Your carpet called and wants you to stay away from the nano guys
A new method for sorting single-walled carbon nanotubes by electronic type and arranging them over a large area could be useful for manufacturing high-performance displays and other electronic devices. Researcher from Stanford University and Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology describe the method in […]

 
Have you made your deposit into the gene bank?
U.S. scientists are developing a “Gene Wiki” with the aim of fostering a flexible, organic archive of human genetic information.
The project exists within Wikipedia, and is expected to speed up the process of deciphering genome sequences.
According to Andrew Su, whose report of the project appears this week […]

 
Sperm have great difficulty finding their way out of a fat man
Too many fatty foods are dangerous not only to men’s waistlines, but to their sperm production.
In research presented on Wednesday at a meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, scientists found that obese men have worse sperm than normal-weight men.

Don’t Let That Bugger Get Away!

 
There are plenty of reasons why I don’t drink coffee (the taste being one of the larger reasons). Since I don’t drink the stuff, I don’t worry about anyone running off with my coffee mugs. However, in some offices this is a real issue. People will knowingly take your cup, […]

Lucky Winner

Roland Cernat, a graduate form the University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd/Germany, has designed an environmentally friendly plane called the Oriens. Oriens is a motor glider concept based on the cradle-to-cradle principle. The design won first prize this year at the Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award 2008.

The Dye is the Thing 
Harvesting sunlight before turning it into electricity could become easier thanks to an exotic organic dye developed in the US.

 A skinny wife will yield more speed, but less beer
Every year, the small Finnish town of Sonkajärvi hosts the Wife Carrying World Championships. All men have to do is sprint around an obstacle course while carrying their wives. And the women? They have to hold on tight — which isn’t as easy as it sounds. […]

Some Throbbing Bed Posts…

A gallery of erotic furniture posted by Der Spiegel inexplicably features shots of both my master bedroom and dining room table…

This is an artist’s illustration of what a Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle
might look like as it flies in the atmosphere above Mars.
(Danielle Zawoy for the University of Florida)
A scientist from the University of Florida has recently filed a patent that is attracting everyone from NASA and the US Air Force to UFO-seekers and sci-fi enthusiasts.

A Wild Combination

We love people who take common everyday items you might find at a garage sale, and then turn them into something with real artistic appeal. Canadian artist Graeme Patterson has done just that with his whimsical Hockey Organ, combining an old table hockey game, a 1980s era Casio electronic keyboard, and other assorted […]

 
Some robots are just more competitive than others
First, a supercomputer beats a chess master. Then, an artificial intelligence program deals defeat to a poker champion. Next: A robot takes on humans in air hockey.