Columbia

Often it turns out that nature is way ahead of us. Scientists at Columbia University discovered that a type of rock found in Oman, New Guinea, California and other places is able to capture vast quantities of CO2.

Defcon 16, which drew an audience of 9,000 people to Las Vegas over three days, is over -- but the focus remains on a trio of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who stole the spotlight at the world's largest hacker conference.

MIT students Zack Anderson, Alessandro Chiesa, and R.J. Ryan are still blocked from revealing how they found a way to ride the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's subways free. They used weaknesses in the MBTA's Charlie Card and Charlie Ticket Fare system.

Over at the US Study Center (Australia):

From the CUP website:

What contains the most energy per square meter in our solar system? The Sun? The Earth's Core? Uranium? No...not even close. Without a doubt...the most energetic object in the universe is the human child.