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Ones and Zeros 4/29/11: Shuttle Launch Postponed, Stem Cell Research Un-Postponed

_Your links for today: a symbol of astronomical scientific achievement gets the yellow light, while Earth-bound scientific achievement gets a green (and some green)._ h3. ZERO: Wait. Crap. The Space Shuttle Launch has been scrubbed for 48 hours due...

Your links for today: a symbol of astronomical scientific achievement gets the yellow light, while Earth-bound scientific achievement gets a green (and some green).

ZERO: Wait. Crap. The Space Shuttle Launch has been scrubbed for 48 hours due to a heater problem, sending Obama, Giffords, and lots of fans home with sadfaces (Spacevidcast) (And to see how a scrub feels, watch our documentary)

ONE: Research on! Ban on federal funding for stem cell research lifted (CNN)

ZERO: Turns out Household Appliances of the Future are only half cool (Yanko Design)

ONE: Watch for debris, Canada. America is (eventually) hauling ass through your fly zone (CBC News)

ZERO: FBI pitfalls and pratfalls of fighting cyber criminals (Network World)

ZERO: Somewhere Steve Jobs is cackling: Apple buys iCloud.com for 4.5 million (Edible Apple)

ONE: never alone again: you can now speak to your web browser (Google Chrome Blog)

ZERO: Pepsi creates a social network vending machine (International Business Times)

ONE: Because you can never be too bored: a virtual world controlled by tweets (Springwise)