[The Independent]
For the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.

[Wired]
The idea of treating aging as a disease is spreading.

[International Herald Tribune]
ICANN flirts again with opening up generic top-level domains.

[gizmag]
Project Green Jet—a vision of the future of sailing.

[New Scientist]
New studies illuminate need for REM sleep.

[Engadget]
New Knight Rider GPS speaks with KITT's voice.

[MedGadget]
The FDA has given clearance to an electric muscle stimulation device which can replace a mechanical ventilator for the paralyzed.

[BBC News]
NASA believes Phoenix lander has unearthed "perfect" evidence of ice on Mars.

[EurekAlert!]
Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin.

[ABC News]
Proper diet, exercise trigger changes in activity in about 500 genes in cancer patients.

[Guardian.co.uk]
New software will enable surgeons to create made-to-measure titanium bone replacements within hours.

[Times Online]
Scientists find bacteria that eat waste and excrete petrol.

[ScienceDaily]
Researchers in Sweden and Japan report development of a new type of paper that resists breaking when pulled almost as well as cast iron. The new material, called "cellulose nanopaper," is made of sub-microscopic particles of cellulose and may open the way for expanded use of paper as a construction material and in other applications.

[NewScientist]
A major evolutionary innovation has unfurled right in front of researchers' eyes. It's the first time evolution has been caught in the act of making such a rare and complex new trait. And because the species in question is a bacterium, scientists have been able to replay history to show how this evolutionary novelty grew from the accumulation of unpredictable, chance events.

[DOAJ]
Directory of Open Access Journals.

[Telegraph.co.uk]
Intelligent people could live up to 15 years longer than their less bright counterparts, according to scientists who have linked a "smart gene" to longevity.

[UC Berkeley News]
Personal genomes may lead to personalized vitamin supplements.

[Yahoo! News]
Stupid flies live longer.

[News.com]
Recycled junk sailboat to sail the Pacific for awareness, science.

[Boston.com]
Some phenomenal photos of Saturn and its moons, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

[PhysOrg.com]
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have taken an important step toward understanding how the human brain codes the meanings of words by creating the first computational model that can predict the unique brain activation patterns associated with names for things that you can see, hear, feel, taste or smell. The work could eventually lead to the use of brain scans to identify thoughts and could have applications in the study of autism, disorders of thought such as paranoid schizophrenia, and semantic dementias such as Pick’s disease.

[Miller-McCune]
In the first successful experiment of its kind, researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Texas have inserted genes from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger, into a mouse and observed a biological function.