FRIDAY HOT STORIES

• Giant Spider Caught on Film Eating Bird
  An amazing image of a mammoth spider devouring a bird was taken in an Australian backyard. -news.com.au
• Huge Mountain Range Should Not Be There
  An Antarctic mountain range will be probed this month by a scientific expedition. -LiveScience
• Magnet device aims to treat depression patients
  The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression. -AP
• Young blond woman's ghost haunts restaurant
  Woman killed in '50s lingers, the legend says. -Chicago Tribune
• Never Say Die: Why We Can't Imagine Death
  Why so many of us think our minds continue on after we die. -Scientific American
• Kung fu fan blows out candles with eyes
  Wearing specially made goggles, a man blows air from his eyes through a hose. -Ananova
• India launches first Moon mission
  The unmanned Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft blasted off smoothly from a launch pad in southern Andhra Pradesh. -BBC News
• A Taste for Blood
  'Dark Banquet' looks at creatures that all happen to share a fondness for blood. -NY Times
• Robotic ants building homes on Mars?
  Small robots that are able to work together could explore the planet. -PhysOrg.com
• Mysterious 'dead water' effect caught on film
  Waves beneath the sea's surface can invisibly slow a ship's progress. -New Scientist
• Follow-up to 'Alien' Home Invasion Video
  Florida man shares info about his alien encounters. -Phantoms and Monsters
• 'Yeti footprints' found in Nepal
  A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti. -AFP
• Rock records dino 'dance floor'
  Scientists have identified an amazing collection of dinosaur footprints. -BBC News
  
• World's first dog lived 31,700 years ago, ate big
  Discovery could push back the date for the earliest dog by 17,700 years. -Discovery
• Human Brain Still Awake, Even During Deep Sleep
  'Slow-wave-sleep' shown to have recurrent activity increases in specific brain areas. -ScienceDaily
• Robbie's Mars bars
  Pop star Robbie Williams said to pen alien-themed songs while staying at Trout Lake in Washington. -The Sun
• Sun's protective 'bubble' is shrinking
  The heliosphere has weakened by 25 per cent over the past decade. -Telegraph.co.uk
• Top Gun vs. Alien
  Amazing close encounter is revealed in secret Ministry of Defence X-Files which are now declassified. -The Sun
• B&W TV generation have monochrome dreams
  New research suggests that the type of TV you watched as a child has a profound effect on the color of your dreams. -Telegraph.co.uk
• Gallery: Microscopic images with a big impact
  Slideshow from the Nikon Small World competition. -New Scientist
• The Perfumes of the Dead
  James Dotson ponders the smell of ghosts. -Sniffapalooza Magazine

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