Tomatoes that looks like eggplant yum
Scientists have developed purple tomatoes which they hope may be able to keep cancer at bay.
The fruit are rich in an antioxidant pigment called anthocyanin which is thought to have anti-cancer properties.

The glue gun reaches new heights in the hands of Jerry Ross Barrish
Lots of sculptors these days use blowtorches and create their works in hard steel. Jerry Ross Barrish uses a glue gun and makes his art from discarded plastic. And the art is something to behold.

This is perfect for every nicotine addicted spy out there
Brando’s new Zippo lighter has more to it than meets the eye. Specifically, it’s got a videocamera and microphone built in (well, a “mircophone” according to their press images, but let’s go ahead and assume they mean microphone).

Free wireless is cool but remember to look up so you don’t miss your bus while surfing the net
Why does a bus stop need to be solar powered, you ask? To power its LED lighting, intercom system and even a wireless router – at least, that’s how it is with these swanky new bus stops [...]

Mice carrying a “humanized version” of a gene believed to influence speech and language may not actually talk, but they nonetheless do have a lot to say about our evolutionary past, according to a report in the May 29th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.

 
Implications For Banking, Drug Design, And More
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have recently demonstrated a breakthrough in the quantum control of photons, the energy quanta of light. This is a significant result in quantum computation, and could eventually have implications in banking, drug design, and other applications.

 
MIT and Boston University engineers have designed cells that can count and “remember” cellular events, using simple circuits in which a series of genes are activated in a specific order.

extinction 260 million years ago
A previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260 million years ago has been uncovered by scientists at the University of Leeds.

Robots can be trained to spot disease and estimate yield  
From plows to seed drills to tractors, evolving technology has brought about radical changes to agriculture over the years. Now the sector is poised for another shift as robotic farmhands gear up to make agriculture greener and more efficient.

 
Rare Cervus alfredi are found only in the central Philippine
One of the world’s rarest deer has been found in a tiny patch of Philippines forest that is being cut down by farmers and loggers, according to a British-Filipino scientific expedition.

A unique type of storm cloud could become the first new variety of cloud to be officially identified in more than half a century.
Whipped into fantastical shapes, these clouds hang over the darkening landscape like the harbingers of a mighty storm.
But despite their stunning and frequent appearances, the formations have yet to be officially recognised [...]