Spacecraft skin 'heals' itself

New Scientist SPACE: "The researchers have taken inspiration from human skin, which heals a cut by exposing blood to air, which congeals to forms a protective scab. 'The analogy is the vascular system of the human body,' Bond told New Scientist. 'The system needs to be completely autonomous.'

"...The glass filaments are designed to crack easily when the overall composite material is damaged, which causes both chemicals to leak out and rapidly plug the resulting crack or hole."

Why the Tuesday Newsleter

B3TA: "...Thankfully - by late Monday - Yahoo restored our list and - despite our paranoia that we'd done something to really upset them - said, 'Apologies for the problem. We would like to continue to host your list.' So thank goodness for that. We were shitting bricks."

Digital Camera Technology

Slashdot, from CNet: "'In compact cameras, I think that the megapixel race is pretty much over,' says Chuck Westfall, director of media for Canon's camera marketing group. 'Seven- and eight-megapixel cameras seem to be more than adequate."