Archive for March, 2006
Zorbing.
Sport where you roll downhill in a giant plastic ball.
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Maser.
Astronomers discover a 300-billion mile across cloud of methyl alcohol floating in space. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
GeneDupe.
California company is fusing computing with biology in a process they call virtual cell biology to one day create real life dragons. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Adnams.
Sick cow was nursed back to health by being treated with beer. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Saab BioPower Hybrid 9-3 convertible.
World’s first fossil fuel-free convertible concept automobile.
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Maize insect resistance cysteine protease.
Corn enzyme that protects the plants from herbivores by disrupting their attackers’ ability to digest food. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Nrangheta.
Italian mafia plans to smuggle cocaine in from Colombia were foiled when they were caught trying to build a submarine.
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Diverging diamond interchange.
Unorthodox road design will temporarily put Kansas City drivers on the left side of the road.
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Xenotropic MuLV-related virus.
Researchers have discovered a human retrovirus that originated in rodents.
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Express-AM11.
Russian telecommunications satellite is being moved into a graveyard orbit due to a mysterious sudden external impact.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Nanoscale heaters.
Researchers discover that gold nanoparticles can heat up an area 1000 times their size.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Linear response theory.
Scientists discover a molecule that spins without causing friction.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Ur.
Italian archaeologists discover stone tablets that may be the remains of a 5000-year-old Sumerian library. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Divine Strake.
U.S. to create a 700-ton explosion that will send a mushroom cloud over Las Vegas.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Autopia Ampere.
German architect wants to use the process of mineral accretion to build a self-assembling city from the sea. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Trojan War hero.
Archaeologists have unearthed the palace of the Homeric warrior-king Ajax.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Bioremediation.
Scientists have discovered a bacteria that converts uranium contamination into an inert form.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis.
Program designed to help school children lose weight by standing all day in the classroom. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Furanones.
Compounds that block cholera microbes from switching on their virulence factors and inhibit further development of the disease. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Your Personal Diamond.
Diamond that is produced by the carbon extracted from human or animal hair. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Emotional social intelligence prosthetic device.
Device designed to help the autistic determine if they are boring the person they are communicating with.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
Allergy to electricity that is now recognized by the World Health Organization. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Apology Act.
British Columbia is passing a law making it legal for people and companies to apologize. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 29th, 2006.
S100P.
Scientists discover gene responsible for spreading cancer. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 29th, 2006.
Geocentrism.
Belief that the entire universe revolves around the Earth. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 29th, 2006.
Uncle Sam wants you.
U.S. Government has made documents recovered in Operation Iraqi Freedom availabe online for the public to help find the weapons of mass destruction. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 29th, 2006.
MOSCAMED.
Rearing facility that sterilizes 2.7 billion medflies a week and air drops them back into the wild.
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
Pseudo-electroplating.
Scientists discover a 2000-year-old coin that was counterfeited using a process thought to be unknown to metallurgists of the day. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
Triple talaq.
Muslim couple forced to separate after the husband dreams of divorce.
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
JP900.
Researchers have powered a helicopter engine with coal-based jet fuel.
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
Jian Seng.
Ghost ship found drifting off the coast of Australia. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
D-16.
Iceberg the size of Martha’s Vineyard breaks off in Antarctica.
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
NACHIP project.
Researchers have created an interface between neurons and silicon chips.
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
There’s no flow.
Florida town may have to buy human waste in order to get their new treatment facility running. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
42.
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
Iceland Deep Drilling Project.
Geologists are drilling into the heart of a mid-ocean ridge volcano. (via)
Post date: Monday, March 27th, 2006.
Viewing hours.
Egyptian tycoon wants to be mummified and attached to the arm of a clock after he dies. (via)
Post date: Monday, March 27th, 2006.
Programmable Liquid Container.
Cola bottle that allows consumers to choose the flavors and colors they want the beverage to be. (via)
Post date: Monday, March 27th, 2006.
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