News Briefs 13-04-2012

Also sprach Zarathustra…

• The monolith.
• Life on Mars? It’s 99/% certain.
• The origin of space and time.
• First sim model of observable universe -- from the Big Bang to now.
• Venus’ magnetic aurora.
• Fomalhaut dust formed by thousands of comet collisions. More on its make-up.
• Superwind seals fate of the sun.
• The sun’s family, divided.
• Stardust mystery, unraveled.
• Asteroid threat? Relax—Russia’s got this.
• The war inside water.
• Does dichroism prove water isn’t essential to life?
• Teaching baboons to read. Just get 100 of ‘em…
• A cure for HIV?
• Defining consciousness… or not.
• Atlantis UFOs witnessed and covered up by NASA.
• Particle, meet anti-particle.
• The expanding universe, realized.
• Forget cats & dogs… It’s raining whales.
• N. Korean satellite fail.
• Self-healing adhesives, courtesy of mussels.
• Antibiotic resilience and resistance of subterranean bacteria.
• The end of television?
• Do you believe in magic?
• This week’s proof of the looming robot uprising… stair ‘bots.

Quote of the Day:

“Eighteen months ago the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered… Except for a single very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter the four-million year old black monolith has remained completely inert. Its origin and purpose are still a total mystery.”

Dr. Heywood R. Floyd