Fox News SciTech Headlines: 15 November 2008
November 16th, 2008 • Fox News, Science, Technology
- EBay Seller Gets Millionth Positive Feedback
Jack Sheng’s Eforcity Corp., which sells electronic accessories on eBay, recently got 1 million positive feedback points on each of four different identities. - California Stages Mock Earthquake Disaster for Drill
Some 5 million Californians promise to drop to the ground, cover their heads and hold onto furniture Thursday as if an earthquake had just struck. - Huge Brown Cloud Over Asia Worsens Global Warming
Giant mass of soot, dust and chemicals stretches from Persian Gulf to China traps heat, melts glaciers. - Future Office-Seekers May Have to Disclose DNA
In the coming era of personal genomics, political candidates may be pressed to disclose their own DNA as voters seek new ways to weigh a leader’s medical and mental fitness for public office. - Musical Training Makes Kids Smarter, Study Suggests
Kids who got training in piano or string instrument did better on vocabulary tests, abstract reasoning than peers who didn’t. - Review: Second Shots at First-Person Shooters
‘Gears of War 2,’ ‘Resistance 2′ and ‘Far Cry 2′ all new to stores — and all as good as the originals. - Video-Game Sales Surge Despite Weak Economy
Title sales up 18 percent, hardware sales up 5 percent in October over same month last year, led by spectacular Nintendo Wii sales. - Dazzling Mysterious Aurora Spotted on Saturn
Astronomers puzzled by red rings seen dancing across gas giant’s north pole. - Early Black Holes Grew Fast, Merged Quickly
Massive black holes found in galaxies 12 billion light years away, which means they’re almost as old as the universe itself. - First Direct Images of Planets Around Other Stars
Astronomers get solid images of far-off worlds around distant stars. - Scientists Solve Mystery of How Bleach Kills Germs
Bleach has been killing germs for more than 200 years but U.S. scientists have just figured out how the cleaner does its dirty work. - Japanese Slot Game Uses Mug Shots to Fight Crime
Japanese software designer Famista Inc. launched an online slot machine game that uses mug shots instead of lemons. The National Police Agency says the game in an inappropriate use of police property and could distress victims. - NASA Restores Historic Photos of Moon From Space
Original shots taken by lunar orbiters in mid-’60s could only be viewed on specialized machines — which former NASA official stored in her garage. - India Lands Its First Spacecraft on Moon
Moon Impact Probe dropped onto lunar surface from orbiting Chandrayaan unmanned spacecraft. - Astronauts Inspect Spaceship for Any Damage
At least two pieces of debris were spotted Friday night in launch photos, and engineers were poring over the images to determine whether the debris or anything else hit Endeavour. - Stone Age Temple May Be Birthplace of Civilization
Elaborate temple in southeastern Turkey is 11,500 years old; archaeologists think it might be birthplace of agriculture and organized religion. - ‘Second Life’ Affair Leads to Real-Life Divorce
British couple divorce after husband caught having ‘virtual affair’ with female character in online role-playing game.
