Teen ‘unlocks’ iPhone from AT&T network
NEW YORK – Armed with a soldering iron and a large supply of energy drinks, a slight, curly haired teenager has developed a way to make the iPhone, arguably the gadget of the year, available to a much wider audience.

Australian teen disables government’s porn filter
SYDNEY (AFP) – The Australian government Monday admitted no Internet child safeguards were foolproof after a teenager claimed he was able to break through its multi-million dollar pornography filter in minutes.

China ‘gravely concerned’ by Germany hacking reports
BEIJING (AFP) – China’s Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday expressed “grave concern” over reports that Chinese army hackers had penetrated German government computers systems and he vowed to crack down on such activity.
Maybe Germany should hire a few of its teenagers to make its computers hack proof.

Yahoo Mail lets e-mailers text-message to phones
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said on Sunday it was giving its e-mail users more ways to reach friends and online contacts by allowing them to trade messages with mobile phone users.

Google to Create Online Transit Guide for N.Y.C.
Google will soon be working with the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and new Jersey Transit to create an online guide for people that use the public transportation systems… Offering an online guide with maps, schedules and trip planners, Google will be offering users a centralized, online location for pretty much all the information needed regarding the transit systems.

Sleights of Mind
Some magicians have intuitively mastered some of the lessons being learned in the laboratory about the limits of cognition and attention.

New Database to Help Speed Search for Bipolar Disorder Genes
Free online data covering 20 years of study to aid researchers in hunt for treatments

Human stem cells heal the hearts of rats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A nutritious cocktail helped human embryonic stem cells thrive and repair the damaged hearts of rats, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday. 

Cutting Cholesterol, an Uphill Battle
There are dozens of measures that, individually or together, can help to lower cholesterol.

Sugary Sodas High in Diabetes-Linked Compound
Sodas sweetened with high fructose corn syrup contain high levels of a potentially dangerous compound often found in the blood of diabetics, a new study concludes. It could be cause for concern, experts say, because the “reactive carbonyls” in these sugary drinks could bump up diabetes risk, particularly in children.

Sleepless Kids Are Troubled Kids
25% of U.S. youngsters find it tough to get their zzz’s, experts say.

UltraLight Project: Moving Huge Amounts of Data
In January 2007, scientists and engineers completed the largest particle accelerator in the world, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), an underground ring 27 kilometers around located at the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland… The first particle beams could come online as early as this spring and the data streams will be enormous: as many as 10 petabytes of data (1 petabyte = 10^15) for some experiments, far surpassing almost anything that has come before.

Colorful Carpet of Cool Sea Creatures Discovered 2 Miles Deep
A submerged mountain ridge beneath the North Atlantic Ocean has revealed a new crustacean species and oodles of other life forms, ranging from polka-dotted glass squid resembling beach balls to grim viperfish with teeth like ice-picks.

NASA orders fix for space shuttle tank
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA will replace cracked adhesive beneath the insulation foam on the tanks of the space shuttles, hoping to eliminate a problem that damaged Endeavour’s heat shield during its launch earlier this month, the U.S. space agency said on Friday. 

Total Lunar Eclipse Early Tuesday
DENVER (AP) – The Earth’s shadow will creep across the moon’s surface early Tuesday, slowly eclipsing it and turning it to shades of orange and red. The total lunar eclipse, the second this year, will be visible in North and South America, especially in the West.

2000-Year-Old Meteors to Rain Down on August 31, 2007
The meteors that are about to rain down in the early morning of September 1 date from around 4 A.D., the latest calculations show.