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17 February 2010

TECHNOLOGY

Off-the-shelf camera hacked to grab high-speed video Scientists filming heart cells put components from a home projector into a normal digital camera, enabling the gadget to take 400-frame-per-second video and high-resolution stills at the same time. It has the potential to boost consumer gadgets as well as lab work

ENVIRONMENT

Noah’s ark for the 21st century It’s the largest translocation project in Africa’s history. Kenya is relocating 7000 animals to Amboseli National Park, devastated last year by drought, in an attempt to stop lions and hyenas from hunting and eating local cattle

TECHNOLOGY

US power grid downed in simulated…

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