All Entries Tagged With: "Science and Technology"
Quote of the Day
“‘Sprouts can cause bouts of flatulence in animals and humans. But I don’t think any of us were prepared for a smell that strong.”
- Michael Riozzi of Chessington Zoo in Surrey, after the zoo apologized to visitors for the stench coming from a gorilla enclosure after feeding the animals sprouts.
Conversations With a Plant
Reuters reports on the latest in Israeli brilliance: Scientists “listening” to plants to find water pollution.
Scientists in Israel have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by “listening” to what the plants growing in water have to say.
By shining a laser beam on the tiny pieces of algae floating in the water, the [...]
Seeing Through Walls
The word cool does not even begin to describe our latest invention.
It’s not easy to locate Camero’s offices in the Kfar Neter industrial zone, but it may have just gotten easier. The startup has developed a system that allows users to see through walls.
It sounds just like a comic book fantasy come true – after [...]
Terrorists Heart Google
Introducing the palestinian terrorists’ latest weapon: Google.
Palestinian militants are using Google Earth to help plan their attacks on the Israeli military and other targets, the Guardian has learned.
Members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a group aligned with the Fatah political party, say they use the popular internet mapping tool to help determine their targets for [...]
A Snip in Time Saves Lives
More proof of The Snip’s health benefits:
Scientists say conclusive data shows there is no question circumcision reduces men’s chances of catching HIV by up to 60 percent ‚Äî a finding experts are hailing as a major breakthrough in the fight against AIDS. The question now is how to put that fact to work to combat [...]
Animals in the Womb
Wow.
Using ultrasound, a battery of cameras and computer graphics, imaging experts have created unprecedented television pictures of animals still in the womb.
Fetal dolphins are, apparently, easy to get on camera, but for elephants the procedure is rather more convoluted and involves shoulder-length rubber gloves.
The pictures of live animal fetuses were created for broadcast at Christmas on [...]
How to Convince Your Wife, Girlfriend, or Mistress to Get Breast Implants
“In a terrorist attack, they may just save your life.”
An Israeli woman’s breast implants saved her life when she was wounded in a Hizbollah rocket attack during Israel’s war with the Lebanese group, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday. Doctors found shrapnel embedded in the silicone implants, just inches from the 24-year-old’s heart. She was saved [...]
Mystery Solved
Question: What came first – the chicken or the egg?
Answer: The egg.
It’s a question that has baffled scientists, academics and pub bores through the ages: What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Now a team made up of a geneticist, philosopher and chicken farmer claim to have found an answer. It was the egg.
Put simply, [...]
Pantscast
Is that a joystick in your pocket or are you happy to see me?….you must have the latest Levi’s RedWire DLX Jeans.
Denim giant Levi Strauss said on Tuesday it had designed jeans compatible with the iPod music player, featuring a joystick in the watch pocket to operate the device.
The Levi’s RedWire DLX Jeans for men [...]
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