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Todays Gestalts

Daily Gestalts from around the interweb to keep us entertained and to delineate the real and the unreal.LHC fault forces 2011 shutdown

The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.Fuel-injection System That Delivers 64 Miles Per GallonThe best hybrid cars of today can only deliver about 48 miles per gallon. By using this newly developed fuel injection system a test vehicle was measured at achieving 64 miles per gallon in highway driving. This is approximately a 50% increase in fuel efficiency in a gasoline engine.Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost HadSAN FRANCISCO — In the late 1950s, American space companies jumped into a headlong race to build an aerospace industry that could launch missiles across the world and rockets above.Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birdsIn a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.Is Number of Earthquakes on the Rise? (Washington Post)Are the recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and Turkey a coincidence or a sign of increases seismic activity?Real-life Hurt Locker: How Bomb-Proof suits workA fascinating look at how bomb-proof suits actually work