http://www.skylarkers.com Tomorrow's Future Today - and other Science Fictions Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:59:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.skylarkers.com/?p=892 http://www.skylarkers.com/?p=892#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:59:00 +0000 PauloFurtado http://www.skylarkers.com/?p=892

• Miniaturized Sports Cars For The Kid Geek Inside You – TechCat http://ow.ly/2zuuz #
• LG Optimus 7 Windows Phone 7 prototype flicks photos to TVs, launches October — Engadget http://ow.ly/2zu7N #

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• Humans May Be Fueling a New Mass Extinction Event – Softpedia http://ow.ly/2yZgg #
• God, Stephen Hawking and M Theory http://ow.ly/2yZdh #
• Samsung, Toshiba take on Apple with 'iPad killers' http://ow.ly/2yYSn #
• NASA Selects Investigations for First Mission to Encounter the Sun http://ow.ly/2yQ1f #
• Oceans on brink of mass extinction: study http://ow.ly/2yPuT #

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• Low grades in adolescence linked to dopamine genes http://ow.ly/2yDJg #
• Rabbit Rest: Can Lab-grown Human Skin Replace Animals in Toxicity Testing?: Scientific American http://ow.ly/2yDBP #
• Dissecting Hurricane Earl: Big Pics : Discovery News http://ow.ly/2yyHu #
• Why lack of sleep makes teenagers fat – Herald.ie http://ow.ly/2yxYU #
• Sony shows 3D laptop due in 2011 – CNET News http://ow.ly/2yxBK #
• 2000 Year-Old Antibiotics – Softpedia http://ow.ly/2yxtN #
• Cepheid ‘Revolutionary’ Test Spots TB Super Bugs in 90 Minutes – BusinessWeek http://ow.ly/2yx3g #
• Scientists don't fear hell (video) | Machines Like Us http://ow.ly/2yx17 #
• Are you descended from Neanderthals? – NZ Herald News http://ow.ly/2ywWS #

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• 20 years left: mammals plunge into extinction http://ow.ly/2xZJs #
• Infant’s gaze may be an early, but subtle, marker for autism risk | Science Blog http://ow.ly/2xZjK #
• Touch-Sensitive Cooker Detect Pans, Changes Shape http://ow.ly/2xO3V #
• Island holds Darwin's best-kept secret http://ow.ly/2xNYr #
• 'Dark silicon' to improve smartphone battery life http://ow.ly/2xNN4 #
• California issues license for the Beacon Energy Solar Energy project http://ow.ly/2xNLL #
• Satellite-guided unmanned micro-planes – Softpedia http://ow.ly/2xNG4 #
• Epson's Stylus NX625 All-in-One Delivers Automatic Two-sided Printing – - Softpedia http://ow.ly/2xNv2 #
• Observations: If the world is going to hell, why are humans doing so well? http://ow.ly/2xNpa #
• Sleep Deprivation May Spur Serious Mental Problems, Study Finds – Bloomberg http://ow.ly/2xN0l #
• New System Predicts Solar Storms – Softpedia http://ow.ly/2xMXV #

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• Space Tweep Society | educating & sharing enthusiasm for space http://ow.ly/2wQNz #
• Space Shuttle Technician Turns Sunrise Tradition Into Book http://ow.ly/2wQKx #
• Eye movements reveal readers' wandering minds http://ow.ly/2wNPo #
• Networks — not size — give cities competitive advantage http://ow.ly/2wNKb #
• Dramatic climate change is unpredictable http://ow.ly/2wN5W #
• OpenHeatMap Turns Your Data into a Custom Heat Map http://ow.ly/2wMXD #
• 'Biosensors' on four feet detect animals infected with bird flu http://ow.ly/2wMjP #
• New view of tectonic plates: Computer modeling of Earth's mantle flow, plate motions, and fault zones http://ow.ly/2wMgm #
• System uses electrical trickery on the brain to induce realistic spaceflight effects http://ow.ly/2wMd0 #
• Gray Matter: In Which I Fully Submerge My Hand In Liquid Nitrogen | Popular Science http://ow.ly/2wKZC #
• Third Edition of Oxford English Language Dictionary May be Online Only http://ow.ly/2wJLc #

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• Planet Mars in August 2010 – hoax and fact http://ow.ly/2v3wZ #

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• 'Quantum simulators' revealed in fresh detail – physicsworld.com http://ow.ly/2rXk6 #
• Explaining the Safe and Effective Alzheimer's Drug – - Softpedia http://ow.ly/2rLKn #

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• Around the World in 80 Days: Electric Car Race Begins | Discover Magazine http://ow.ly/2qWbA #
• Fossils of Earliest Animal Life Possibly Discovered – Yahoo! News http://ow.ly/2qVJn #

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• Elephants fear humans more than dynamite – New Scientist http://ow.ly/2pyMo #
• Afghanistan, an exceptional nation | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine http://ow.ly/2pyMb #

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• NASA Releases New Image of Massive Greenland Iceberg http://ow.ly/2plN6 #
• 12 Events That Will Change Everything, Made Interactive: Scientific American http://ow.ly/2plyh #
• Motorola Droid 2 Hands-on Review – Droid 2 vs. Incredible vs. HTC – Popular Mechanics http://ow.ly/2pldW #
• 'The age of electronic medicine' http://ow.ly/2pkCq #
• A.I. Ecosystem Engineering Could Turn Sprawl Into Sanctuary | Wired Science http://ow.ly/2pkut #
• Study Uncovers Every Possible Rubik's Cube Solution : Discovery News http://ow.ly/2pkoN #
• Sun's 'quiet period' explained http://ow.ly/2pkac #
• Iceland: The Next Electric Car Capital – Forbes.com http://ow.ly/2pk5J #
• Blending wind and solar meets peak energy demands http://ow.ly/2pjOf #
• Plan for fingerprinting Great White Sharks http://ow.ly/2pjLc #
• Massive extinctions: 'Killer' Volcanoes Not Guilty – ScienceNOW http://ow.ly/2pjGJ #
• Researchers Create Terahertz Semiconductor Lasers with Directional Beams http://ow.ly/2pjyr #
• How much smaller can chips go? | PC Pro http://ow.ly/2pjtn #
• Old Galaxies Rejuvenated by Starbirth : Discovery News http://ow.ly/2pjjd #
• Solar Planter Concept Waters Window Garden with Ambient Air : TreeHugger http://ow.ly/2phzx #
• Ocean's color affects hurricane paths http://ow.ly/2phtS #
• Cadaver-sniffing device could find Jimmy Hoffa – msnbc.com http://ow.ly/2ph24 #
• Dark Energy and Exoplanets Top List of Astronomy Priorities | Wired Science http://ow.ly/2pgrx #
• How many dinosaurs could live in Central Park? – New Scientist http://ow.ly/2pgoK #
• Gallery: The Tools of GRIP, NASA's Unprecedented Mission To Study Hurricane Formation | Popular Science http://ow.ly/2pgiV #
• $1.6 Billion Telescope Would Search Alien Planets and Probe Dark Energy http://ow.ly/2pftH #
• Aerosols shift cloud structure from 'open' to 'closed' – environmentalresearchweb http://ow.ly/2peHf #

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