"At times the air was so saturated with suspended water that an intake of breath caused him to sputter and choke. He began to worry about the very strange—but very real–possibility of drowning in the sky."

"In the past year, researchers have developed new robots to tackle a variety of tasks: helping with medical rehabilitation, aiding military manoeuvres, mimicking social skills, and grasping the unknown. Here are the highlights."

"The PyTEC system heats mixed waste, releasing a gas that can be burned to produce five times more energy than is required to drive the system. ... The approach could see use in urban areas, reducing municipal waste volume by 95% while producing energy."

"Video footage has been released of a robot that can leap over obstacles more than 7.5m (25ft) high. Most of the time, the shoebox-sized robot - which is being developed for the US military - uses its four wheels to get around."

But the Precision Urban Hopper can use a piston-actuated "leg" to launch it over obstacles such as walls or fences.

""Late Sunday, three CIA agents brought me home. One drove my car; the other two carried me inside and laid me down on the couch. I was loopy from the drugs. They handed Jane the car keys and left without saying a word." The only conclusion she could draw was that her husband had gone out and gotten drunk. "Boy, was she mad," says Collins with a chuckle."

"Plutonium-239 found inside a broken, rusty safe has been shown to be of historic significance: dating from December 1944 it is the very first weapons-grade plutonium refined at the site, or anywhere in the world. "

"Iran's state-run media agency has been accused before of having digitally manipulated images released to foreign media. This week, as word spread of purported missile tests in Iran, the validity of an image of four missiles shooting into the sky turned o

"Unfortunately, high-speed communications and bold initiative do not always go hand in hand. With such an abundance of information available simultaneously at all levels, micromanagement can creep unnoticed into the chain of command and pull it apart."

"The UK's use of the name Skynet precedes the Terminator movies." "You mean they sent operatives back in time to create the company before the warning documentary was filmed?"

After placing the bait, snipers observed the area around it, Captain Didier said in his statement. “If someone found the item, picked it up and attempted to leave with the item ... we would engage the individual, as I saw this as a sign that they would

"So, to conclude, just chill out a bit about the conspiracy, it’s kinda silly. Plus, again, what would be the point? It’s not a big deal to authorize a nuke mission. After 9/11 the entire Barksdale arsenal was loaded and on the flightline ready to fly

"JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police arrested on Tuesday a woman who pretended to be an army officer for five years, and even went to last summer's war in Lebanon, because it made her "feel good"."

"UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area."

Slashdot comment; "errr: Give the robot a menacing look with red eyes, a gun, 500 pounds of Ammo, and leave the troop home; Also embed an explosive."

Documentary shot by an Irish film crew covering the events of the attempted coup d'état against Hugo Chaves' administration in Venezuela on April 11th, 2002.