World’s roughest airplane landing
I would hate to be a passenger on this flight. Do you think the pilot ever got to fly again? Second video after the jump.
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Insane Airplane Landings
Redefining Balalaika
An amazing music video
This Russian musician presents a new style and sets a new standard for playing stringed instruments. Second video after the jump.
A Sun Made In A Lab
Scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore are attempting to create an artificial Sun on Earth – an achievement that will provide answer to the world’s impending energy shortage.
Passive Houses Have No Furnaces But Plenty Of Heat
From the outside, there is nothing unusual about the stylish new gray and orange row houses in the Kranichstein District, with wreaths on the doors and Christmas lights twinkling through a freezing drizzle. But these houses are part of a revolution in building design: There are no drafts, no cold tile floors, no snuggling under [...]
How Would Cyborg Brains Work?
Have you ever wondered how cyborgs brains would work, well research scientists are taking us one step closer to figuring that out. Research done by scientists in Italy and Switzerland has shown that carbon nanotubes may be the ideal “smart” brain material.
Brazil’s High Tech Plans To Stop Car Thieves
Brazil has a really big problem with car theft. In fact, the criminals and drug dealers that steal most of the cars take them to areas so dangerous, that the police will simply cut deals with the gangs to get the stolen cars back. Now however, there are plans to use technology to stop the [...]
Birds, Bees And Text Messaging
Making a baby: No longer just a private event between a woman, a man, their fertility specialist, a surrogate and a baby planner.
Top 10 Photos of the Week
The War Powers Act never anticipated the alternative energy battles being waged
and certainly not the beating that wind power was taking
As we looked over some of the Top 10 Photos from the past year, we quickly realized that we’ve been tiptoeing carefully along the edge of the cliff that separates sanity from insanity, often times [...]
