Former Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson retires, meaning he will not compete at London 2012 Games.

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“A new study from MIT scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative. The study (abstract), led by Bevin Engelward and Jacquelyn Yanch and published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found that when mice were exposed to radiation doses about 400 times greater than background levels for (more…)

Amir Khan says he is frustrated that he won’t get the chance to settle the score with Lamont Peterson now that the WBA and IBF champion has failed a drugs test.

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Dr Herbert West writes “20 years ago today, id software released Wolfenstein 3D, inspired by the classic Apple II game, Castle Wolfenstein. To celebrate, Bethesda Softworks on Wednesday released a free, browser-based version of the iconic first-person shooter. Users can pick which level they wish to play in the browser version, even the secret levels.”

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Lucas123 writes “Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have shown they can increase the density, performance and the durability of phase-change memory (PSM) by using diamonds to change the base alloy material. Instead of using the more typical method of applying heat to the alloy to change its state from amorphous to crystalline, thereby laying down bits in the material, the researchers used pressure from diamond-tipped tools. Using (more…)

Scott Neilson’s goal is enough for Crawley to beat Accrington and seal automatic promotion to League One.

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SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster says delaying a vote on financial fair play may see developments at Rangers.

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New submitter nuvoleweb writes “Drupal Intranets with Open Atrium, by Tracy Charles Smith is a comprehensive guide to Open Atrium, the popular open source Intranet system. Open Atrium is a derivative (distribution) of Drupal specifically meant for group collaboration, and the author works in the Open Atrium core team at Phase2 Technology.” Read below for the rest of Andrea’s review.

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An anonymous reader writes “Apple’s current legal battles with Samsung encapsulate a large number of patents, innumerable suits and counter-suits, and have resulted in legal motions in 11 jurisdictions across the globe. As you may remember, Steve Jobs in his biography was quite vocal about his intent to go thermonuclear on Android, vowing to spend every last dime in Apple’s coffers to destroy Google’s mobile OS. But Tim Cook is a bit more (more…)

Take a look at some of the pictures shortlisted in the Premier League Photographer of the 20 Seasons Awards.

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