Yves Rossy from Switzerland is the first person to gain altitude and maintain a stable, horizontal flight thanks to his specially designed aerodynamic carbon foldable wings.  This is an amazing video.

A long-awaited study by federal scientists concludes that meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring is safe to eat and should be allowed to enter the food supply without any special labeling.

Well that was fun. Hardly a week ago we still believed in Santa Clause and that magickal properties lay within the Wii sensor bar. Today we have some menorah manipulations.

The following is the 11th part of an exclusive Impact Lab series called the Twelve Trends of Christmas by Thomas Frey.  Title: Capturing Human Intelligence

Venturi, makers of beautiful electric vehicles like the Fetish and the Astrolab are coming out with an electric car that we can afford at $30k, and that will actually be for sale as soon as June 2007.

India’s Andhra Pradesh Finance and Health Minister, K Rosaiah, today announced that the government would enact a law in the next Budget session making it mandatory for every new bride and groom to get tested for HIV before marriage.

Adding plenty of olive oil to diet could protect you from cancer, suggests a new study.

Scientists in Britain claim to have created an antibody that can be used as preventive treatment for people with a family history of Alzheimer’s.

Before we close out this week of unusual happenings around the world. let’s check in with the people at Malgusto to see what kind of images they have brewing.

Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) continues showing steady gains in the US residential telephone service market.

San Francisco developers are proposing to build the nation’s tallest towers outside of New York and Chicago — a pair of slender high-rises 350 feet taller than the Transamerica Pyramid.

To some, beer is the ultimate social drink.  But to others it is a nasty chemical substance that needs to be regulated in quirky and unusual ways.