Mars Rover Could Be Threatened By Own Drill
Drill being prepared for use; an electrical short could eventually knock out the whole rover
Science & Technology
Newly Identified Dinosaur-Era Lizard Species Named After Obama
Insert DINO joke here
Stephen Hawking Wins $3 Million Physics Prize
Awarded the Special Fundamental Physics Prize for lifetime achievement
NASA Awards $30 Million to Private Space Companies
Three companies will be responsible for shuttling astronauts to and from the International Space Station
Researchers Name Extinct Lizard After Barack Obama
Write your own clever subtitle for this one
Russia Backs Off Internet Control Proposal
Supported by other nations who perhaps aren't fond of letting people say whatever they'd like to say
Pirate Bay Co-Founder Will Be Released in Sweden
Had been detained for three months, accused of hacking, but never formally charged
Anonymous Planning Hack Attack on Uganda
Second round against country's extremely anti-gay legislation
Syria's Internet Shutdown Show's Regime's Desperation
The move hurt businesses and relief organizations while only mildly inconveniencing the opposition
Enhanced Humans by 2030, Says Intelligence Report
But will we have bulging craniums and awesome mental powers?
Twitter Extending Length of Shortened Links
Users who include links will have two less characters to express themselves with
Google To Offer $99 Chromebooks to Public Schools
After partnering up with a charity
Analyst Cuts Apple Target Price From $900 to $800 Per Share
Some fundamentals not looking as good as they used to
Air Force's X-37B Space Plane Cleared to Launch Tomorrow
Third mission for the space plane, whose cargo remains classified
Facebook Disables Instagram Photo Integration on Twitter
Instagram tweets the news
Pope to Start Tweeting This Week
@pontifex already has 600,000 followers before a single tweet
Gmail Faces Brief But Widespread Outage
Just a week after announcing small businesses would be charged for the service
Fracking Can Help Fix the CO2 Problem
Unplanned, disruptive innovation has reversed America's CO2 emission trends.
Internet Giants Ask Courts to Reject Cases Over Vague Patent Claims
Say innovation suffers as a result
Doctors Using HIV to Fight Cancer
Reprogramming the deadly virus to attack cancer cells
Anonymous Member Convicted in U.K. for Pro-Wikileaks Attacks
Christopher Weatherhead targeted PayPal and credit card companies that denied service to the transparency organization
Would-Be U.K. Press Regulator Wants Online Curbs
Smacking down free speech wherever it raises its head
Calif. Stem Cell Board Accused of Confict of Interest
Members stand to benefit from funding doled out
Supreme Court to Take on Case of Generic Drug Timing
Drug makers pay to keep generic pills off the market
California Sues Airline over Mobile App
Doesn't have privacy notice in a place the state wants it to be. Also: the state needs money.
How Many Government Agencies Does It Take To Dispose of a Beached Whale?
Jurisdictional questions abound over a beached whale in Malibu
Alaska Gets Moon Rocks Back
Were kept by the man who saved them from an arson at the museum
New Genetic Study Shows Gypsies Came From Northwest India 1500 Years Ago
The Romani are Europe's largest minority group
Conservationist Study: Climate Change Threatening Winter Sports
They want new regulations, naturally
Apple To Manufacture Line of Macs in America
Apple CEO Steve Cook blames lack of skills, not prevailing wages or economics, on why so much manufacturing is being done in Asia not the U.S.
