A city of many ups and downs and ups and downs
There are approximately two high tides and two low tides within a 24-hour period in the Bay of Fundy. The time between a low tide and a high tide is about 6 hours and 13 minutes. Therefore visitors to the Fundy coast can realistically [...]

Bladders don’t know all that many songs, but perhaps if you hum a few bars…
Catheters suck, but they’re a necessary evil for men who want to know if they have benign prostatic hyperplasia (quickie Giz diagnosis: you’re cancer-free, but pee six times an hour).
 

WiMax to some people is nothing more than a question you ask Max
A new FCC filing for an Intel 5350 WiFi/WiMAX combo card that fits into Mini PCI Express slots is probably the best evidence yet for future WiMAX functionality in Apple MacBooks, but it’s still far from a confirmation.

 Airline boarding passes designed to make you think they care about your time
The fringe of the ticket is made of electronic paper that could be torn off and worn as a wristwatch during the period of your travel. Before your departure, the airline company would preset the watch to the time zone of your destination. [...]

After the jumping cow incident, these four dishes ran away with the spoon.  What a slut!
Dr David Champion at CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility and his colleagues from 20 other institutions publish their findings about the star today in the online journal, Science Express.

 Lipstick is the reason chickens don’t have lips
Both women and men can recognize a tube of lipstick. It likely hasn’t changed much in recent years – Same tube, same general appearance, same method of application. But did you know that the history of lipstick is filled with things like crushed beetles?

 
 Rich people sewage always sells for more than the sewage of the poor
A growing number of cities and counties in the US grappling with water shortages are turning to a solution that may be tough for some homeowners to stomach: purifying sewage water so that residents can drink it.
Los Angeles mayor Antonio R Villaraigosa announced [...]

 In a survey Japanese muggers prefer Pepsi 2-to-1 over Coke,
so the Coke machine disguise is regarded as a safe bet
Japanese artist Aya Tsukioka has come up with some unique solutions for Japanese women who wish that they could escape notice by transforming into wallflowers. Her invention is a skirt that can be pulled up to [...]

Half of all epilepsy patients are children
Epilepsy affects 50 million people worldwide and more than 2.7 million people in the United States; half of all patients are children. Especially in its intractable form, also called refractory epilepsy, the disorder — and the side effects of epilepsy medications — can cause problems in learning, memory and [...]

Pardon me, but would you mind terribly if I shaved your armpit?
This is a very sexy video clip pitching Rolling Razors. If you’re bald and shave your head often, you may be familiar with the design — it’s similar to what a lot of men use to keep their domes smooth. It has a [...]

It took a lot of talking, and they turned down three bridges first, but Honeywell
finally bought into the idea that pond scum makes good jet fuel
Plane maker Airbus and diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. on Thursday said they are developing a biofuel that by 2030 could satisfy nearly a third of the worldwide demand [...]