News Briefs 05-05-2012

RIP MCA.

• Quantum physics just got spookier: scientists entangle particles after they've been measured and may no longer even exist.
• Solar realignment could spell decades of cooler temperatures on Earth.
• The search for life on Jupiter's icy moons.
• Researchers activate remote-controlled genes to trigger insulin production.
• Artificial retinas give blind patients ability to see light and shapes.
• Has physics finally proved ESP? An interview with psi pioneer Russell Targ.
• Bringing light to the shadows: bringing focus to distressing near-death experiences.
• Ancient Egyptians tracked the binary star Algol.
• Is Alaskan lake monster just a huge sleeper shark?
• Xenoarchaeology: reality and fantasy.
• Map's hidden marks illuminate and deepen the mystery of lost colony.
• Has this man really found Osama Bin Laden's body at the bottom of the sea?
• Researcher creates a holodeck.
• What's got four legs and would kill you if it fell on you out of a tree? The prehistoric version of Australia's mythical 'Drop Bear'.
• Never-before-seen concept art from David Cronenberg's version of Total Recall.

Thanks Rick and Richard.

Quote of the Day:

So I pledge here before everyone who's listening
To try to make my every action for the good of all beings
For the rest of my lifetimes and even beyond
I vow to do my best to do no harm

Beastie Boys (from "Bodhisattva Vow")