A Disastrous Year: 2010 Death Toll Already Abnormally High

March 12, 2010 by Livescience.com  
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Just a few months into 2010, and Mother Nature has delivered a slew of costly and deadly natural disasters.

Second Tropical Cyclone Ever Forms in South Atlantic

March 11, 2010 by Livescience.com  
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Second ever tropical cyclone seen in South Atlantic forms.

How Seismographs Work

March 11, 2010 by Livescience.com  
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Scientists who weren't in Chile during this morning's aftershocks nevertheless knew the moment the rumbling started, thanks to a global network of quake-detecting instruments called seismographs.

Calming Ragged Nerves from Inside the Tsunami Warning Center

March 11, 2010 by Livescience.com  
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The aftershock in Chile sent anxious residents to their phones to find out whether a tsunami was coming.

Scientists Can Read Minds with Brain Scans

March 11, 2010 by Livescience.com  
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By scanning your brain, scientists can tell what memory you are recalling.

The Internet Nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

March 11, 2010 by Livescience.com  
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The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize could go to the Internet, meaning you would share it.

Why the Chile Earthquake Aftershock Was So Big

March 11, 2010 by Livescience.com  
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The 7.2-magnitude aftershock that struck Chile isn't unusually following such a massive original earthquake.

Opinion: Why Assassin’s Creed 2 is no fun

March 11, 2010 by CNN.com - Technology  
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Let's imagine this terrifying scenario for a moment. You come home from a long day of work and sit in front of your computer to try out your newly purchased copy of the video game Assassin's Creed 2, and then ... nothing happens. You face an immobile title screen. You check to make sure everything's plugged in -- yup, sure is -- and simply cannot figure out what's going on. "Why doesn't this game work? It cost me $60!"

10 hot new iPhone games for everyone

March 11, 2010 by CNN.com - Technology  
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Reports from this week's Game Developers Conference make one thing clear: Games on mobile phones are not just a niche category anymore. Here are 10 hot games for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Scientists Discover New Way to Generate Electricity

March 11, 2010 by Livescience.com  
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MIT researchers have found a way to produce large amounts of electricity from tiny cylinders of carbon, called carbon nanotubes.

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