Scientists who seek to imitate living cells say they can’t help but be
perpetually dazzled by the genuine articles, their flexibility, their
versatility, their childlike grandiosity. No matter what outrageous or
fattening things we may ask our synthetic cells to do, scientists say,
it’s nothing compared with what cells already have done of their own
accord, usually in the format […]

The refrigerator of the future will run on heat, not costly electricity,
according to a team of innovative scientists in
Germany.

The most expensive, carefully designed, and complicated solar panels in the world operate at about 40% efficiency. That means that, for every bit of sunlight that hits the panel, only 40% of it is turned into electricity.

At the Kimura Shoten store, which is the sole producer of the unique liquor containers called "Ika Tokkuri," the skins of cuttlefish caught off the Sanriku Coast are formed by hand in the shape of tokkuri (sake bottles) and then repeatedly dried in the sun.

Fess up: you’ve always wondered why you sometimes shiver when peeing. Well, thanks to science, this oft-silently wondered but seldom asked aloud mystery is now solved…

A luxury Beatles-themed hotel has opened in Liverpool.

A kotatsu, used almost exclusively in Japan, is a low, wooden table frame covered by a futon, or heavy blanket, upon which a table top sits. Underneath is a heat source, often built into the table itself.

Ever since podcasting was introduced, the question has been the same: Will anyone listen? The answer is definitely “Yes.”
This report estimates that the total US podcast audience reached 18.5 million in 2007.

The U.S. Navy
yesterday test fired an incredibly powerful new big gun designed to
replace conventional weaponry aboard ships. Sci-fi fans will recognize
its awesome power and futuristic technology.

Yahoo Inc would
consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6
billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo’s strategy
said.