More pyramids discovered by Google Earth search

http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/more-pyramids-uncovered-by-google-earth-search/story-e6frfq80-1226449900356

/ Egypt Cairo Great Pyramid of Giza /

Can meditation make you smarter?

http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/10/can-meditation-make-you-smarter/

/ structural changes brain sharpen focus improve memory multitasking skills reduce stress thicker cerebral cortex more grey matter memory attention span decision making learning cortical gyrification folding neural networks /

Teen hospitalized after a 4-day video-game binge

http://theweek.com/article/index/231749/the-teen-hospitalized-after-a-4-day-video-game-binge

/ brain swelling seizures kidney failure coma blood clots death collapse malnutrition dehydration hospital hospitalized pass out blood volume shrinks lowering blood pressurelack of oxygen in the brain /

Android’s “Google Now” can teach Siri a few tricks

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/08/review-androids-google-now-can-teach-siri-a-few-tricks/

/ Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Google Now feature set natural language queries passive mode display contextually relevant information notification system voice control interface Apple iOS Siri parsing full sentences natural speech commands /

Wind & solar to be cheapest electricity in Canberra

"The Australian government's chief energy forecasting body has published a dramatic revision of its cost estimates, predicting that onshore wind and solar PV will deliver the cheapest forms of energy by 2030 – with solar PV dramatically cheaper than all other energy forms by 2050."

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/13/wind-solar-to-be-cheapest-electricity-in-canberra/

/ Australian Energy Technology Assessment AETA Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics slash previous estimates cost renewables technologies doubles predicted cost coal-fired generation without carbon capture and storage /

Boston-Power to supply batteries to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company

http://www.chargedevs.com/content/news-wire/post/boston-power-supply-batteries-beijing-electric-vehicle-company

/ BJEV EV LiIon lithium ion cell iron car automobile China Chinese USA U.S.A. US U.S. /

Gun lobby loves 3D-printed weapons

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/08/3d-weapons/

/ amateur gunsmith 3D print printer lower upper receiver thermoplastic melt gas /

Open-air quantum teleportation performed across a 97km lake

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/08/open-air-quantum-teleportation-performed-across-a-97km-lake/

/ optic cable reliable fast internal absorption networks repeater point-to-point communication /

Baby boomers embrace vegetarianism, but such diets have risks as well as benefits

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/baby-boomers-embrace-vegetarianism-but-such-diets-have-risks-as-well-as-benefits/2012/08/10/becfa7ce-a996-11e1-96ad-ddffdd8199e9_story.html

/ iron B12 calcium heme ovo-lacto vegetarian heart disease stroke cancer sugar diabetes insulin sensitivity deatH from all causes over weight bone fractures /

Your cellphone knows where you'll be tomorrow within 60 feet

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/08/your-cellphone-1.php

/ predictable tracking data home work travel commute social device cell phone mobile smartphone researchers University of Birmingham tracking data accuracy to win Nokia's Mobile Data Challenge algorithm /

Huge, overlooked (by most) fossil fuel subsidy

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/13/huge-overlooked-by-most-fossil-fuel-subsidy/

/ carbon tax taxpayer pollution soot global warming climate change pollution human health emissions black lung disease /

USA black lung cases doubled in last decade, while coal industry fought new health protections

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/13/black-lung-cases-doubled-in-last-decade-while-coal-industry-fought-new-health-protections/

/ human health workers workforce coal dust America USA US inaccurate reporting fraud public health epidemic Appalachia outdated coal dust regulations working longer hours Newt Gingrich Republicans House of Representatives eliminate MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration /

A123 Systems saved by the Chinese

http://www.chargedevs.com/node/586

/ Massachusetts company LiIon battery cell lithium ion /

Olympic physics: Diving & the moment of inertia

Includes a nice demonstration of angular momentum (& polar moment of inertia) by two cute little girls & their dad.

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/08/diving-and-the-moment-of-inertia/

/ acceleration fall 10 ten metre meter diving board /

Energy efficiency: What are the laggards thinking?

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/14/energy-efficiency-what-are-the-laggards-thinking/

/ USA US Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming government mandates barriers misperception about energy costs low electric rates economic reasons encourage consumers insulate install better lighting energy savings measures /

Cargotec USA & Vision Industries to demonstrate electric/hydrogen hybrid tractor

http://www.chargedevs.com/content/news-wire/post/cargotec-usa-and-vision-industries-demonstrate-electrichydrogen-hybrid

/ terminal zero-emission clean-air electric hydrogen drive system short range pollution /

ego Hybrid Series USB iPhone 4S Case Review

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/08/10/ego-hybrid-series-usb-iphone-4s-case-review/

/ flash thumb drive key storage memory /

Peanuts, blackjack & pee: Strangest space mission superstitions

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/space-mission-superstitions/

/ NASA JPL astronaut cosmonaut shuttle Gemini tradition Russian National Air and Space Administration Museum rituals Ranger mission scrambled eggs steak red carnations Yuri Gagarin train coins suit up rooms nitrogen recliner chairs Soyuz rollout round donuts and bagels cult movie champagne breakfast autograph hotel door beans cornbread orthodox priest bless Apollo 13 new waistcoat mission Gene Kranz /