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Huge $10 billion collider resumes hunt for ‘God particle’

“Now, excitement and mysticism are building again around the $10 billion machine as the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) gears up to circulate a high-energy proton beam around the collider's 17-mile tunnel. The event should take place this month, said Steve Myers, CERN's Director for Accelerators and Technology.” It's back ON! If it's true that they are trying to stop this from the future why wouldn't they communicate instead, may be some kind of intelligent signal

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Can scientists make a space elevator?

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/05/space.elevator/ “The question Artsutanov asked himself had the childlike brilliance of true genius. A merely clever man could never have thought of it — or would have dismissed it instantly as absurd

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Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’

Bill Keller may have casually mentioned that Apple’s not-officially-happening-but-clearly-happening tablet computer is imminent and that the New York Times are working to bring content to it. Earlier this year a stealth team from the newspaper was rumoured, along with magazine and textbook publishers, to have met with some of Steve Jobs’ representatives . Last week the Keller gave a speech that was apparently supposed to be off the record, but that was posted by the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard .

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Yahoo Lap Dancers the Latest in a Chorus Line of Tech Sexism Scandals

Yahoo has apologized for providing lap dances on stage at a Tawian programming event. Critics aren’t mollified , and that’s probably just as well: it’s all but certain something like this will happen again soon. Certain, that is, if you judge from recent history.

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Yahoo Lap Dancers the Latest in a Chorus Line of Tech Sexism Scandals

SkyFyre (Game Battle)

TECH BUZZ : In this game, you play a knight who rides a dragon through the sky and blows stuff up.

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SkyFyre (Game Battle)

Yale Lab Technician Is Fingered as Top Suspect in Annie Le Murder

The New Haven Register is reporting that a technician in the Yale lab where murdered student Annie Le worked has emerged as a top suspect , and MSNBC is reporting that an arrest could come as early as this morning. Le’s body was found stuffed inside a wall in the basement of the lab building on Sunday, which was to be her wedding day. According to the Register , law enforcement sources say a lab tech who worked in the building had scratches on his chest and arms that he couldn’t adequately explain, and failed a voluntary FBI polygraph exam

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Internet’s 40th Birthday!

TECH BUZZ : According to what is probably a fairly arbitrary metric, today is the Internet's 40th birthday!!! On September 2, 1969, two computers at UCLA passed data to each other through a 15-foot gray cable. Now, 40 years later, we have the capability to watch videos of cats riding around on vacuum cleaners. Happy (arbitrary) Birthday, Internet.

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Two Girls, 1-Up

That mushroom is about to see things that will scar him for life. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

Wi-Fi Prostitutes

TECH BUZZ : How trying to get free wi-fi is relatable to the search for getting laid. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

The 15 Hottest Objectum-Sexual Relationships

In honor of Amy Smith's marriage to an amusement park ride, here are 15 of the hottest human/object relationships ever. Congrats Amy! Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment