] Today's humans are not genetic relatives of Neanderthals,
] an Italian study published here on Monday suggests.

Makes you wonder...

Humans, Neanderthals not related

] Researchers at Holloman AFB have broken their own two
] decades old land speed record for rail vehicles. The
] rocket powered sled covered the 3 mile track in roughly 6
] seconds. Preliminary numbers put the sled's speed at mach
] 8.6 or about 6,400 mph - it covered the last 1.8 miles in
] just 1.3 seconds. The previous record of 6,122 mph was
] set on Oct. 5, 1982. Other accounts are at the Alamogordo
] Daily News, the Denver Post, and CNN

where can I get one???

Land Speed Record Broken: 0-6,400 in Six Seconds

] A number of Pacific island nations are discussing using
] new Japanese technology that can both desalinate seawater
] for drinking and produce electricity by exploiting the
] difference in temperatures between the surface of the sea
] and the depths of the ocean.

some good news for a change. NYT requires free registration.

Japanese Technology May Help Islands Reap Pacific's Waters

] LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Pioneer 10, the first
] spacecraft to venture out of the solar system, has fallen
] silent after traveling billions of miles from Earth on a
] mission that has lasted nearly 31 years, NASA said
] Tuesday.
]
] What was apparently the spacecraft's last signal was
] received January 22 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's
] Deep Space Network. At the time, Pioneer 10 was 7.6
] billion miles from Earth; the signal, traveling at the
] speed of light, took 11 hours and 20 minutes to arrive.

CNN.com - Pioneer 10 falls silent after nearly 31 years - Feb. 25, 2003

SWEET!

CNN.com - A distant Pioneer whispers to Earth - Dec. 18, 2002

Researchers at Dartmouth are getting closer to understanding how some melodies have a tendency to stick in your head or why hearing a particular song can bring back a high school dance. They have found and mapped the area in your brain that processes and tracks music. It's a place that's also active during reasoning and memory retrieval.

Melodies In Your Mind: Researchers Map Brain Areas That Process Tunes

In life-sciences establishments around the world, the laboratory rat is giving way to the computer mouse—as computing joins forces with biology to create a bioinformatics market that is expected to be worth nearly $40 billion within three years

Bioinformatics - the new Telecom

What happens when the founder of Xircom and his brother bolt a DV Camcorder to the side of a 200 lb. model rocket and press the red button? The incredible movies (with sound!) at Gates Bros. Rocketry tell the tale. The quality of these movies is by far the best I've seen from the "strap a camera to a flying toy" community. They have a nice gallery of still photos too. If only everyone named Gates did stuff this cool

High Power RocketCam Videos