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: 7/30/2010 8:48:10 AM

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NASA Selects Sounding Rockets Operations Contractor
NASA selected Orbital Sciences Corp.'s, Technical Services Division in Greenbelt, Md., for the agency's Sounding Rockets Operations contract.

NASA Sets Briefing To Preview Space Station Spacewalk
NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 3.

NASA Opens Online Voting For Next Desert RATS Exploration Site
NASA is inviting the public to choose an area in northern Arizona where explorers will conduct part of the annual Desert Research and Technology Studies, known as Desert RATS.

NASA Simulates Space Exploration At Remote Arctic Crater Site
NASA personnel are among a group of international researchers who are in the Canadian Arctic assessing concepts for future planetary exploration as part of the Haughton-Mars Project, or HMP-2010.

NASA Astronaut Sends First Signed Message from Orbit
The number of languages used on the International Space Station has recently increased.

NASA Spacecraft Camera Yields Most Accurate Mars Map Ever
A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet.

NASA Seeks Undergrads to Defy Gravity for Science and Engineering
NASA is offering undergraduate students an opportunity to test an experiment in weightless science as part of the agency's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program.

NASA Telescope Finds Elusive Buckyballs In Space For First Time
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered carbon molecules, known as "buckyballs," in space for the first time. Buckyballs are soccer-ball-shaped molecules that were first observed in a laboratory 25 years ago.

NASA'S Hubble Shows Hyperfast Star Was Booted From Milky Way
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a hypervelocity star – a rare phenomenon moving three times faster than our sun.

NASA Astronauts -- Including Space Station Crew Member From Maryland -- Available For Interviews In Washington
NASA Headquarters in Washington will welcome space shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 astronauts and International Space Station Expedition 22 and 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer for a visit Monday, July 26, through Thursday, July 29.

CNN.com - Science & Space

Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years
NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington.

Shuttle lands at California air base
NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions.

iReporters watch planets, moon align

Inspiration for 'Contact' still listening
From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe.

Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise
Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft.

Yahoo! News: Science News

Scientists say global warming is continuing (AP)

AP - Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.

Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline (AP)
AP - Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide.

New Titanic expedition will create 3D map of wreck (AP)

AP - A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will "virtually raise the Titanic" for the public.

Donkey's Wild Ass Ancestor Confirmed (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Five thousand years ago, in North Africa, humans formed an alliance with the wild ancestors of the donkey, twice.

Past problems for company at heart of oil spill (AP)

AP - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river has experienced leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations in the past decade throughout the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in the U.S.

BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage (Reuters)

Reuters - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.

Mars Rover Opportunity Finally Sees Martian Dust Devil (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - After more than six years roaming the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has spotted its first dust devil on the red planet.

EU clears six types of GM maize for animal feed (AFP)

AFP - European regulators authorised on Wednesday the import of six types of genetically-modified maize for use in animal feed after governments were deadlocked over whether to ban or approve them.

2 Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk (AP)

AP - Two Russian cosmonauts on Tuesday completed a nearly 7-hour-long spacewalk to replace a video camera and improve cable connections to the orbiting laboratory's newest module.

NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations (AP)

AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.

Clawed Dinosaur Caught in the Act of Digging for Prey (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A clawed, predatory dinosaur may have been caught in the act of digging for mammalian prey, scientists now reveal.

Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen (AP)

AP - Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen.

The nation's weather (AP)

AP - Active weather was forecast to continue throughout the eastern half of the nation Thursday.

Giant Sand Dunes on Titan Shaped by Backward Winds (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Gusty winds that blow in reverse of prevailing weather on Saturn's largest moon Titan appear to shape some of the moon's odd equatorial sand dunes, a new study finds.

Genes Influence Your Response to Others' Drinking Habits (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Your genes may determine how likely you are to imitate the drinking habits of others, new research suggests.

BP denies Texas a cash advance, gets scathing response (Reuters)
Reuters - Oil giant BP Plc rejected a request from Texas for a $25 million cash advance to clean up shorelines sullied by the Gulf oil spill, and got a scathing response from top Texas officials, according to letters given to Reuters on Thursday.

Rivers burst, floods kill at least 60 in Pakistan (AP)

AP - Rivers burst their banks during deadly monsoon rains lashing Pakistan, washing away streets, battering a dam and submerging thousands of homes, officials said Thursday.

Reuters: Science News

Study changes picture of U.S. quake hazards
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risk of earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest may be more widespread than geologists have believed, but a "big one" may be less likely at Missouri's New Madrid fault, researchers said on Wednesday.

Rabbits grow their own joint replacements in study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints, complete with cartilage, researchers reported on Thursday.

Canadian archeologists find lost ship in Arctic
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian archeologists have discovered the wreckage of the ship that has been credited with discovering the fabled Northwest Passage, saying the vessel remains in good condition after being abandoned more than 150 years ago in the Arctic ice.

Some space shuttle workers get layoff notice
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's prime space shuttle contractor, United Space Alliance, sent layoff notices this week to more than 15 percent of its 8,100-member shuttle work force, officials said on Tuesday.

Mental health experts ask: Will anyone be normal?
LONDON (Reuters) - An updated edition of a mental health bible for doctors may include diagnoses for "disorders" such as toddler tantrums and binge eating, experts say, and could mean that soon no-one will be classed as normal.

Scientists inch towards finding "God particle"
PARIS (Reuters) - Scientists working with particle accelerators in Europe and the United States said on Monday they may be closing in on the elusive Higgs Boson, the "God particle" believed crucial to forming the cosmos after the Big Bang.

Iran aims to put man in space by 2019: Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that Iran would send its first manned shuttle into space by 2019, Iran's English-language Press TV reported.

Educated people cope better with dementia
LONDON (Reuters) - Educated people are better able to cope with the physical effects of dementia, and even one extra year of education can significantly cut the risk of developing the brain-wasting disease, scientists said on Monday.

Russia to use space tech to develop energy sector
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will employ technologies, initially meant for outer space research programs, to develop its vast energy sector, Energy Ministry said on Tuesday in yet another sign of the Kremlin's modernization drive.

Consumer gene test results misleading
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who send off their saliva to genetic testing companies to find out their risk for prostate cancer or diabetes are likely to get different results, depending on the company they choose, government investigators told lawmakers on Thursday.

NPR Topics: Research News

Just Buy It: Impulsiveness Tied To Brain Chemical
From proposing to a loved one to going on a shopping spree, many of life's decisions are guided by the brain chemical dopamine. Scientists now say dopamine might explain why some people are more impulsive than others when it comes to planning and thinking.

The Food Chain's Weak Link: Tiny Ocean Plants Dying
Microscopic plants in the ocean are among the most important creatures on Earth and produce half of the planet's oxygen. But they are in trouble. A new study finds that since 1950, the amount of phytoplankton in the ocean's surface waters has declined by 40 percent.

Why Do We Like What We Like?
Why do we enjoy things like bitter foods and horror films? And are we the only species that likes art? Paul Bloom, professor of psychology at Yale University and author of How Pleasure Works, explains our penchant for art and why we find some unpleasant things so enjoyable.

Robots That Swim With The Fishes, Intentionally
Based on mathematical models of the movement of fish, Maurizio Porfiri, engineering professor at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, built a robofish. When Porfiri let the robot go for a dip in the lab pool, the real fish started to mill about the robot and even follow it around.

Scientists Say A Gel Can Slow HIV Spread
Researchers meeting at the 18th international AIDS conference this week say a new vaginal gel can cut HIV transmission rates in half, if used properly. AIDS experts Anthony Fauci and Kevin Fenton join Ira Flatow to discuss the gel study, and other news from the conference.

Gut Check: How Do Caterpillars Walk?
Caterpillars don't have a bone in their body. They move by squeezing muscles in sequence in an undulating wave motion, but what exactly happens on the inside? Scientists wanted to find out, so they got a tiny, custom-built caterpillar treadmill.

Is Climate Change Leading To Super Marmots?
A new study published this week in the journal Nature says yellow-bellied marmots in Colorado are getting bigger in size and population. Climate change may be the reason. Robert Siegel talks to UCLA marmot scientist Dan Blumstein.

Mapping Oil From Space: A Tricky Task For NASA
Photographing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from space isn't as easy as you might think. Cloud cover, water smoothness and the reflection of sunlight off the water make gathering useful satellite photos a difficult task for NASA.

Scientists Question Cancer Gene Trials At Duke University
A Duke scientist's resume padding fuels questions about his research methods on a new cancer screening technique.

Fast Feet: A Springy Step Helps Humans Walk
The human foot has changed shape in the past few million years, springing an arch that enabled us to run and walk more proficiently than our ape-like ancestors who grasped branches and swung from the trees. Now, researchers are trying to determine when that change took place.

Are Protons Even Smaller Than We Thought?
An international team of physicists reexamined the radius of a proton, and found it to be 4 percent smaller than previously thought. Are they mistaken, or is something missing from the long-held theory of quantum electrodynamics? Physicist Brian Odom of Northwestern University discusses.

'Voice Blind' Man Befuddled By Mysterious Callers
Steve Royster could never understand how those around him could pick up the phone and instantly recognize who was on the other end. By the time he figured out in his late 20s that he had a rare disorder, he had had his fair share of awkward encounters.

Clear Waters, Cloudy Future For California Wetlands
Oil continues to cloud Gulf Coast waters, but on the other side of the country, scientists are studying a body of water with the opposite problem. San Francisco Bay is becoming clearer. And clearer water is not always good news.

A Chemical Nurtures New Brain Cells In Rodents
Scientists screened nearly 1,000 chemicals and found one that nurtures new neurons in rat and mice brains. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center biochemist Steven McKnight describes the work and explains what has to happen before the chemical can be tried in humans.

More Screen Time Means More Attention Problems In Kids
Lingering attention problems in kids might be due to the speed with which they need to make decisions in video games.

CBC | Technology & Science News

Global warming signs unmistakable: report
A new report by 300 scientists has flagged the past decade as the hottest on record and compiled 10 'unmistakable' indicators the world is getting warmer. But the scientists mostly stayed away from discussions about the cause.

Arctic ship graves a 'rewarding' find
Parks Canada archeologists who found HMS Investigator, a British naval ship that was stranded in the Northwest Passage 155 years ago, are equally pleased to have discovered the graves of three of the ship's crew.

DND computers used to change Wikipedia site
A Defence Department spokesperson confirms computers at the department's research agency were used to alter a Wikipedia site on the Joint Strike Fighter jet.

Fish feminizing in Alberta rivers
Chemicals are likely to blame for the feminization of fish in two southern Alberta rivers, say researchers at the University of Calgary.

Amazon shares fall as new Kindle released
A new generation of the Kindle e-reader has been released, promising a longer battery life, increased storage and a lower price tag.

BP prepares to plug damaged well
A procedure intended to ease the job of plugging BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well for good could start as early as the weekend, the U.S. government's point man for the spill response says.

Twitter study tracks mood fluctuations
The peaks and valleys of people's moods throughout the day can be tracked via Twitter, new U.S. research suggests.

Telecom took in $41B in 2009
Canada's communications industry took in $55.4 billion in revenue in 2009, the CRTC said Thursday, a 2.1 per cent increase from the previous year's level.

Stem cells grow replacement joints in rabbits
Rabbits were able to regrow a leg joint using their own stem cells, say scientists exploring the cells' potential to replace artificial joints in human patients.

Hacker extracts cash from ATMs
A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their cash by hijacking the computers inside them.

Scientists discover new deepwater species
A team of marine biologists has discovered what it believes to be several new species of underwater creatures, including never-before-seen sponges, corals and sea stars.

Alberta pipeline spills unlikely: regulator
As Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. works to clean up a major oil spill from one of its aging pipelines in Michigan, Alberta officials say the province's network is safe.

Smartphone apps send users' sensitive data
Your smartphone applications are watching you - much more closely than you might like.

Anthrax outbreak kills 82 Ugandan hippos
Ugandan officials say an anthrax outbreak in a national park has killed 82 hippos in the last month and a half.

Abandoned 1854 ship found in Arctic
A ship abandoned in the Arctic more than 150 years ago while searching for Sir John Franklin's expedition has been found.

BBC News - Science & Environment

Mars site may hold 'buried life'
Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

Galapagos off Unesco danger list
A Unesco panel votes to remove the Galapagos Islands from a "red list" of endangered heritage sites, drawing protests from a leading conservation group.

X Prize for oil spill solutions
The X Prize foundation, best known for launching the private spaceflight industry, launches a $1.4 million oil clean-up challenge.

Plankton declining across oceans
The amount of plankton in the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, with warming identified as a cause.

Cheetah will run again in India
The cheetah, eradicated in India by hunting nearly a century ago, will run again in the country, as three sites are earmarked for its reintroduction.

Chemicals washed into China river
Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.

Deal finalised on fusion reactor
The European Union and six member states have reached a deal on the experimental nuclear fusion reactor they are backing.

Surface Gulf oil 'vanishing fast'
Oil from BP's damaged Gulf of Mexico well has cleared from the sea surface faster than expected, scientists say, 100 days after the disaster began.

Dogs 'mimic movements of owners'
Do dogs really imitate body movements of owners?

Oz marsupials 'began in Americas'
The characteristic koalas, kangaroos and wombats of Australia share a common American ancestor, according to genetic research.

Doomed 1848 ship found in Arctic
Canadian archaeologists locate the wreck of HMS Investigator, a British ship abandoned in the Arctic in the 19th Century.

WWF sorry for Saudi Arabia insult
Environmental group WWF apologises to Saudi Arabia after one of its workers vandalised the country's nameplate at a climate conference.

Friends offer 'a survival boost'
Having good friends and neighbours appears to boost survival chances by 50%, say researchers.

Researchers use more GM animals
The number of UK scientific experiments involving genetically modified animals overtakes those involving "normal animals" for the first time.

Adventurers to fund space travel
Future manned space travel will be the province of private adventurers, the astronomer royal believes.

Motherly love 'breeds confidence'
Babies whose mothers shower them with affection are better at coping with stress when they get older, researchers say.

China considers big rocket power
Chinese engineers are considering a new super-powerful engine for the next generation of space rockets, say officials.

Remains of Roman villa discovered
Archaeologists find the remains of a 4th Century Roman villa near Aberystwyth after an aerial photograph showed up an outline.

Pampered pigs 'feel optimistic'
Pigs feel optimistic or pessimistic about life depending on how pleasant their environment is, researchers at Newcastle University find.

Marshes 'at risk from hurricanes'
Freshwater coastal wetlands are more vulnerable to erosion during hurricanes than habitats with higher levels of salinity, a study suggests.

NYT > Science

U.S. Nuclear Forensics Skill Is Declining, Report Says
A lack of resources and organizational problems are hampering America’s ability to identify nuclear weapons used in a terrorist attack, researchers say.

Regulators Warned Enbridge About Monitoring of Pipeline Corrosion
Enbridge was warned in January by federal regulators about insufficient monitoring of the pipeline that officials say leaked more than one million gallons of oil into a major waterway this week.

Scientists Produce First Cloned Fighting Bull
The team says that its dark brown calf, named Got, is the only representative of a lineage that goes back 300 years.

Why So Many Predators?
Dr. Sterling and a team of researchers are trying to understand why there is a higher biomass of predators than prey at Palmyra Atoll.

Remarkable Creatures: Translating Stories of Life Forms Etched in Stone
A gap in the fossil record preceding the Cambrian has ignited intense interest among geologists.

Hints of Earth Splash a Saturnian Moon Landscape
The discovery that Titan’s lakes are evaporating, at least in the Southern Hemisphere, suggests that there are active weather and geological cycles analogous to those on Earth.

Teams of Physicists Closing in on the ‘God Particle’
The data from two separate experiments at Fermilab narrow the range in which the Higgs boson, if it exists, must be hiding.

Books on Science: Let There Be Dimmers on Our Glowing Planet
Jane Brox’s narrative is in many ways a social history, told through man’s relationship to light.

Never a Lab Rat
At an estimated 13 pounds, a giant rat that may have lived as recently as 1,000 years ago was bigger than any previously known.

Judge Rejects Forest Service’s Plan on Fire Retardant
The ruling says that the plan does not ensure protections for threatened and endangered species of fish and other animals when fighting wildfires.

Gulf Surface Oil Vanishing Quickly
The oil is clearing much faster than expected, but concern remains over the unseen effects.

Another Oil Leak Is Spotted in the Gulf
A wellhead spewing oil up to 100 feet into the air was at least the third unrelated oil leak in the Louisiana area since the Deepwater Horizon spill began.

Pushed Along by Wind, Power Storage Grows
Utilities are developing storage batteries to smooth the flow of intermittent sources of power, like wind farms.

National Briefing | Rockies: Humans Banned From Caves in Effort to Protect Bats
Thousands of caves and abandoned mines on federal land in five states will be off limits to explorers for the next year to prevent humans from spreading a disease that kills bats.

National Briefing | Midwest: Michigan: 800,000 Gallons of Oil Spill After Pipe Breaks
Crews were working to contain and clean up more than 800,000 gallons of oil that poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan.

National Briefing | Southwest: Texas: Air Quality Decision Is Appealed
The Environmental Protection Agency ruled last month that the state’s flexible air permit program violated the Clean Air Act.

National Briefing | South: Virginia: Emissions Ruling for Coal Plants Is Reversed
A three-judge panel reversed a ruling requiring the Tennessee Valley Authority to upgrade emission controls at three coal-fired power plants.

Plastiki, Boat of 12,500 Bottles, Crosses Pacific
Plastiki, a sailboat made of recycled material intended to raise awareness of the perils of waste, completed its difficult 8,000-mile Pacific crossing, arriving at Sydney.

Advance on AIDS Raises Questions as Well as Joy
Experts are pondering issues raised after a trial found that a vaginal gel could help women avoid infection.

Essay: Lifesaving Medications, Through a Back Door
A patient illicitly selling part of his medication helps fight AIDS in his own strange way.

msnbc.com: Technology & Science

Another ugly reminder to check your Facebook settings — NOW!

If we take any lesson from this latest Facebook privacy brouhaha, it's one we should have already learned: Facebook isn't for people who don't wish to be known. Because here's the deal: Facebook has not now, nor will it ever, protect your information for you.

Cosmic Log: $1.4 million for oil cleanup ideas

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Kevin Costner, here's your chance. Sparked by the disaster in the Gulf, a well-connected environmental activist is offering $1.4 million for new methods to clean up oil spills.

Google: China blockage report likely just a glitch
Google says its search engine and several other services are working normally in mainland China after previously reporting the service had been completely blocked.

100 million Facebook users' details published online

The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will no longer be able to make the information private.

BlackBerry may be berry good with new OS

A new BlackBerry, but more importantly, a new BlackBerry operating system upgrade, is coming. "Yawn," you say? Don't be too quick to dismiss Research In Motion and its sturdy line of smart phones.

Ballmer: Tablet coming 'as soon as we can'
Microsoft will compete with Apple's iPad, but it isn't saying when, according to comments made Thursday by company CEO Steve Ballmer.

Amazon unveils new Kindle, starting at $139

Just weeks after lowering the price of the Kindle e-book reader from $259 to $189, Amazon unveiled a fully revamped Kindle on Wednesday. It's sleeker, better looking, easier on the eyes — and starts at $139.

Donkey's wild ass ancestor confirmed

Five thousand years ago, in North Africa, humans formed an alliance with the wild ancestors of the donkey, twice.

Snake robots could disable explosives

Snakes can creep and they can crawl, but they're not very good at defusing bombs or going on search-and-rescue missions. Snake robots, however, might be a different story.

We're through — now get off my Facebook page

Lovers still see a face-to-face encounter as the ideal way to break up their relationship in the complicated age of Facebook and cell phones, according to a researcher's interviews with college students and middle-age adults.

Adult industry sees iPorn potential in iPhone 4

When Apple launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.

Android users gobble more data than iPhone users
Verizon's new Android owners are using far more data than AT&T's iPhone users, says a new study. But both populations look like megabyte junkies compared to BlackBerry owners.

Cosmic Log: Bright stars burn out fast

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: "Live fast, die young" may sound like a life lesson, but it’s actually an astronomical observation, borne out by a spectacular image of a hot young star.

Tales for your summer science odysseys

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Books about scientific subjects let you travel through space and time … which is the perfect prescription for summer reading.

Chinese space junk buzzes past space station

A piece of Chinese space junk passed harmlessly by the International Space Station on Thursday after worries that the outpost's crew of six might have to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats as a precaution.

'StarCraft' phenomenon gets new life

"StarCraft" isn't just a game ... it's a worldwide phenomenon. But will the long-awaited sequel — "StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty" — be able to live up to its predecessor?

'Limbo' is heaven to play

While everyone is busy talking about how 3-D is going to revolutionize gaming, a little 2-D game is setting the summer on fire.

Women rule on social networking sites
Social networking sites are reaching a higher percentage of women than men worldwide, with 75.8 percent of all women online visiting such sites in May, versus 69.7 percent of men, according to a new report from comScore.

'World's oldest Twitter user' Ivy Bean dies at 104

Ivy Bean, the Internet-famous centenarian heralded as world's oldest Twitter user, passed away last night at her retirement home in Branford, England. She was 104.

Bunker-busting ATM attacks show security holes
A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their cash by hijacking the computers inside them.