Minuscule amounts of radioactive elements could safely power handheld electrical devices for months or even years, according to new research from the University of Missouri
Such electronics could help to eliminate mildly radioactive substances while providing cheap and reliable power [quote]T
Pool playing robot, and laser guided pool shots Both these inventions are amazing, the pool playing robot, is just plain scary, while being given guidance as to how to play your shot with laser guides, is great However thats what beer and pool partners are for It would still be a great teaching
Camera technology has finally reached a watershed moment, a $500 Canon produces prints indistinguishable by most people from a $40,000 Hasselblad Talent is now the defining attribute, not money spent
In fact it was the H2 system's narrower depth of field that occasionally was the only clear
Amalgam dental fillings – which contain the highly toxic metal mercury – pose a health risk, the Food and Drug Administration declared
After years of insisting the fillings are safe, the US government's Food and Drug Administration FDA has issued a health warning about them It represents a
Just what I always suspected, its your perception of pain that important, not necessarily the pain itself
I once nearly cut my toe off and was surprised when cleaning it out that I felt no pain despite seeing the bone, yet a cut can really hurt normally
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Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary A publicity blitz called it "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans
Experts protested that Ida wasn't even a close relative And now a new analysis sup
Here is a fun pic of some things that you may not have known about automobiles
Did you know someone actually swapped out an engine in a Ford Escort in 42 seconds Or that most car horns beep in the key of F Or that it would take about 157 days to drive to the moon at 60 mph
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Have you ever wanted to measure long distances but can never work it out This simple trick looks like a handy way to calculate distance, and a neat party trick as well
Your arm is about ten times longer than the distance between your eyes That fact, together with a bit of applied trigonometr
Two upcoming asteroid encounters are now regarded as no longer a threat to the Earth - see last post for update
NASA is drawing up a shortlist of ideas to be unveiled early next year for diverting a 40m-ton asteroid that is on course to pass dangerously close to Earth
The schemes will be p
Ida the new 'human' fossil was found in 1992 Just why did it take 14 years to become public Because it was so fragile, so destroyed, that it almost had to be totally remade The backstory to this find pokes holes in the massive public relations and advertising campaign currently being run in the
Many communities have enacted smoking bans in public places, some of which have been in effect for several years How is that affecting our overall health According to an analysis of studies, the bans are significantly cutting the rate of heart attacks in those communities
In longer-term stu
Video of amazing facts that you never knew Well worth watching
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We often complain that so many people are taking to the net, making blogs, posting on social networking sites, communicating with text messages, all with the rationale that writing is getting worse because of these new publishers But hang on, because so many more people are actually writing than
Gardeners keen to boost their crop of tomatoes may be surprised to learn they can turn to an unusual and free source of fertilizer It works just as well with cucumber, corn, cabbage and other crops Mind you, I would make sure they are thoroughly washed before eating
A team of Finnish researc
A video produced by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air hurtling into a collision with a 2009 Malibu at 40mph The outcome wasn’t pretty The driver of the Bel Air would be close to dead, while the driver of the Chevy, may have walked away
The idea was to
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