[ZDNet]
Starting in mid-2006, DayJet plans to transport people between regional airports in the United States whenever passengers want for only a moderate premium over comparable commercial flights.

[Space.com]
NASA's new Administrator Mike Griffin told reporters that he informed key members of Congress Thursday evening that he would direct engineers at Goddard Spaceflight center to start preparing for a space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope on the assumption that one ultimately will go forward.

[ScienCentral]
Researchers have found a way to make damaged nerve cells in the brain regrow after a stroke, restoring movement to paralyzed limbs.

[BBC News]
A Ukrainian team has set a new depth record for caving, travelling 2,080m (6,822ft) underground at Krubera, the world's deepest known cave, in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia.

[BBC News]
Mice have been placed in a state of near suspended animation, raising the possibility that hibernation could one day be induced in humans.

[New Statesman]
Children's scientific curiosity is being stifled by teachers' fear of safety regulations and court action.

[BetterHumans]
A master gene that activates wound healing in insects and mammals has been discovered, a finding that could lead to new insights into tissue regeneration and cancer.

[ABC News]
Testing the Red Queen Hypothesis: Researchers "catch evolution in the act" with resurrection ecology study.

[Guardian Unlimited]
Sony patents a device to evoke smells, flavors and even a sense of touch in movie audience's brains, using pulses of ultrasound fired at their heads to alter the normal neural activity in key parts of the brain (while admitting that such a device does not as yet exist).

[Science Daily]
Preserving ancient technologies.

[The Feature]
Researchers look at using the human body as a data transmission conduit.

[BBC]
British researchers' model suggests that roughly half the planetary systems out there could have Earths in their habitable zones today and have been there long enough for life to develop.

[BetterHumans]
A nanoparticle battery that can be charged to 80% of its full capacity in a minute has been unveiled by Toshiba Corp. The lithium-ion battery uses nanoparticles to quickly absorb and store lithium ions. According to Toshiba, using nanoparticles also prevents battery deterioration that can reduce charging capacity.

[National Geographic]
Single-celled algae used for nanotech construction.

[New York Times]
A study by 1,360 researchers in 95 nations, the biggest review of the planet's life support systems ever, said that in the last 50 years a rising human population had polluted or overexploited two-thirds of the ecological systems on which life depends, including clean air and fresh water. At the heart of this assessment is a stark warning, said the 45-member board of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Human activity is putting such strain on the natural functions of earth that the ability of the planet's ecosystems to sustain future generations can no longer be taken for granted.