Video Games… A form of exercise
Children burn more than four times as many calories per minute playing an active video game than playing a seated game, and their heart rate is also significantly higher with the active game, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of [...]

Bipolar may not be heredity
Children born to older fathers might have an increased risk of developing bipolar disorder, Swedish researchers report in the September Archives of General Psychiatry.

 
“There just giving piggy back rides kids”
The theory of evolution predicts that, in many cases, promiscuity can be a good survival strategy. By mating with as many females as possible, males maximise the number of offspring they produce, and thus their chances of passing on their genes.

Can we withstand another Katrina? Or worse?
Gustav was no Katrina, but on Monday the hurricane put New Orleans levees to their first serious test since Katrina flooded the city three years ago.
Anticipating a repeat of the 2005 disaster that killed over a thousand people, the city authorities evacuated almost the entire population.

 
 
 Hearing voices in your head becomes less obvious now
This musical beanie is a blast. Pop it on your head, plug it into your iPod or any MP3 player, and you’ll be amazed at the sound quality from the integral speakers that fit snugly over your ears. Wearing a hat with headphones is a near impossibility, [...]

 Pretty sure someone got fired over this one
So what does it look like when a rocket blows up right after launch? The “fire raining from the sky” adds a dramatic touch to this crazy story. Second video after the jump.

 Total geek view of concrete
This video takes you on a journey into the atomic composition of one of the most common man made substances in the world – concrete. Second video after the jump.
 

Finally Space cauliflower from meteorites Revealed
The origin of the microscopic meteorites that make up cosmic dust has been revealed for the first time in new research. …

 Sometimes even dogs reach their breaking point
Suicide is rarely a laughing matter. But here are two video clips that beg to differ with you. At times it just helps to laugh at ourselves.
 

 
Sony Reader, the electronic book will be launched in Britain this week by Sony and Waterstone’s. The Reader weighs 9 ounces and has a good battery life for it uses power only when you turn the page. The Sony Reader has a 200MB memory and has enough space for 160 novels.
 

 BrainPort Vision Device
Technology for the impaired is always widely appreciated, regardless of its eventual effectiveness. The BrainPort vision device has been developed specifically for people with visual impairments.
 

 
 This video frame shows the blue target bar positioned on the tangent point — the point at which the edge line on a road seems to begin changing direction — as the road curves to the left.
A study recently published in ARVO’s online Journal of Vision may inform the next generation of in-car driving assistance [...]

 
Lun Lun with baby cub
The only panda born at a U.S. zoo so far this year was placed in an incubator on Monday for closer monitoring by zookeepers after visitors flocked to watch mother and child on a live video feed at Zoo Atlanta.

 
Experts from Stanford University created an intelligent system which was installed on some RC helicopters. A mixture of these two devices now allows them to fly alone… with out human help. The software is capable of learning. Data comes from a few sources such as other RC helicopters that it is surrounded by and also [...]

Even the crazy hot chicks are attracted to ACU now
iPhones or iPod Touches will be issued to incoming freshmen at Abilene Christian University (ACU) this fall. The intent is to provide what amounts to a “campus lifeline” that lets students check on every aspect of their campus life with a single, pocket-sized device. (Video)