18:27 23 January 2013Yesterday, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield dropped a puck from space for his favourite hockey team's opening game. In the meantime, he's been busy tweeting his latest photos of astounding landscapes from the International Space Station. Here are a few of our favourites. Sandrine Ceurstemont Image 1 of 6 The Australian outback looks like an abstract painting in this...
Steady rise in government data requests: Google
Label: Technology SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Wednesday reported a "steady increase" in government requests to hand over data from Internet users in the second half of 2012.The Web giant's semi-annual "transparency report" showed the most requests came from the United States, with 8,438 requests for information about 14,868 users.India was second with 2,431 requests for data about 4,106 users, followed by...
Tech talk 'more confusing than a foreign language'
Label: LifestyleThe most confusing word in tech. Allegedly.(Credit:Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)You might be familiar with the term "megabyte."For some, though, it represents an emotional megadeath.You might know what an ISP is, but some need ESP in order to explain to themselves what this actually means.This, at least, is the conclusion of a deeply disturbing piece of research, performed in the U.K. on behalf...
Pictures: Trout vs. Trout in Yellowstone Lake
Label: HealthPhotograph by Jay FlemingWithout aggressive management, the population of Yellowstone cutthroats could be decimated. To suppress the population of lake trout, the National Park Service engaged a contract fishing company to net them. Cutthroats are removed carefully from the traps and thrown back. Lake trout are removed and killed. Last year about 300,000 of the non-native intruders were taken...
Clinton Says Budget Cuts Undermine Security
Label: Business An energized Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood her ground today, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that she has overseen plans to secure diplomatic outposts around the world while cuts in State Department funding undermine those efforts.Citing a report by the department's Accountability Review Board on the security failures that led to the deaths of four...
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Today on New Scientist: 22 January 2013
Label: World Did Mars hide life in its watery pockets? Clays and carbonates found in a Martian crater might be deposits from groundwater that could have nourished life long after the planet's surface dried up8th-century tree rings hint at close-range space blast High levels of carbon-14 in two Japanese cedars may be one of the first signs of a nearby gamma-ray burst3D sonar uncovers skeleton of Civil War...
SGX's Q2 net profit rises 17% to S$76m
Label: Technology SINGAPORE : Rising interest in derivatives trading helped lift earnings for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) last quarter. Asia's second-largest bourse operator reported a 17 per cent on-year rise in second-quarter net profit to S$76 million.It also attracted a large number of new bond listings in the same quarter.Derivatives trading has been the star performer in SGX.Over the October to December...
Giottos: Honey, I shrunk the tripod
Label: LifestyleGood news for shutterbug travelers with limited luggage space: Popular tripod maker Giottos has just released a new range of "YTL" tripods that utilize a new Y-shaped center column design that's 30 percent smaller than the cylindrical columns found in typical tripods. This allows the tripod legs to be tucked into the center column closer, making the tripod more compact and allowing it to be easily...
Newly Discovered Nebula Looks Like a Manatee
Label: Health It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... a manatee? The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) believes that a gas cloud in the constellation Aquila bears an uncanny resemblance to the endangered aquatic mammal.Heidi Winter, executive assistant to NRAO's director, first noticed the similarity. And Tania Burchell, an NRAO media producer who used to work in manatee conservation, quickly...
Teen Planned Walmart Attack After Killing Family
Label: Business The New Mexico teenager who used an assault rifle to kill his mother, father and younger siblings told police he hoped to shoot up a Walmart after the family rampage and cause "mass destruction."Police said they are also considering charging the shooter's 12-year-old girlfriend.According to new information released by police today, Nehemiah Griego, the 15-year-old son of an...
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