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 [...]
“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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
This is really cool, and it took an Aussie to figure it out. Mathematics students have cause to celebrate. A University of New South Wales academic, Dr Norman Wildberger, has rewritten the arcane rules of trigonometry and eliminated sines, cosines and tangents from the trigonometric toolkit. What’s more, his simple new framework means calculations [...]
I would like to think my podcasting endeavours are going well, and I am trying to come up with new and fresh ideas. But then there’s always someone that has to try and outdo you… Technology experts who predicted that podcasting would “take off” have been proven right, literally, with a Discovery shuttle astronaut transmitting [...]
Today’s question will be answered by Homer Simpson. Question: What Is the Universe Made Of? Homer Simpson Answers: “”Mmmm… chocolate.” Previous Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Today’s question will be answered by Australian Prime Minister John Howard. Question: Will Malthus Continue to Be Wrong? John Howard Answers: “As long as Collingwood continue to lose their games.” Previous Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Today’s question will be answered by Tom Cruise. Question: Are We Alone in the Universe? Tom Cruise Answers: “You know what? There’s always cynics. There always has been. But there are definitely beings on other planets. And if you disagree with this, you don’t know the history of inter-galactic wars. I do. Your’e all [...]
Today’s question will be answered by the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy team. Question: How Does Earth’s Interior Work? Queer Eye Guys Answer: “It simply doesn’t. Too many drab browns. We would prefer to see more yellows and pinks.” Previous Parts: 1, 2, 3
