Tech News 1/26/10

Scientist: Alien life could already be on Earth

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LONDON – Scientists and other experts are gathering in London to consider new ways — and new places — to search for alien beings.

Britain's Royal Society — an eminent group equivalent to the U.S. Academy of Sciences — is hosting a two-day event to consider the progress made and the challenges posed in the hunt for alien beings.

One astrobiologist says the best place to look for aliens may be right here on Earth. Paul Davies of Arizona State University said Tuesday that extraterrestrial life may have found its way to this planet at several different times.


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Video of Humvee-Mounted Laser Avenger Killing Bombs

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Watch as this bad boy—the Humvee-mounted Laser Avenger that destroyed a drone in January 2009—obliterates bomb after bomb during a test at the Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. It just takes a few seconds, and boom.

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High-Tech Energy "Oasis" to Bloom in the Desert?

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A renewable-energy "oasis" slated to be built in 2010 may serve as a proving ground for new technologies designed to bring green living to the desert.
The planned research center is part of the Sahara Forest Project—but that doesn't mean it'll be built in Africa. Sahara means "desert" in Arabic, and the center is meant to be a small-scale version of massive green complexes that project managers hope to build in deserts around the globe.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Last Updated (Tuesday, 26 January 2010 08:58)