(Universe Today) – Step right up — you can now get your very own jetpack. That’s right, a real, not-science-fiction-honest-to-goodness jetpack. via Where’s My Jetpack? Right Here | Universe Today. »

(MAIL ONLINE) — It was like a grisly scene from a horror film. On Sunday night, over a quiet Somerset house, scores of swooping starlings tumbled out of the sky and fell, dead, into a single front garden. Covering an area 12ft across, more than 100 birds carpeted the garden, each with blood oozing from its... »

(BBC NEWS) — The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) must close at the end of 2011 for up to a year to address design issues, according to an LHC director. Dr Steve Myers told BBC News the faults will delay the machine reaching its full potential for two years. The atom smasher will reach world record collision... »

(DEUTSCHE WELLE) — In ancient history, men would sometimes look up into the extreme northern or southern skies and see flickering green or blue lights shimmering across heavens. These auroras were often attributed to the gods, for what else could explain such displays? Today we have a more scientific explanation for the polar lights, known... »

(THE SUN) — RETAILERS are targeting individual shoppers with digital billboards like those in the hit Tom Cruise film Minority Report. Cameras in the advert hoardings identify the age and sex of passers-by then display relevant products. via Billboard watches you shop | The Sun |News. »

(UTICA OBSERVER-DISPATCH) — The last hours of Kimberly Simon’s life in 1985 were likely spent with a group of young men who worshiped the devil, tortured cats, used hallucinogenic drugs and sexually abused women, according to investigators who have been probing her homicide for the past 16 months. via Satan worshipers possible suspects in Simon... »

Jerry E. Smith was born on April 8, 1950 in Pomona, California, and died at 3:00 am on the morning of Monday, March 8, 2010, of pancreatic carcinoma (pancreatic cancer), I was informed by Kenn Thomas, editor of Steamshovel Press, moments ago. Smith was an author, lecturer and editor on... »

(NEWSMAX) — /SNIP/ Rubber-gloved workers pulled ever-smaller bodies from the dump truck and tossed them into the mass grave. A crowd began singing a hymn with the refrain, “Jesus said I am the way to heaven.” As the grave filled, the grieving crowd sang: “Jesus, show me the way.” At least 200 people, most of... »

(ONE NEWS NOW) — /SNIP/ All of these over-educated folks gave powerful testimony of how the dolphin brain was very large and advanced. Lori Marino of Emory University pointed out that beyond just size, the dolphin brain is incredibly developed and, “stack(s) up quite well to human brains.” But it was Thomas White of... »

(Physorg.com) – For all those dismayed by scenes of looting in disaster-struck zones, whether Haiti or Chile or elsewhere, take heart: Good acts – acts of kindness, generosity and cooperation – spread just as easily as bad. And it takes only a handful of individuals to really make a difference. via Physorg.com »

OKCULAR, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires Monday in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong temblor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing 51 people. The damage appeared worst in the Kurdish village of Okcular, which was almost razed.... »

(The Economist) – Killed, aborted or neglected, at least 100m girls have disappeared—and the number is rising. via The Economist. »