Geneva atom smasher sets record for beam energy
(AP)
AP - Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe.

Cloak of invisibility takes a step forward
(AP)
AP - From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality.

Export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna rejected
(AP)
AP - Fishing nations won a victory over environmentalists Thursday when a U.S.-backed proposal to ban export of the Atlantic bluefin tuna was overwhelmingly rejected at a U.N. wildlife meeting.

Onions Made Pre-Human Ancestors Cry Too, Study Suggests
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - The sensors in your body that make you tear up when you're
cutting onions have been around for 500 million years, a new study finds.

Japan sighs relief as bluefin tuna ban fails
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Sushi chefs and fish dealers across the Japanese archipelago were letting out small sighs of relief Thursday night as news filtered in from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Qatar that a proposed export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna had failed to pass. Japan consumes around three-quarters of the globeâs bluefin tuna catch, with almost all of it served raw as sushi and sashimi, of which it is the most sought-after variety.

Rio protests: Sharing Brazil's oil revenues will hurt 2016 Olympics
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Thousands of Brazilian schoolchildren and city and state workers were given the afternoon off to gather in Rio de Janeiro today and protest a federal law that would reduce the amount of petroleum royalties the energy-rich state now gets.

Crippled Mars Rover is Chilled, But Still Alive
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's crippled Spirit Mars rover is still awake as it
prepares for the oncoming Martian winter, which has already left it colder than
ever before.

Bulgaria boosts GM crop restrictions
(AFP)
AFP - Bulgaria's parliament on Thursday tightened restrictions on genetically modified food crops in the face of pressure from environmentalists seeking a total ban.

Arctic animals doing better, but not close to pole
(AP)
AP - The overall number of animals in the Arctic has increased over the past 40 years ago, according to a new international study. But critters who live closest to the North Pole are disappearing.

Activists urge Australia to charge Japanese whalers
(AFP)
AFP - Anti-whaling activists have lodged a legal complaint against the captain and crew of a Japanese trawler which hit and sank their hi-tech speedboat, a politician said Friday.
