Solutions". [More]
Read More »Tut Shares Tomb With Former Fungi
The tomb of King Tutenkhamen – better known as King Tut – has raised many questions over the years. What killed the young king?
Read More »Special report: Scientists Race to Avoid Climate Change Harvest
By David Fogarty CANBERRA (Reuters) - Charlie Bragg gazes across his lush fields where fat lambs are grazing, his reservoirs filled with water, and issues a sigh of relief. Things are normal this year and that's a bit unusual of late
Read More »Rapid Decline in Mountain Snowpack Bad News for Western U.S. Rivers
Snowpack in the northern Rocky Mountains has shrunk at an unusually rapid pace during the past 30 years, according to a new study. The decline is "almost unprecedented" over the past 800 years, say researchers who used tree rings to reconstruct a centuries-long record of snowpack throughout the entire Rocky Mountain range
Read More »Frog Faces Last Stand in Panama against Killer Fungus
By Sean Mattson CERRO SAPO, Panama (Reuters) - The harlequin frog that hops and swims the rocky streams of a damp niche of Toad Mountain in eastern Panama's dense tropical jungle has probably been on Earth for around 3 million years.
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