For the very first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales have been positively identified. Acoustic experts at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bioacoustics Research Program (BRP) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) confirmed that the voice of a singing blue whale was tracked about 70 [...]

 
Keyboarding for dummies
There are those who have never learned how to type. These people use a method called hunt n peck. Understandably, these people have a hard time trying to hunt and peck on a normal keyboard. With this keyboard, just hit the ABC key and it will switch to alphabetical order, making it easier [...]

Solar powered trash can hits philly
There’s a new trash can in Philadelphia. Several in fact. These brand new solar trash cans are being installed on philly sidewalks and are entirely powered by the sun.

Escape building emergencies with batman like style
When Batman needs to get out of a skyscraper, he doesn’t take the stairs or the elevator. No, he rappels down the building. And now you too can leave your next board meeting like a superhero.

Cosmic ghost. ohhh spooky
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a cosmic “ghost” lurking around a distant supermassive black hole. This is the first detection of such a high-energy apparition, and scientists think it is evidence of a huge eruption produced by the black hole.

All Dogs Go To Heaven
 There is a serious side to religion, but there is also a humorous side to religion.  Here we have a good spirited rivalry between the Catholics and Presbyterians on whether All Dogs Go To Heaven.  So, please enjoy this spirited debate after the jump…

Cherries have a natural anti-inflammation power 
People who drank the unsweetened juice while training for a long distance relay reported much less duress after exercise than those who did not.

 
Kiniki’s tan-through bikini is made of a special fabric that allows sunlight to penetrate through microscopic holes.
It is the curse of sun-kissed holidays – the dreaded zebra crossing look caused by wearing swimwear on the beach. But tanlines could become a thing of the past after a firm developed a range of ’see-through’ swimming costumes. [...]

The simple act of holding a drink displays a lot more about us than we realize
All revellers fall into one of eight different personality types which are given away by their drinking techniques, a leading psychologist has concluded.
Dr Glenn Wilson, a consultant psychologist at King’s College, London, observed over 500 drinkers in bars last month.
He [...]

Ringing cell phone is a distraction in the classroom
Just the ring of a cell phone can pose a dangerous distraction for drivers, especially when it comes in a classroom setting or includes a familiar song as a ringtone, says a new study.

 Most people though he was an elephant until they took a close look at his teeth
We live in an odd world. In fact, it has become so odd that we have dramatically raised the bar on “oddness”. Too often now, the regular strange can not be easily separated from radical strange. And there are many [...]