NEO (Near Earth Orbit) and Planetary Defense. I so want to say Deathstar.

http://www.planetarydefense.info/index.html

But this is a serious resource for people working on the detection and possible deflection of objects that might impact Earth.

See also  http://www.nss.org/resources/library/planetarydefense/WhitePaper-2009PlanetaryDefenseConference.pdf

Seaweed for Bio Fuel?

Article from Scientific America discusses using bacteria to make biofuel.

Sounds promising, in test "researchers ground up some kombu, mixed it with water and added the altered E. coli. Before two days had gone by the solution contained about 5 percent ethanol and water. It also did this at (relatively) low temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees Celsius."

They make the excellent point, that using seaweed for biofuel wouldn't compete with edible crop production.

Astronomy Software

A wonderful list of software and apps for or related to Astronomy, including for apps for iPhone and Android. 

A very dense resource of links, strongly suggest spending some time looking through their information.

Here is just one resource from the link about, a 9 page pdf, of just iPhone Apps http://astronomyonline.org/PDFs/iPhoneApps.pdf

New Insights into Primitive Cells

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/01/researchers-resurrect-lost-proteins-to-understand-molecular-machines.ars

The Bio Sciences are my weakest by far, so I am not going to try and give any highlights, just suggest people click on the Ars link above.

Science keeps opening doors into the past, so exciting!