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Sunday, March 13, 2011

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How Tsunami Warning Systems Work

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After last year's devastating earthquake in Chile, Brian Shiro of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System talked to us about the evolution of tsunami warning technology, which was tested again today as the giant quake off Japan spread tsunamis around the region.

Anonymous Announces Operation Skankbag to Punish Louis Vuitton [w/Video]

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Anonymous has declared war on Louis Vuitton after the clothing company's victory in court against an artist who painted a portrayal of a starving African child.

Militia's Violent Plot Disrupted in Alaska

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Four leaders of the Fairbanks-based Alaska Peacekeeper's Militia are now in custody, charged with conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping and arson. Cox, who doesnt regard state or federal laws as valid, is part of a Sovereign Citizens movement, which promotes violent resistance to the federal and Alaska state government.

Japan faces worst crisis 'since WWII'

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Japan is facing its worst crisis in the 65 years since the end of World War II, prime minister Naoto Kan said, calling on the nation to unite after Friday's huge earthquake and tsunami.

And What If WiFi Networks Were Visible? (VID)

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It's really convenient to have your own WiFi network which connects all WiFi-enabled gadgets.

The Salton Sea: A 'Dead' Sea Ready to Rise? [w/Video]

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The mysterious Salton Sea has been abandoned for decades, but one woman has made it her business to bring it back to life.

Pretty Man? Mexican Man Has 82 Tattoos of Julia Roberts

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This Julia Roberts fan has spent $4,000 over the past 10 years covering his body with images of his favorite Hollywood actress.

International relief extended to devastated Japan

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The 8.9-magnitude earthquake and coastline-devouring tsunami that hit Japan has led 49 countries, the European Union and even the International Atomic Energy Agency to band together and offer relief to the devastated island nation.

Japan Declares Emergency at Another Nuclear Plant

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The U.N. nuclear agency said Sunday that Japan has declared a state of emergency at another earthquake-affected nuclear plant where higher-than-permitted levels of radioactivity were measured.

Are You Ready for the New Peer-to-Peer Economy?: Tech News and Analysis «

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It's unlikely you missed the big brouhaha between San Francisco-based startup Square and VeriFone, a payment processing services provider. VeriFone accused Square of not being secure and being easily hackable. Dorsey denied. This week's dust-up makes me wonder if VeriFone quite understands its own business.

The Birth of a Word (video)

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MIT researcher Deb Roy parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch his son's "gaaaa" slowly turn into "water."

Japan Earthquake Shifted Coastline Maximum Of 8 Feet, Scientists Say

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NEW YORK -- The massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that shook Japan and triggered a powerful tsunami on Friday has had a profound effect on both the surrounding terrain and the planet as a whole. Dr. Daniel McNamara, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, told The Huffington Post that the disaster left a gigantic rupture in the sea floor, 217-miles long and 50 miles wide.

Japanese nuclear plants' operator scrambles to avert meltdowns

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Japanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the nuclear reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, even as officials struggled to bring several other damaged reactors under control.

Are we ever going to use antimatter to drive a starship?

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The question is tantalizing because while chemical reactions liberate about one part in a billion of the energy trapped inside matter - and even nuclear reactions spring only about one percent of that energy free - antimatter promises to release what Frank Close calls 'the full mc2 latent within matter.'

Do Genes Influence Your Political Identity?

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For genes to translate to a political preference, people with DRD4 must also have a large, diverse group of friends as kids.

Can NFL Players Afford a Lockout?

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The average National Football League player makes around $850,000 a year, yet, according to an expert interviewed by MSNBC, 22% of the league's 1,700 players have no savings to fall back on should the threatened lockout occur.

Japan Quake Will Shift Earth's Mass -NASA Expert

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) specialist Richard Gross has stated that following the earthquake the Earth's figure axis (the axis around which the Earth is balanced by mass) has shifted by about 15 centimeters - 2 times greater than after...

More Earthquakes to Come in Japan

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The huge 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan was actually an aftershock—and is likely to be followed by more large aftershocks in the coming weeks.

Japan nuclear agency reports emergency at another reactor

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Japanese officials said Sunday the cooling system has malfunctioned at Unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the same complex where an explosion occurred Saturday at a different reactor, according to the Associated Press.

The Planet's Unluckiest Animals

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Not every animal is as cuddly as a giant panda or as extravagant as a peacock. Here are the planet's unluckiest animals. Mother Nature dealt them a terrible hand ...

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