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The Air Force wants the ability to burrow into any computer system anywhere in the world "completely undetected." It wants to slip computer code into a potential foe's computer and let it sit there for years, "maintaining a 'low and slow' gathering paradigm" to thwart detection. Clandestinely exploring such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Cyberwar Strategy: The Pentagon Plans to Attack | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

Chinese calligraphy I always like to look at those beautiful lines and their energy. Kinetic movement is always cursive and circular. When you're using the brush, it's actually an endless movement of circles.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lin Hwai-min's Short List | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

That was the day I realized that Favre had dominated in his role as team leader to the point that he was probably the only one who could have lost the game without breaking my heart. He was the soul of the Packers, the kinetic freewheeler who so captivated his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Packers Fan's Mixed Emotions About Brett Favre | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

To learn the cause of Shanidar 3's wound, Churchill and his team used a specially designed crossbow to fire stone-age projectiles at precise velocities at pig carcasses (a pig's skin and ribs are believed to be roughly as tough as a Neanderthal's). When he stabbed a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CSI Stone Age: Did Humans Kill Neanderthals? | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

At kinetic energies consistent with a thrown spear, the pig's rib bore damage resembling Shanidar 3's isolated rib puncture. What's more, Churchill found that the weapon that killed Shanidar 3 entered at about a 45-degree downward angle. According to Churchill, "That's consistent with the ballistic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CSI Stone Age: Did Humans Kill Neanderthals? | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

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