Darpa’s Cheetah-Bot Designed to Chase Human Prey | Danger Room | Wired.com

Darpa’s Cheetah-Bot Designed to Chase Human Prey | Danger Room | Wired.com: "Perhaps you thought the four-legged BigDog robot wasn’t eerily lifelike enough. That’ll change soon. BigDog’s makers are working on a new quadruped that moves faster than any human and is agile enough to “chase and evade.”"

Terror judge issues arrest warrant for ex-Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf over Benazir Bhutto assassination | Mail Online

Terror judge issues arrest warrant for ex-Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf over Benazir Bhutto assassination | Mail Online: "An anti-terrorism court judge has issued an arrest warrant for former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with the 2007 assassination of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, state-run television reported."

BBC News - Robots to get their own internet

BBC News - Robots to get their own internet: "Robots could soon have an equivalent of the internet and Wikipedia."

Egypt Leaves the Internet - Renesys Blog

Egypt Leaves the Internet - Renesys Blog: "Confirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet."

IBM's Watson supercomputer destroys all humans in Jeopardy practice round (video!) -- Engadget

IBM's Watson supercomputer destroys all humans in Jeopardy practice round (video!) -- Engadget: "So, in February IBM's Watson will be in an official Jeopardy tournament-style competition with titans of trivia Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. That competition will be taped starting tomorrow, but hopefully we'll get to know if a computer really can take down the greatest Jeopardy players of all time in 'real time' as the show airs."

Earbuds Beat Depression by Shining Lights Into Your Brain | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Earbuds Beat Depression by Shining Lights Into Your Brain | Gadget Lab | Wired.com: "The concept for the Valkee sounds like the worst kind of snake-oil: It’s a little box that combats the dark blues of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) with bright lights. Nothing new there, except it shines the lights into your head through your ears."

World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found—Stunningly Preserved

World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found—Stunningly Preserved: "Still, the world's oldest known leather shoe, revealed Wednesday, struck one of the world's best known shoe designers as shockingly au courant. 'It is astonishing,' Blahnik said via email, 'how much this shoe resembles a modern shoe!'"

Earliest Known Winery Found in Armenian Cave

Earliest Known Winery Found in Armenian Cave: "As if making the oldest known leather shoe wasn't enough, a prehistoric people in what's now Armenia also built the world's oldest known winery, a new study says."

Not Just A High - Science News

Not Just A High - Science News: "Scientists test medicinal marijuana against MS, inflammation and cancer"

Placebo effect works even if patients know they're getting a sham drug | Science | guardian.co.uk

Placebo effect works even if patients know they're getting a sham drug | Science | guardian.co.uk: "Study suggests patients benefit from the placebo effect even when told explicitly that they're taking an 'inert substance'"

Pat Robertson tells '700 Club' viewers current marijuana laws should be changed | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

Pat Robertson tells '700 Club' viewers current marijuana laws should be changed | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times: "Pat Robertson tells '700 Club' viewers current marijuana laws should be changed"

'Singing Mouse' Made With Genetic Modification : Discovery News

'Singing Mouse' Made With Genetic Modification : Discovery News: "Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had produced a mouse that tweets like a bird in a genetically engineered 'evolution' which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language."

Study by 8-year-olds published in prestigious science journal - Yahoo! News

Study by 8-year-olds published in prestigious science journal - Yahoo! News: "Biology Letters, a peer-reviewed journal of Britain's Royal Society, on Wednesday published a report (PDF, complete with colored-pencil diagrams) on how bumblebees see colors and patterns -- conducted and written by a group of 8- to 10-year-olds in Devon, England."

The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com: "Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for five months -- and for two months before that in a military jail in Kuwait -- under conditions that constitute cruel and inhumane treatment and, by the standards of many nations, even torture."

I.B.M. Supercomputer 'Watson' to Challenge 'Jeopardy' Stars - NYTimes.com

I.B.M. Supercomputer 'Watson' to Challenge 'Jeopardy' Stars - NYTimes.com: "An I.B.M. supercomputer system named after the company’s founder, Thomas J. Watson Sr., is almost ready for a televised test: a bout of questioning on the quiz show “Jeopardy.”"

Ron Paul: ‘What we need is more WikiLeaks’ | Raw Story

Ron Paul: ‘What we need is more WikiLeaks’ | Raw Story: "Popular Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul is no stranger to breaking with his party, but in a recent television appearance the libertarian-leaning Rep. went even further than any member of Congress in defending whistleblower website WikiLeaks."

Was John Lennon's murderer Mark Chapman a CIA hitman? Thirty years on, there's an extraordinary new theory | Mail Online

Was John Lennon's murderer Mark Chapman a CIA hitman? Thirty years on, there's an extraordinary new theory | Mail Online

Tetris flashback reduction effect ‘not common to all games’ - University of Oxford

Tetris flashback reduction effect ‘not common to all games’ - University of Oxford: "The computer game Tetris may have a special ability to reduce flashbacks after viewing traumatic images not shared by other types of computer game, Oxford University scientists have discovered in a series of experiments."

Tiny house movement thrives amid real estate bust - Yahoo! News

Tiny house movement thrives amid real estate bust - Yahoo! News: "GRATON, Calif. – As Americans downsize in the aftermath of a colossal real estate bust, at least one tiny corner of the housing market appears to be thriving. To save money or simplify their lives, a small but growing number of Americans are buying or building homes that could fit inside many people's living rooms, according to entrepreneurs in the small house industry."

Harvard scientists reverse the ageing process in mice – now for humans | Science | The Guardian

Harvard scientists reverse the ageing process in mice – now for humans | Science | The Guardian: "Scientists claim to be a step closer to reversing the ageing process after rejuvenating worn out organs in elderly mice. The experimental treatment developed by researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, turned weak and feeble old mice into healthy animals by regenerating their aged bodies."