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i_like_spam writes "As reported in the NYTimes, high school freshmen at many high schools across the nation are now being forced to pick a major. Starting this Fall, 9th graders in Florida will have to choose to major from among a set of state-approved subjects, while some students in Mississippi will have to follow one of nine designated career paths. High school administrators hope that having students declare majors will lead to greater student interest in school until graduation. College administrators think otherwise: 'youngsters should instead concentrate on developing a broad range of critical thinking and communication skills,' says Debra Humphreys from the Association of American Colleges and Universities."

Two German scientists, Dr Gunter Nimtz and Dr Alfons Stahlhofen, of the University of Koblenz, claim to have broken the speed of light.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml= /earth/2007/08/16/scispeed116.xml

They sent beams of microwave photons through two prisms, then moved the prisms apart. When the prisms were separated, most photons reflected off the first prism into a detector, however, a few appeared to tunnel through the gap as if the prisms were still together.

Dr Nimtz told New Scientist magazine: "For the time being, this is the only violation of special relativity that I know of."