Briefs: U.S. HDTV ownership could hit 26 percent
A survey released Tuesday concluded that a quarter of households in the United States will possess a high-definition television by the end of 2006.
Dec 21, 2005
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The Web: Europe's cyber privacy declines
The European Union is no longer the online privacy sanctuary that it once was, as government officials there are enacting a new Internet monitoring law in the aftermath of last summer's London train bombings, experts tell ...
Dec 21, 2005
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E=mc2 passes tough test
In a fitting cap to the World Year of Physics 2005, MIT physicists and colleagues from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) report the most precise direct test yet of Einstein's most famous equation, ...
Dec 21, 2005
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Astronomers Use Laser to Take Clearest Images of the Center of the Milky Way
UCLA astronomers and colleagues have taken the first clear picture of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, including the area surrounding the supermassive black hole, using a new laser virtual star at the W.M. Keck observatory ...
Dec 21, 2005
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Ancient humans brought bottle gourds to Americas from Asia
Thick-skinned bottle gourds widely used as containers by prehistoric peoples were likely brought to the Americas some 10,000 years ago by individuals who arrived from Asia, according to a new genetic comparison of modern ...
Dec 21, 2005
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Algal protein in worm neurons allows remote control of behavior by light
By introducing expression of a special green-algae gene into neurons of the tiny, transparent nematode C. elegans, researchers have been able to elicit specific behavioral responses by simply illuminating animals with blue ...
Dec 21, 2005
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Ingredients for DNA and Protein Found Around Star
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered some of life's most basic ingredients in the dust swirling around a young star. The ingredients - gaseous precursors to DNA and protein - were detected in the star's terrestrial ...
Dec 21, 2005
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Mission to Mars via Antarctica
A few weeks before leaving for the Antarctic Concordia Station, the Italian-French crew that will spend over one year in one of the harshest, isolated environments on Earth, attended two days of preparatory training at ESA's ...
Dec 21, 2005
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Humans Do Not Understand Mirror Reflections, Say Researchers
Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have found that people still find it difficult to understand how mirrors work.
Dec 21, 2005
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NASA facility launch site for GlobalFlyer
The Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be the takeoff site for an attempt to set the record for the longest flight of an aircraft or balloon.
Dec 21, 2005
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