Austrian officials fed up with motorists stopping to urinate by the roadside have put up fake snake warnings to scare them into using toilets.

A large number of "stone eggs" were recently discovered along with a copper sword at a construction site in Bandeng Hill and Zhanlong Hill, Gongxi Town of Hunan Province. The discoveries were made by highway construction workers while they were digging the foundation for a road.

The FORCE is strong with Benoit Lambert, who took 8 weeks to create this super cool Darth Vader hot air balloon.
However, for all we know it could be Darth’s cousin Chad Vader…

Most secret rooms need to be designed into your house way before it’s built, but these Woodfold Bookcase Doors change all that. (w/pic)

If you’ve had enough of removing much of your clothing in front of Homeland Security Officers before stepping onto a flight, then the answer could lie in Flyclear. For $99.95 a year (plus a one-off TSA vetting fee of $28), you get a biometric chip that will fast-track you through airport security.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center filed its annual report last month, but didn’t get the attention it deserved. A look inside offers some revealing statistics on the darker side of the Web.

Time spent at television Web sites increases during prime time, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. In fact, 40% of total time spent at NBC.com in February 2007 was spent during prime time, making it the top site ranked by Nielsen’s prime-time index.

Tiny "smart" devices that can be borne on the wind like dust particles could be carried in space probes to explore other planets, UK engineers say. The devices would consist of a computer chip covered by a plastic sheath that can change shape when a voltage is applied, enabling it to be steered.

Russia plans to build the world’s longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia.

Researchers have long recognized that for learning and memory to take place, certain genes must be activated to alter neuron activity inside the brain. Disruptions in normal gene expression within these neurons can lead to alarming consequences, such as seizures and epilepsy. But identifying and cataloging all the genes involved in learning is a daunting […]

Social networking buzz belies an impending sector shakeout, according to In-Stat’s "Social Networking: Finding Friends Online" report. The report says membership and monetization are key issues for social networking sites.