It's like the 70's all over again, tree-hugging hippies working with military veterans

Iraq War Veterans Join Environmentalists in the Oiled Gulf of Mexico
-Really interesting article written by Bryan Walsh for TIME.com connecting the wars raging in The Middle East with the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Wait a second, can you repeat that?...Did you say the atmosphere almost collapsed?

NASA-funded researchers are monitoring a big event in our planet's atmosphere. High above Earth's surface where the atmosphere meets space, a rarefied layer of gas called "the thermosphere" recently collapsed and now is rebounding again. One possible explanation is carbon dioxide (CO₂). When carbon dioxide gets into the thermosphere, it acts as a coolant, shedding heat via infrared radiation. It is widely-known that CO2 levels have been increasing in Earth's atmosphere. Extra CO2 in the thermosphere could have magnified the cooling action of solar minimum (Lately, solar activity has been very low. In 2008 and 2009, the sun plunged into a century-class solar minimum).

You mean stuff actually gets done at the Pentagon

US scientists working for the experimental arm of the Pentagon have developed artificial blood for use in transfusions for wounded soldiers in battlefields. The blood cells are said to be functionally indistinguishable from normal blood cells and could end forever the problem of blood donor shortages in war zones and difficulties in transporting blood to remote and inaccessible areas.


http://www.physorg.com/news198221258.html

So that's why the Arizona desert is so damn hot...

Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, amid global climate warming worries.


http://www.physorg.com/news198434180.html

Radio waves & vibrations... what's the first thing that comes to mind? Batteries, duh

Bye-Bye Batteries: Radio Waves as a Low-Power Source

Using only radio waves for its electrical power, the SmartHat has a beeper that alerts the wearer to dangerous construction equipment nearby.

Vibration-powered Generators Replace AA, AAA Batteries

For example, when the generator, which the company calls "Vibration-powered Generating Battery," is set inside a remote control, it is possible to use the remote by shaking it to generate power.

Robocop phase 1

REX robotic exoskeleton gets wheelchair users back on their feet

John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Awarded DARPA Funding to Test Thought-Controlled Prosthetic Limb System