News Briefs 24-02-2012

"Everything should be made as simple as possible... but not simpler.”

• Earth’s deadly pulse?
• Awash in nomad planets.
• Waterworld, sans ‘the Mariner’.
• New planet defies long-accepted theory.
• FTL neutrinos… or not.
• Was it Einstein’s mistake… or a loose cable?
• La Luna comes alive.
• Rain’s wasted energy, identified.
• Oceans in peril.
• A fire in the sky and a fire in the sun.
• 2009 ocean current augmented Earth’s spin.
• More evidence lends support to the Mayan drought.
• Ways the world might end.
• Mars by way of Hawaii.
• Seattle provides first forageable forest.
• Sifrhippus, aka… tiny horses.
• Bird flu gets downgraded.
• Man's extinction staved off… for now.
• Talking gloves Vader’s imitate Vader.
• Google Street View gets wet.
• Apollo 17, the musical.
• This week’s proof of the coming robot uprising… ‘bot fish.

Quote of the Day:

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."

A. Einstein