Start clowning around when your are going downtown.
Strange, but true. A recent study led by Shevach Friedler published in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility showed that laughter can promote pregnancy…
Collapse of the Honeybee Population Could be Linked to Pesticides
Even tiny doses of ‘neonicotinoids’ made the insects more susceptible to disease.
Pesticides are making honey bees far more susceptible to disease, according to new research than links a new group of chemicals to the recent collapse in the bee population. The US research, revealed in a new film about the disappearance of bees, found even tiny doses of ‘neonicotinoids’ made the insects more susceptible to disease.
Driving Three Hours at Night as Bad as Driving Drunk
Two hours of motorway driving in the dark can affect performance so severely it is the same as having a couple of drinks.
Just three hours behind the wheel at night can make motorists drive as badly as if they were drunk, according to scientists. Driver tiredness after a few hours has the same effect as being over the drink-driving limit, a study has revealed.
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GM Hy-Wire – Hydrogen Car of the Future
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The General Motors Hy-wire hydrogen fuel cell vehicle has set the standard even among other futuristic hydrogen cars. Within its 11-inch thick skateboard chassis, the GM Hy-wire contains fuel cell (94 kw), electric motors and drive system that gives the most advanced design flexibility of any car to date. The weight from the drive components is also evenly distributed providing superior handling and resisting rollover forces.
2011 Facebook Stats and Facts
Facebook is used by 1 in13 people worldwide.
Facebook Statistics, Stats and Facts for 2011 are starting to roll out, and here is the first infographic to wrap them all up thanks to Online Schools. With over 500 million users, Facebook is now used by 1 in every 13 people on earth, with over 250 million of them (over 50%) who log in every day. The average user still has about 130 friends, but that should expand in 2011.
Skyscraper Building Boom in China
Shanghai Tower illustrations are displayed outside its construction site in Shanghai.
Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao, in Chicago today, will see a city famed as the birthplace of the skyscraper, for decades the towering symbol of U.S. economic ambition and power. These days, China has taken over as the skyscraper’s home.
Town Borrows All 16,000 Books From Library Threatened by Closure
The library with no books.
The residents of a small town in Britain have borrowed every single book from their local library in an attempt to stop it from being closed.
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U.S. Air Force Giant Spy Blimp Could be Afghanistan’s Biggest Brain
“Blue Devil”
Come this fall, there will be a new and extremely powerful supercomputer in Afghanistan. But it won’t be in Dave Petraeus’ headquarters in Kabul or at some three-letter agency’s operations center in Kandahar. It’ll be floating 20,000 feet above the warzone, aboard a giant spy blimp that watches and listens to everything for miles around.
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Japanese Post-Apocalyptic Housing Springs Up with the Push of a Button
EDV-01
We’ve seen many post-apocalyptic housing concepts before, but none have been quite as, well, realistic as the Japanese EDV-01. Daiwa House is actually producing these houses, which can spring up into mobile-houses with the push of a button. (Video)
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Study: 100 Percent Renewable Energy Possible by 2030
Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm
New research has shown that it is possible and affordable for the world to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, if there is the political will to strive for this goal.
Tim Wu’s “Master Switch” – The Rise and Fall of Companies Who Develop New Technologies
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Tim Wu, the Columbia law professor who came up with the term “net neutrality” in a research paper, has just written a new book, “The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires,” published by Knopf. The book chronicles the rise and fall of companies that develop new technologies, and discusses the future of the Internet.
Aquanotes For The Shower Thinker
Will waterproof notes be a hit?
Like many ideas, waterproof notepads seem like a good one initially. If you’re a driver, and you’ve ever gotten in an accident in the rain, you know how tricky it is, to jot down your co-accidentee’s information on a wet car trunk, with a wet pen, on a wet piece of paper, with water trickling down your nose.
This is not the reason however, for which Mark Knudsen came up with a waterproof notepad. What M.Knudsen claims, is that he kept having these fabulous ideas, while in the shower…
