New security camera can 'see' through clothes - CNN.com

New security camera can 'see' through clothes - CNN.com: "LONDON England CNN -- New technology that can 'see' through clothing and detect what s underneath can now be used to scan crowds making it a potentially effective tool to prevent terrorist attacks in public places."

World's oldest tree discovered in Sweden - Telegraph

World's oldest tree discovered in Sweden - Telegraph: "The world's oldest tree has been found in Sweden, a tenacious spruce that first took root just after the end of the last ice age, more than 9,500 years ago.

The tree has rewritten the history of the climate in the region, revealing that it was much warmer at that time and the ice had disappeared earlier than thought."

The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?, Inventor Tells 60 Minutes He Hopes To Live Long Enough To See Machine Cure Humans - CBS News

The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?, Inventor Tells 60 Minutes He Hopes To Live Long Enough To See Machine Cure Humans - CBS News: "(CBS) What if we told you that a guy with no background in science or medicine-not even a college degree-has come up with what may be one of the most promising breakthroughs in cancer research in years?"

Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel - Haaretz - Israel News

Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel - Haaretz - Israel News: "The Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on Wednesday reported that Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu told an audience at Bar Ilan university that the September 11, 2001 terror attacks had been beneficial for Israel.

'We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq,' Ma'ariv quoted the former prime minister as saying. He reportedly added that these events 'swung American public opinion in our favor.'"

The Raw Story | Ahmadinejad casts doubt on 'suspect' Sept 11

The Raw Story | Ahmadinejad casts doubt on 'suspect' Sept 11: "Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday reaffirmed his doubts about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, describing the strikes as a 'suspect event'.

'Four or five years ago a suspect event took place in New York,' Ahmadinejad said in a speech to a public rally in the holy city of Qom broadcast live on state television.

'A building collapsed and they said that 3,000 people had been killed, whose names were never published.'

'Under this pretext they (the United States) attacked Afghanistan and Iraq and since then a million people have been killed,' he said.

This was the third time in just over a week that Ahmadinejad has publicly raised doubts about the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington carried out by Al-Qaeda militants which killed nearly 3,000 people."

The Canadian Press: Ottawa to pay struggling pork producers $50 million to kill 150,000 pigs by fall

The Canadian Press: Ottawa to pay struggling pork producers $50 million to kill 150,000 pigs by fall: "EDMONTON — In what is being called an unprecedented move, the federal government will pay Canadian pork producers $50 million to kill off 150,000 of their pigs by the fall as the industry teeters on the brink of economic collapse.

The animals are being destroyed at slaughter plants and on pig farms in a bid to cull the swine breeding herd by 10 per cent."

Scientists predict 500,000GB mp3 player - Telegraph

Scientists predict 500,000GB mp3 player - Telegraph: "In short, he says, 'What we have done is find a way to potentially increase the data storage capabilities in a radical way.'

Microchips rely on transistors, which are glorified switches and the Glasgow team has designed a cluster of molybdenum oxide based molecules measuring a billionth of a metre across that forms a novel kind of switching device."

Remember The Undersea Cables That Were Being Cut ? - Iraqi Ship Held, 2 Arrested : Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News

Remember The Undersea Cables That Were Being Cut ? - Iraqi Ship Held, 2 Arrested : Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News: "DUBAI: The UAE authorities have released one of the two ships allegedly responsible for causing damage to an undersea cable network of Flag Telecom that had resulted in disruption of Internet services across India for two weeks."

Price shock in global food | csmonitor.com

Price shock in global food | csmonitor.com: "The UN International Fund for Agriculture predicts food riots will become common on the world scene for at least a year. The World Bank says 33 countries face unrest from higher prices in both food and energy."

Hurricane expert reconsiders global warming's impact | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Hurricane expert reconsiders global warming's impact | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "One of the most influential scientists behind the theory that global warming has intensified recent hurricane activity says he will reconsider his stand.

The hurricane expert, Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, unveiled a novel technique for predicting future hurricane activity this week. The new work suggests that, even in a dramatically warming world, hurricane frequency and intensity may not substantially rise during the next two centuries."

US banks Citigroup and Merrill Lynch reveal fresh $15bn loss - Times Online

US banks Citigroup and Merrill Lynch reveal fresh $15bn loss - Times Online: "CITIGROUP and Merrill Lynch will heap further pain on Wall Street this week as they reveal additional sub-prime write-downs totalling $15 billion (�7.6 billion) or more."