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Introducing the Hybrid Locomotive

March 25th, 2005 at 9:01 am » Comments (0)

Hybrid cars, trucks and buses have already hit the road. Now, make way for the Green Goat, the world’s biggest hybrid. It’s a 2,000-horsepower locomotive that radically reduces fuel consumption and emissions of pollutants.



The Octopus Mascarade Ball

March 25th, 2005 at 6:51 am » Comments (0)

Nature reports on finding that octopusses like to pretend to be sea coconuts or pose like hunks of coral and tiptoe around on two of their legs like Wile E Coyote pretending to be a shrub. The amazing video footage of the sneak octopi is laugh-out-loud funny!



The World’s Most Devious Alarm Clock

March 25th, 2005 at 6:37 am » Comments (0)

If you have trouble waking up, try this: MIT media lab has created an alarm clock that, when you press the snooze bar, runs off into a corner, a different hiding place every day. Try hitting the snooze bar again now!



The Russian Quest for Immortality

March 25th, 2005 at 6:27 am » Comments (0)

Nouveaux rich Russians, called oligarchs, spend through the nose on all kinds of rejuvenation procedures and on scientific research to create the “elixir of youth.”