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Science and Technology

• Better Mind Reading Through Science11 March 2010, 5:21 pm
  Scientists have made impressive gains recently when it comes to reading minds. Using brain scans, researchers can tell what number a person has just seen, which letters a person wants to type, and where people stood within virtual reality environments....
• Nokia Patents the Self-Charging Phone11 March 2010, 4:41 pm
  Mobile phone supplier Nokia is developing a self-charging phone that will use the kinetic energy created when a person moves around to ensure that the mobile never runs out of juice....
• China?s First Twitter Novel11 March 2010, 4:21 pm
  While Twitter remains generally blocked in China, that has not stopped tech-savvy Chinese from putting the microblog platform to creative uses....
• Inside Norway's 'Doomsday Vault'11 March 2010, 12:49 pm
  In a remote mountainside on the Norwegian tundra sits the "doomsday vault," a backup against disaster -- manmade or otherwise. Inside lives the last hope should the unthinkable occur: a global seedbank that could be used to replant the world. ...
• Baseball's Chief Geek Picks 2010 Winners10 March 2010, 11:19 pm
  Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols and baseball's other greats have barely begun spring training, but a mathematician from New Jersey already knows what kind of season they'll have. ...
• Endangered Listing Eyed for U.S. Loggerhead Turtles10 March 2010, 9:49 pm
  The federal government has recommended an endangered-species listing for loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could have big implications for the fishing industry. ...
• After Climate-Gate, U.N. Submits to Independent Review10 March 2010, 8:05 pm
  In an apparent slap at the embattled chief of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ordered a newly formed outside scientific panel to review its "procedures and practices" -- and more significantly, its management....
• '.XXX' Domain Name Being Considered for Porn Sites10 March 2010, 8:00 pm
  A global Internet agency is discussing whether to create a ".xxx" domain name....
• Einstein Was Right: General Relativity Confirmed10 March 2010, 7:15 pm
  Score one more for Einstein. A new study has confirmed his theory of general relativity works on extremely large scales....
• How to Map the Human Brain10 March 2010, 3:10 pm
  Mapping the connections among brain cells could someday prove as revolutionary as mapping the human genome. But tracing synaptic connections between neurons by hand has proven painstakingly slow. Bring on the computers....
• Florida Wrestlers Take on Deadly Alligators10 March 2010, 2:45 pm
  Wrestlers in Florida are testing their skills against a new jaw-dropping opponent to find out who was the real swamp king, man or alligator....
• Red Carpet Rolls Out for Hubble 3D Movie10 March 2010, 2:39 pm
  The star of the Warner Brothers' new IMAX film "Hubble 3D" was missed Tuesday evening at the movie's world premiere at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum but for good reason: it was orbiting 350 miles above Earth....
• Acknowledging Climate-Gate, U.N. to Announce Review of Climate Panel10 March 2010, 1:50 pm
  In the wake of errors, cover-ups and scandal, top United Nations officials will announce Wednesday a review of its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change....
• SpaceX Aborts Rocket Engine Test10 March 2010, 1:02 pm
  Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station....
• Aussie Archaeologists Find Southernmost Signs of Life10 March 2010, 12:57 pm
  Australian archaeologists uncovered what they believe to be the world's southernmost site of early human life, a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground, an Aboriginal leader said Wednesday....
• Massive Chilean Quake Moved Whole Cities10 March 2010, 12:38 pm
  The Earth really did move during last month's massive Chile quake, which killed hundreds of people and left two million homeless....
• Pioneering U.S. Robot Lost at Sea9 March 2010, 10:01 pm
  A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile....
• Gribble Bites Make Cheaper Biofuel9 March 2010, 9:20 pm
  Scientists say that a marine pest -- which resemble pink woodlice and plagued seafarers for centuries by boring through the planks of ships --.could be the key to a biofuel breakthrough....
• Next Month, Facebook Will Know Where You Are9 March 2010, 9:09 pm
  Facebook will roll out a new location-based service in April, meaning its more than 400 million users will be able to see the locations of their friends in addition to their status updates....
• The Undiscovered Google: 7 Services You Need to Try9 March 2010, 8:13 pm
  Seven useful Google services you may not have tried yet, from a free phone number to a cool new way to peruse the news....