Science and Technology Links for Week of February 1st

Popular Science-

Ultra-Strong Biomimetic Adhesive Could Allow Human Wall-Walking, Ceiling-Dancing

Bayonet Skills to be Omitted from Basic Training for Modern Soldiers

NASA Budget: Constellation Officially Canned, But The Deep-Space Future Is Bright

French Scientists Build First Transistor That Mimics Brain Connections

Spray-On 'Liquid Glass' Protects Surfaces From Just About Anything

Discover Magazine-

The Intellectual Property Fight That Could Kill Millions

The Lancet Retracts 1998 Paper That Linked Vaccinations to Autism

National Ignition Facility Warm-Up Successful. Next Step: Fusion Tests?

NASA Jet Studies Haiti's Fault Lines for Signs of Further Trouble

Will Genetically Modified Eucalyptus Trees Transform Southern Forests?

Scientfic American-

Over the Top: Data Shows "Green" Roofs Could Cool Urban Heat Islands and Boost Water Conservation

Less than a pretty face: Brain scans show how a disorder leads individuals to perceive themselves as ugly

Can a Brain Scan Predict a Broken Promise?

Microsoft's Hands-Free Answer to the Nintendo Wii

Thinking Outside the Boxes: Robotic Pallet-Stacking Challenge Aims to Create an Automation Benchmark for Industry

Popular Mechanics-

Behind the Scenes of Splice: Interviews with the Director and VFX Supervisor

Next-Gen Transplant Techniques Can Stop Organ Rejection

How to Fall 35,000 Feet-And Survive

The Panama Canal Gets a New Lane (With Gallery!)

3D Sports TV Debuts With British Football Match

Technology Review-

What's Inside the iPad's Chip?

Roll-to-Roll Plastic Displays

Flexible Sheets Capture Energy from Movement

Skin Cells Turned into Brain Cells

A Safer Way to Coat Long-Lasting Solar Cells

Ars Technica-

No rules: Internet security a Hobbesian "state of nature"

High-energy physics has a case of the Higgs

Levitating magnet could make fusion faster and cheaper

How a stray mouse click choked the NYSE & cost a bank $150K

Insanely great? Ars reacts to the Apple iPad