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Giant Marble Harvests Energy from Sun and Moon
Analysis by Tracy Staedter Tue Sep 18, 2012 08:38 AM ET It looks like a giant, glass marble. But this globe is no game. It’s a sun-tracking, solar energy concentrator created by Barcelona-based...
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Planes of the future could fly on sawdust or straw
(Reuters) – Passenger jets could be chomping on straw or flying on fuel extracted from sawdust in coming years as the search widens for cleaner alternatives to kerosene, French scientists say. The...
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Deaf gerbils hear again with human stem cells
Human stem cell-derived otic neurons repopulating the cochlea of deaf gerbils are seen in this undated handout photo courtesy of the University of Sheffield. Credit: Reuters/Marcelo Rivolta/University...
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Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Outer Space
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Date: 26 September 2012 Time: 01:12 PM ET A Buddha statue dating back to the 8th to 10th centuries is carved from a rare iron meteorite. CREDIT: Elmar Buchne...
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Goldfish in a Zimmer Frame!
THIS is the best story of pet ownership (a goldfish is a pet, right?) you’ll ever hear. Generally the butt of all flushing jokes in petland, goldish aren’t normally the subject of such good-luck...
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Larry the robot vomits so you don’t have
LARRY the robot is probably the ultimate labour saving device: He does the puking so we can do the partying. British boffins have enslaved an anatomically correct robot (at least when it comes to the...
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DNA test to find which twin is a rapist will cost $1.2 million
Even the DNA of identical twins is virtually impossible to separate. Source: National Features FRENCH police are stumped in determining which identical twin is a serial rapist. The BBC reports the...
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World’s first womb transplant woman pregnant
ISTANBUL (AFP) – The first woman ever to receive a uterus from a deceased donor, is two-weeks pregnant following a successful embryo transplant, her doctors said on Friday. The 22-year-old Derya Sert...
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Print Your Own Gun
Robert MacPherson Computer files to create a handgun almost entirely from parts made with a 3D printer have been posted online, alarming gun control advocates after it was successfully test-fired by...
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Russian politician tries to ban swearing from internet
THE Russian Government is planning to ban foul language from the internet under child protection laws. State Duma Deputy Yelena Mizulina plans to amend a law called “On the Protection of Children”,...
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