Archive for November, 2005
Non-renewable resource.
Kuwait’s largest oil field is beginning to run dry. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Sound psychology.
Web site that is hunting for the worst sound in the world. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Spudgun.
Hand held laser-guided bolt-action aluminum potato rifle. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Wrongful life.
Disabled Australian woman suing doctor for letting her be born. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Atlatl.
Pennsylvania Game Commission to allow use of prehistoric weapon for deer hunting. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Unaided.
British man’s body rids itself of AIDS. (via) UPDATE
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Blast off.
Bacteria that eat human waste and produce rocket fuel. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Wave farm.
Ocean waves are being tapped as a resource for renewable energy. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005.
Storsjo monster.
Mythical creature protected as endangered species by Swedish government now fair game for hunters. (via)
Post date: Friday, November 11th, 2005.
And we shall call you Earthlings.
Ancient Egyptians descended from Martians.(via)
Post date: Friday, November 11th, 2005.
Dakosaurus andiniensis.
Ancient sea creature was part crocodile and part T. rex.
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Lord God bird.
Woodpecker thought to be extinct found in Arkansas swamp. (via)
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Top gun.
How to build the best paper airplane in the world.
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Hot prospect.
California prisoner elected to school board.
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Old school.
52 year-old man makes college basketball team.
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Young blood.
Michigan boy elected mayor of his town. (via)
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Traffic Vizzion.
Service lets you monitor traffic cameras from your cell phone. (via)
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Break ‘em off some.
New Zealand man wants your liposuctioned fat to power his sailboat around the earth. (via)
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Asteroid pull.
Space tractor would move an asteroid from its orbit.
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
I saw dead people.
Security guard fired for seeing ghosts. (via)
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Rewriting history.
Alphabet found carved in stone dating from 10th century B.C.
Post date: Wednesday, November 9th, 2005.
Good trade.
Canadian man hoping to trade a paperclip for a house.
Post date: Wednesday, November 9th, 2005.
Shirtless guy.
California man offering ad rental space on his chest and back.
Post date: Tuesday, November 8th, 2005.
Biodegradable socks.
Socks made out of corn going on sale in Japan.
Post date: Tuesday, November 8th, 2005.
Darwin VII.
Scientists have built a robot with brain cells. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, November 8th, 2005.
I suggest panic.
Burmese capital at Rangoon is abruptly abandoned by government on advice of soothsayer. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, November 8th, 2005.
390 megahertz.
Mystery signal causes garage doors in Canada to stop working. (via)
Post date: Monday, November 7th, 2005.
Interferometer.
Scientists have built a device that can detect gravitational waves. (via)
Post date: Monday, November 7th, 2005.
Email time capsule.
Send an email to yourself and receive it years from now.
Post date: Monday, November 7th, 2005.
Deja vu.
Prisoner escapes after posing as his identical twin brother.
Post date: Monday, November 7th, 2005.
Shanghai moon.
China to send taikonauts to the moon to build an observatory. (via)
Post date: Friday, November 4th, 2005.






