Science & Technology – Week of 4.14.13

3 New Planets Could Host Life
CNN | 21 April 2013
In the midst of chaos here on Earth, scientists are finding hope for life on other planets…

Google Glass Comes With Small Print
Geeks Are Sexy | 18 April 2013
Google has confirmed it is barring current buyers of its Google Glass spectacles from passing them on to somebody else…

Richard Branson Hints at SpaceShipTwo’s First Powered Flight
Wired | 16 April 2013
SpaceShipTwo left a trail across the sky for the first time on Friday after test pilots checked the rocket’s engine oxidizer flows…

Huge Attack on WordPress Sites Could Spawn Never-Before-Seen Super Botnet
Arstechnica | 12 April 2013
Security analysts have detected an ongoing attack that uses a huge number of computers from across the Internet…

DNA Sequencing Celebrates its First Decade
Marketplace | 12 April 2013
A few years ago, it cost Steve Jobs $100,000 to sequence his DNA…