The Best of the Web

A weekly round-up of the best science coverage on the web.

Estonia, Google Help 'Cyber-Locked' Georgia - Wired's Danger Room blog
Georgian websites are facing massive denial of service attacks from within Russia, but where their sites can't hold up they turn to Google services to keep the news flowing. Estonia is also lending cyber support.

Mad Cows (And livid lambs) - Telegraph
The animal kingdom is fighting back against mankind it seems, as reported animal attacks worldwide surge.

Beijing Olympic 2008 opening ceremony giant firework footprints 'faked' - Telegraph
Faked television fireworks at the opening. They really happened, they just couldn't film them right. The trickery is more impressive than the real thing though.

Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak - AP
For 'invisibility' read Active Camoflage. But still pretty impressive.

38 dead after being bitten by vampire bats - CNN
Rabies, not savage bats, mainly responsable.

Slow motion lightning - Gizmodo
Lightning at the speed of... something slower. Like a time-lapsed Tolkeinesque tree. Yes.

And the image at the top is NASA's image of the day: A meteor falls through the Northern Lights.