The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is ready to give the Large Hadron Collider another run after last year’s complications. (more)

Russia has high hopes of getting humans to Mars and beyond in a nuclear reactor powered rocketship.

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Scientists have discovered how to decode a person's thoughts and present them as virtual images on a screen. (more)

Space monkeys have been called once again to serve their country by being irradiated in order for scientists to observe what the effects of such exposure will be upon future astronauts. (more)

Reproduction of the species no longer needs the copulation of a male and a female as scientists have successfully created sperm and eggs from stem cells. (more)

An artificial black hole made of metamaterials may provide a means for harvesting the power of solar light.

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A PDF document being forwarded around the internet puts forth claims that cell phones may cause brain tumors. (more)

Machines called "long-range acoustic devices," or LRADs, were used to break-up protests at the G-20 without leaving the kind of visual evidence caused by pepper spray, rubber bullets, or aerosol hand grenades. (more)

A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh to participate in the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at his home—all for using Twitter. The FBI's actions drew chilling comparisons to those of the security forces in Iran during the most recent election protests. (more)

The first rocky, Earth-like planet outside of our solar system has been discovered.

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Was yesterday’s Google crop circle logo a fun prank, an homage to HG Wells, or the wisdom of the noosphere being channeled through the search engine giant?

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NASA has released stunning new images from the repaired and revitalized Hubble telescope.

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Z was a phone service that played funny homemade recordings to callers. It became internationally famous and was busy day and night. This is the story of how "a young punk kid" fought AT&T's attempt to shut it down. (more)

A new study questions the notion of a fixed, unchangeable brain while making the case for cognitive gameplay. (more)

The new Maya 3D application allows you the ability to track time like the Mayans did, only via iPhone. (more)

Researchers have developed a bio-engi- neered tooth.

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Construction for the world’s first sustainable zero-emissions hydrogen power plant has begun in Truth or Consequences, NM. (more)

Cells from flakes of skin have grown into fully functioning mice, opening up a possible alternative to embryonic stem cells. (more)

The Kepler Telescope offers new hope in the quest to find inhabitable planets. (more)

Designer Chiyu Chen invents the first energy storing "hybrake" for bicycles.
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