MSNBC has a great article on the businesses that will be going away in the next 10 years.  We are sure they overlooked a few, but this is a good starting point.

People in Norway have to deal with more water issues than most people.  So it isn’t surprising that they would be the ones to come up with the idea of creating underwater floating tunnels as a more efficient system for crossing a body of water.  (cool photos)

A very long story.  (w/huge pic) 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it will start taking enforcement action against companies marketing unapproved hydrocodone products.

Over 100,000 old books previously unavailable to the public will go online thanks to a mass digitization programme at the British Library.

A noted Chinese archaeologist has located the tomb of Ziying, the third and last emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) about 500 metres from the mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shihuang in the suburbs east of Xi’an, capital of the northwestern Shaanxi Province.

Astronomers have discovered a celestial counterpart to the philosophical question "Does a tree make a sound if it falls in a forest with no one around to hear it?"

Smoking may turn on some genes in the body in a permanent and harmful way, scientists said on Thursday in a study that may help explain why the risk of cancer remains high even after smokers quit.

Days after banning "sexually provocative sounds" on television, China has now stopped networks showing "saucy" adverts for push-up bras and figure-hugging underwear ahead of a major Communist Party meeting next month.

When exposed to a high-voltage electric field, water in two beakers climbs out of the beakers and crosses empty space to meet, forming the water bridge. The liquid bridge, hovering in space, appears to the human eye to defy gravity. (w/pic)