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After a perfect landing on Mars and cheers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Curiosity rover transmitted its first low-resolution black-and-white images.
High-resolution color pictures are coming, but will be tape-delayed by NBC.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1962, a Yale psychology professor began conducting controversial human behavior experiments concerning obedience toward authority figures, and involving the administration of painful electric shocks.
The research did double duty: Not only did it help explain why humans obey orders that violate their moral code, but it also inspired some really weird Japanese game shows.
Saab story: A small Dutch automaker claims General Motors sandbagged its efforts to save Saab.
GM had no immediate comment on the lawsuit. But if it had, it might have noted that the prodigious cost of keeping Saabs running might have had something to do with the demise of the Saab brand.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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