Some scientists have created a brilliant way to get attention for their desktop telescopes. They are calling for user submissions for their electron microscope. You can send your own sample at the Aspex Corp Web site. Check out a bunch of the user submissions below in the image gallery. [...more]
I spend a lot of time thinking about how to survive the inevitable zombie apocalypse, but Game Informer got it pretty spot on. And the reality? You’re totally screwed — sorry! Check out the Zombie Apocalypse Flowchart in all its glory at Game Informer. [...more]
Fingerprints, DNA…bacteria? Some eggheads over at UC Boulder say they’ve found a way to accurately identify people based on samples of bacteria swabbed from said people’s mouses and computer keyboards. Turns out, we each carry around 150 individual species of bacteria on our hands, bacteria which in turn carry a genome unique to each person. This [...more]
The “cloaking device,” to use a Star Trek term, just got a step closer – news out of Germany shows that scientists successfully hid part of a piece of gold from the visible eye. How? “Photonic crystals,” whatever those are, were used to bend the light waves around a small bump on a gold surface, rendering [...more]
Here’s a fun one out of the Beijing Auto Show: a car with Android 2.1 built in. Chinese luxury carmaker SAIC (which stands for the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) have slated for a late April release the Roewe 350, a brand new luxury car. What makes the Roewe 350 unique is it’s GPS, which runs on [...more]
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts awards (or “Baftas”) are like the UK’s Oscars & Emmy’s combined, at least as far as this American who’s never been across the pond can surmise. Something I was unaware of was that in addition to Baftas for Best Film or Best Actress in a Television Series, [...more]
This cool concept rug does double duty in the bathroom, adding a scale to the furry rug. The scale part and the rug part separate for easy cleaning. It’s just a concept for now, but it could be great for the future of my bathroom. Hopefully the scale part will be translated into [...more]
Who’s this lovely lady eating what is likely a baby you ask? Well, this charming lass is Zhang Ruifang, and despite her advanced age — 101 years old — she is full of energy. Sure the energy is derived directly from Satan, but she’s one hell of a cook. The Daily Mail said [...more]
It’s been a long week of surfing the internet and watching the clock, you deserve a little break from all that stress. I’ve been working for hours to find you just the right flash game for this Friday. This week it is Robot Unicorn Attack from Adult Swim. It’s super simple, but incredibly addictive. So [...more]
Probably. That’s the quick and dirty answer to the question posted in the headline. According to a recent Associated Press article, the Postmaster General is set to ask Congress for permission to eliminate Saturday mail deliveries as part of a new round of cost-cutting measures. Current projections show a cumulative loss of $238 billion over the [...more]
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