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176 diggs Stephen Hawking is smarter than NewsFeed! So when he says things like theres no way God created the universe we should probably believe them. Here are the best of the physicists often-controversial opinions. Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is [...]

202 diggs By now, most iTunes users have already downloaded and installed iTunes 10. We've already given you the low-down on the biggest addition to the new version of iTunesthe Ping social networkbut we also wanted to give our impressions on two "improvements" promised in the release notes: look-and-feel and performance. While we agree that iTunes is "faster and more responsive," we're not sold on the revised user interface. Read the comments on this post

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33 Chilean miners are trapped deep underground and it may take NASA up to four months to rescue them. Spirits were raised this week when th...

157 diggs There are plenty of scenes in movies where a character is killed seemingly out of nowhere, but it's not too often when one of those characters is played by

71 diggs 10 iPhone apps to help students manage their college life

106 diggs From the phone number for poison control to how many times your kid should poop each week, these are 11 numbers you should know to keep your family feeling well.

88 diggs Oil major BP said it has spent around $8 billion to date in response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and expects to resume its relief-well drilling shortly.

103 diggs iO9 recently ran a story on how martial artists are able to break boards and cement blocks, using their hands rather than mystical powers. I thought it was pretty neat, but then I read an interesting counter-analysis by science journalist (and, significantly, martial arts practitioner) John Rennie. iO9 is right about the lack of magic powers, he says. But they got the physics wrong. Key slip-up: Assuming martial artists strike like a cobra—fast punch, with a quick pull back at the end—when they have their smashing fun times. iO9's theory was that that movement caused the boards to bend and snap. But that's not how it works, Rennie says. In fact, martial artists are taught to follow through with their punches, aiming not at the board-to-be-broken, but at a point beyond it. So how's the breaking really done? Rennie quotes an episode of the awesome old PBS show Newton's Apple: One key to understanding brick breaking is a basic principle of motion: The more momentum an object has, the more force it can generate. When it hit the brick, [karateka Ron] McNair's hand had reached a speed of 11 meters per second (24 miles per hour). At this speed, his hand exerted a whopping force of 3,000 Newton's -or 675 pounds-on the concrete. A slab of concrete could likely support the weight of a few people weighing a total of 675 pounds (306 kilograms). But apply that amount of force concentrated into an area as small as a fist and the concrete slab will break. The fact that martial artists also pick their materials very carefully doesn't hurt, either. When breaking wooden boards, you use pine (not oak, not mahogany) that isn't marred by dense knots, cut inch thick and about 12 inches on the diagonal; you hit them to break along the wood's natural grain. (It's not playing by Hoyle but some breakers have been known to bake their boards in ovens before demonstrations to make them more brittle.) One good board, if held securely so that it won't move on impact, is so easy to break that even those with no training at all can be taught to do it in under five minutes. P.S.: Rennie's blog, The Gleaming Retort, is part of a new family of science blogs, hosted by the Public Library of Science—a non-profit that publishes open-access science journals. I highly recommend checking out the entire PLoS Blogosphere. Slow motion video of things being destroyed Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the ... The Kung Fu Kid (and why it's OK the new movie isn't called that ...

128 diggs Another big upgrade from Facebook: the company is currently testing search results which display articles ranked by likes. Additionally, the results for searches now shows the results from all around the web based on two things: the number of likes and the number of friends who liked that object, m ...

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76 diggs Google has agreed to pay a hefty sum to make a class action lawsuit concerning Google Buzz disappear $8.5 million, to be exact.The lawsuit dates back to February, when lawyers filed a class action complaint against Google on behalf of Eva Hibnick, a 24-year-old Florida resident and Harvard Law School student. The complaint alleged that Buzz violated several communication privacy laws related to protecting user privacy.Google Buzz caught a lot of flak for its auto-follow and opt-in features, so much so that Google quickly made privacy fixes after launch. They werent enough to quell the criticism though, so Google launched a privacy reset for Buzz, giving users a new opportunity to adjust their privacy settings.According to the settlement, these changes addressed the key privacy issues surrounding Buzz. Google has made changes to the Google Buzz user interface that clarify Google Buzzs operation and users options regarding Google Buzz, it stated.Thats not all, though. While the settlement acknowledges that Google Buzzs privacy issues have been resolved, it says the company must do more to educate users about Google Buzzs potential impact on privacy. The $8.5 million from the settelement will go towards lawyer fees (30%) and the seven named plaintiffs (up to $2,500 each), with the remainder going towards organizations and non-profits focused on Internet privacy.Now that the privacy issues have been settled, Google can focus on a more important problem: actually producing a winner in the social media space.[via AFP]More About: Googl, google buzz, law, lawsuit, privacyFor more Tech coverage:Follow Mashable Tech on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Tech channelDownload our free apps for iPhone and iPad

142 diggs The best sparrow is the little one in the front, who looks down first, when all the others watching the fight and when the 2 sparrows fall down he provacantly smoothly turns around and looks away. He's absolutely not impressed, the others gawk.

186 diggs BlackBerry’s and RIM’s history right up to the release of the new Blackberry Torch 9800, which just hit the scene a couple of weeks ago. Interesting stuff, but we’d hazard a guess that more than 53% of BlackBerry users check their phones while on the throne.

55 diggs 26 Geeky Car Mods that are based on Geeky movies, video games or are just plain weird.

81 diggs Fort Collins, Colorado has again been named America's Safest Driving City, while drivers in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Dallas leave a lot to be desiredif you wish to avoid an accident, that is.

159 diggs It has been revealed that the office of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conduction an investigation of Google over complaints of antitrust and

81 diggs A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early ...

99 diggs Bad news for Craigslist users who like to peruse the Erotic Services Adult Services section of their site. Its gone, replaced by a large black and white censored logo. Ive reached out to Craigslist for comment and await their reply. But the choice of words is significant the section wasnt simply removed, the censored word was used. The site has been embattled as old press and state attorneys general use any excuse to blame sex crimes on the site. From South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMasters failed crusade against them to a variety of press stories about sex and other crimes. If its just a sex crime it isnt a story. But if a listing on Craigslist was involved, its a big story. Craigslist has fought back using little more than their blog and logic. And theyre right. Having prostitution up front and regulated, as Craigslist does, means less crime is associated with it. Its not like prostitution, sometimes called the worlds oldest profession, was invented on the site. The fact that eBay and others do exactly the same thing, but without human review and moderation, doesnt seem to matter. Craigslist Sex is what scares the general population, and its what the press and the politicians will continue to use to get their hits and votes. So the Craigslist Adult Section was removed. Is the world now a safer place? [crunchbase url="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/craigslist" name="Craigslist"]