 | Sydney Morning Herald - A Lego man is launched into space in this combination photo of still images taken from video. Photo: Reuters LOS ANGELES: Two Canadian high school students have launched a Lego man almost 25 kilometres above sea level - high enough to capture video of ... |
 | NTNews.com.au - FISH species that learn to live close to coral reefs in northern Australia have less chance of extinction, meaning it is important to protect both, a new study has shown. |
 | BBC News - An asteroid hurtled past the Earth on Friday in something of a cosmic near-miss, making its closest approach at about 1600 GMT. The asteroid, estimated to be about 11m (36ft) in diameter, was first detected on Wednesday. |
 | BBC News - By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Researchers have "cloaked" a three-dimensional object, making it invisible from all angles, for the first time. |
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 | Wired News - By Adam Mann An x-ray laser fired at a sample of aluminum has generated temperatures of 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit - hotter than the sun's corona. |
 | ABC Science Online - Stressed growth Extreme heat can cause wheat crops to age faster and reduce yields, a US-led study shows, underscoring the challenge of feeding a rapidly growing population as the world warms. |
 | Washington Post (blog) - Hand over the precious metals, and no one gets hurt. (Dmitry Lovetsky - Associated Press) My colleague Joel Achenbach has a great piece assessing Newt Gingrich's proposal to mobilize the private sector for space exploration - and colonizing the moon. |
 | io9 - Adanson's jumping spider has eight eyes, but the way they're put together doesn't actually seem that useful for, well, seeing things. |
 | Reuters - By Irene Klotz | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to their parent star than Mercury circles the Sun, scientists said ... |
 | SmartHouse - By David Richards | Sunday | 29/01/2012 It sounds bizarre but Apple is looking to use magnets to lock down security on an iPad or Mac PC. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Jack mackerel stocks in the southern Pacific ocean have declined from about 30 million tonnes to less than 3 million in 20 years. Australia leads the way in trying to protect the world's fish population. |
 | BBC News - Membranes based on the "miracle material" graphene can be used to distil alcohol, according to a new study in Science journal. |
 | CNN - (CNN) -- Deep down on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, Swedish treasure hunters think they have made the find of a lifetime. The problem is, they're not exactly sure what it is they've uncovered. |
 | Deutsche Welle - Delegates have ended Brazil's Porto Alegre World Social Forum with calls for sustainable alternatives ahead of the UN's 20th anniversary environmental summit in June. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - THE smoky haze from wood fires is Sydney's biggest source of air pollution in winter, and wood smoke will add $8 billion to the health budget by 2030, says an independent report commissioned by the state government and kept secret for six months. |