The United States Department of Defense is working on Stiletto, a ship
using what it calls “M Hull” technology, composed of M-shaped arches
that let ships travel at a blistering 50 knots without making waves.

For some people, parallel parking is the thing they fear most in life. Steering in reverse and judging safe distances between parked cars while watching for oncoming traffic can be very unnerving even for very skilled drivers. That’s why Toyota has come up with a way to make this problem go away.

If a sperm containing all-white genes fuses with a similar
egg and a sperm coding for purely black skin fuses with a similar egg,
two babies of dramatically different colors will be born.  Here the full story with photo.

It
has long been assumed that the Internet was used as a tool for specific
purposes such as conducting research, checking the news, shopping or
visiting a favorite Web site. However, new data from the Pew Internet
& American Life Project suggests that approximately 40% of Internet
users go online "aimlessly" without clear goals or intentions. This is very similar [...]

Fish that leap into passing boats may be a fisherman’s fantasy, but
scientists fear that hyperactive Asian carp will reach the U.S. Great
Lakes, devour the base of the food chain and spoil drinking water for
40 million people.

San Francisco, a leader in urban recycling, is preparing to enlist
its canine population for a first in the United States: converting dog
poop into energy.

BAE Systems recently demonstrated its vertical takeoff and landing
unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Fort Benning, Ga., for Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Army representatives.

Spending hours reading the papers may be an ideal pastime on a lazy
Sunday afternoon. But what if your newspaper updated itself during the
day? What if the pictures moved and the interviews could be listened to?

Huntington Beach, California based Foldera’s
goal is to organize all of the chaos surrounding work based documents
(email, calendar, office documents, instant messaging, etc). It is a
very big idea.

Seth Godin: 
Las Vegas is an epicenter of a trend that is accelerating through every market and community on Earth.  A rapid increase in dissatisfaction.