You might unconsciously step around its toothy head to avoid being bitten. Stretched out across the floor, its dead mouth in a half grin, this rug looks nothing like the bearskin of old. Your immediate thought is of the mighty battle which reduced this beast to floor covering [Read More]

You won’t believe where scientists have found the new material they need to build the next generation of microprocessors.

Millions of natural supercomputers exist inside living organisms, including your body. [Read More]

You may have been thrilled by the spectacular fights with laser weapons in the “Stars War”. But our worst enemies cannot be cut with a laser sword heck, we cant even see them!

Bacteria and viruses have killed more humans than any other factor did along history. And if a cure against HIV and other plagues of the 21st century is the focus of many scientific researches nowadays, here comes the laser: this technology could provide the solution.
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Voyeurs will definitely love the Canon Snap concept, being diminutive enough to wear on your finger and yet offering enough megapixel power that matches some of today’s better cameras.

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So how would you like it if a cute could brew that perfect cuppa everytime you need one and yet never complain about being overworked? Sounds too good to be true? Nope, considering that the man Friday we are referring to is the Penguin Tea Timer.

This well-groomed penguin has a built-in timer (1 to 20 mins), which you can set depending on how strong you want your tea. Simply sling the tea bag over his beak, set the timer and relax. The penguin lowers the bag into the water and lifts it out when the time up. Cute, huh? Can be used as a regular timer too.[Read More]

A man sits down before a gun, which is pointed at his head. This is no ordinary gun; it’s rigged to a machine that measures the spin of a quantum particle. Each time the trigger is pulled, the spin of the quantum particle — or quark — is measured. Depending on the measurement, the gun will either fire, or it won’t.
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Check out this list of simple exercises you can do while stuck at your computer. Just because you’re a slave in the cubicle farm, doesn’t mean you have to be out of shape. Get fit, and help save humanity from the forthcoming robot war![Read More]

By mimicking a brick-and-mortar molecular structure found in seashells.

University of Michigan Researchers created a composite plastic that’s as strong as steel but lighter and transparent.
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Zap water with a strong electric field and it produces a flammable gas – thought to be hydrogen
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Early this morning, Facebook announced that it is making its database of users searchable by nonmembers. The reduces, slightly, the amount of privacy people have on the social network, but it also adds a great deal of utility to the service and reflects Facebook’s growing dominance as the Web’s white pages.
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Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project called Goobuntu, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business – desktop software.[Read More]

Nonspheres IV is the latest iteration of Luis Berrs ongoing investigation into the contemporary tension between nature and technology. This project takes the built shape of a digitally generated lattice which fills the entire gallery…
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Drinking a large glass of wine or a pint of beer a day increases the risk of developing bowel cancer by around 10 per cent, says a report quoted by DailyMail.co.uk. And drinking around two pints a day or around two large glasses of wine increases the risk by 25 per cent, a study found.
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Reports we are getting in the mail say that some Gmail users have seen their storage bumped to over 9GB today – 9030MB, to be exact. If not a glitch (and why would it be?), it means Google is playing catch-up with Yahoo, which now provides unlimited storage. With no other info, we can only assume the accounts are currently being selected at random.
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