Okay, this one is amazing. But at the same time, weren’t they supposed to be making robots clumsily—and harmlessly—lumber along like the Honda Asimo, not spry and limber like this Japanese jumping frog robot? (w/video)

How many of you have actually used a slide rule? The slide rule was a simple yet powerful and important tool for engineers and scientists before the days of calculators (let alone PCs). In fact, several people we know still prefer to use them. In the interest of preserving this icon EngCom has created a [...]

Astronomers are still speculating as to what could have caused an abnormally strong five millisecond burst to be detected six years ago when it completely saturated their recording equipment. The burst was so bright that at the time it was first recorded it was dismissed as man-made radio interference. It put out a huge amount [...]

Six in 10 marketing executives put at least one-half of their media spending into traditional channels, according to a Gundersen Partners survey. About 45% of respondents allocated less than 10% of their budgets to new media.

Some film industry pundits feel Hollywood is reeling down. The key revenue streams that have traditionally driven the Hollywood economy—box office receipts and DVD sales and rentals—have hit a plateau.

Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), together with colleagues from IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have pushed the measurement of thin films to the edge—literally—to produce the first data on how the edges of metallic thin films contribute to their magnetic properties.

Toxic loans and toxic mortgages, the ones designed to extract the maximum amount of money from a customer before they are pushed off the cliff into default, are now under increased scrutiny because the current system of allowing the roosters to guard the henhouse is starting to tank the national economy. Sen. Hillary Clinton is the [...]

The two-headed red slider turtle has turned up at a reptile centre in Pennsylvania, where owners are amazed by its freak appearance.
The unnamed curiosity has two heads on opposite sides of a single shell, as well as six legs and a combined tail.

A Chinese woman who killed her lover with a rat poison-laced kiss when she suspected him of being unfaithful has been sentenced to death, a newspaper said Thursday.

Attacking several tons of woolly mammoth with stone-tipped spears must have taken extraordinary courage — and ancient people left paintings to prove they did it.

Varsity football players in Tolono, Ill., wear helmets with electronic encoder modules to detect blows to the head that may cause injury.

A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000.

Coloradans, toss back a cold one in celebration of this latest honor.  Last year, Colorado officially became the largest beer-producing state in the nation, an honor not held by the state since 1990, according to the Beer Institute in Washington, D.C.

Experts who study malpractice cases and autopsy reports say certain diseases are misdiagnosed over and over again. It’s worth knowing what they are so you won’t be a victim.

Most of us love the familiar. Whether we realize it or not, we put a lot of work into ensuring that certain things in our lives remain constant. This personal “comfort zone” is the invisible, but very real area that defines the boundaries of what we know and understand. By staying within this comfort zone [...]

Scientists have known for decades that drastically reducing calories — but not nutrients — can prolong the lives of everything from yeast to mice and monkeys, but they didn’t know why, until now.

Eight baskets filled with fruits preserved for more than 3000 years have been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists in Tutankhamen’s tomb, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Monday.

A US intercontinental ballistic missile base, equipped with a vast underground network of tunnels and rooms but no atomic warheads, is for sale in a remote corner of the United States. The warheads and missiles went when the US government abandoned the Titan bases in the 1970s.
Located near the remote Moses Lake in the northwest [...]

The remains of a Roman bath house, considered to be among the best preserved in the UK, are on the market for £300,000.

The Clinton Global Initiative is gathering in New York City today to discuss issues of global importance — including how to make donating to charities easier and more, in the words of entrepreneur Ryan Blair, "democratic." Make The Difference Network (www.mtdn.com), is a cause-oriented online social network designed to connect nonprofit organizations with potential donors [...]

In a speech this week, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke announced New Zealand’s intention to commit to 90% renewable electricity by 2025, according to a press release issued by the New Zealand government.

About 42% of fatal car accidents happen at night, according to the European Commission for the Automobile Industry.

A little more than a year ago, the Riverside Township Committee in this faded factory town became the first municipality in New Jersey to enact legislation penalizing anyone who employed or rented to an illegal immigrant. But no one realized the painful toll this would take.

Thomas Frey: Great communities are founded on great ideas.  At the same time, our most admired communities become a magnet, attracting the brightest minds. The relational effect is clear:  Bright minds make a community great, and great communities attract bright minds.  With this in mind, the city of the future will be designed around eight dimensions [...]

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