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Science

Building the Real Iron Man

By Posted on 5.7.2008 47 Comments
Afghanistan. A hidden bunker. Four men with rifles guard a thick, rusted steel door. Bam! A huge fist pounds against it—from inside. Bam! More blows dent the steel. The hinges strain. The guards cower, inching backward. Whatever's trying to break out is big. And angry.

4.9.2008 at 10:00pm - Comment by Ewok

=O wow Just out of curiosity, if you were lifting weights in the suit, would that build your muscle? If so, it could help people in rehabilitations to lift like a bajillion pounds and gain there muscle back, or help me show off to the ladies :)
Science

Preference for Boys Seen Among Asian-Americans

By Posted on 4.3.2008 5 Comments
In many Asian countries, the cultural preference for boys is resulting in lopsided sex ratios. To those who assume theres no prenatal sex discrimination in the United States, think again. The first published analysis of its kind, which appears in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals that some—but not most—Asian families in America are choosing to have a son after one or more daughters.

4.3.2008 at 08:22pm - Comment by Ewok

maybe in some areas of the US, not I can guarnatee that abortion for just asian males does not happen in the majority of the US, as an asian speaking some people left there country so they could live freely and give there children equal oppourtunity, so why would it make sense to kill off your daughter if your daughter had an equal setting with boys? It doesn't.
Entertainment & Gaming

Can a Swimsuit Be Too Good?

By Posted on 3.27.2008 21 Comments
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Can_a_Swimsuit_Be_Too_Good'; Even we didnt guess it would be this good. When I wrote last month about Speedos latest swimsuit—an extremely high-tech full-body wonder—three world records had already been broken by LZR-clad swimmers. Coincidence? Maybe. But, after eight more records fell in the past month, the suit is causing some serious waves.

3.30.2008 at 06:24pm - Comment by Ewok

Well KingFatty, you drastically exagerated the example, but anyways shoes do matter a little in tennis, basketball BUT swimsuits mean a LOT more to swimmers then shoes do to tennis players or basketball players.
Gadgets

Glow Rug

By Posted on 3.28.2008 6 Comments
As someone who has broken the same pinky toe three times and fractured my fifth metatarsal once, I can immediately see the appeal of a rug that lights up when you step on it. (I will conveniently neglect to mention that all my breaks happened during the middle of the day.) Invented by two engineering students at London South Bank University, the rug uses electroluminescence to glow under the weight of a footfall.

3.30.2008 at 06:12pm - Comment by Ewok

It seems like a good idea, but also if you do have this kind of carpet, wouldn't it be creepy yet irritating at the same time? Your eyes are more sensitive at night, so the light off the carpet could be pretty annoying
Science

Science Confirms the Obvious: Allergies Make You Uncomfortable

By Posted on 3.21.2008 2 Comments
A coworker of mine is often itchy. Hives. She keeps a bottle of water in the office freezer to hold up against her skin when the hives strike on the job, but sometimes she doesnt come to work at all. Ill admit I dont always buy it.

3.21.2008 at 10:42pm - Comment by Ewok

the picture is disgusting.
Science

The Eye of the Mantis Shrimp

By Posted on 3.21.2008 3 Comments
The mantis shrimp (which oddly is neither a mantis nor a shrimp, but a crustacean that resembles both) has arguably the most complicated visual system of any animal on Earth. Its compound eyes sit on independently moving stalks and can see colors ranging from ultra-violet to infra-red. Each eye is divided into three regions for tracking motion, forms, depth, and color. All of this, it is theorized, is done without the aid of its tiny brain. (Its also got claws that can smash through glass, but that well save for another article). Now add to this an entirely new kind of vision previously unknown: the mantis shrimp can see circular polarized light.

3.21.2008 at 10:41pm - Comment by Ewok

i don't think ants see anything spectacular, the use there antennas to sense
Science

Yahoo Says it Won't Come Cheap

By Posted on 3.19.2008 1 Comments
Yahoo surprised analysts yesterday, announcing that it is on track to meet its expected earnings for 2008. This changes the fight between the Sunnyvale-based company and Microsoft, which recently offered to pay $42 billion to swallow it up. Now Yahoo has a bit more leverage, and may be able to convince investors that its not in such bad shape after all. The company says it expects to double its cash flow and increase its revenue by 50 percent, mostly from banner and video advertising.

3.19.2008 at 11:40pm - Comment by Ewok

yahoo has gone cukoo
Science

Blue Light Special For Tired Truckers

By Posted on 3.18.2008 6 Comments
Bye-bye, NoDoz.

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3.18.2008 at 05:00pm - Comment by Ewok

I don't really get it, blue light makes me sleepy? How is it suppose to keep you awake, but nonethless it was a very intresting article.
The Environment

Greener Buildings for Cleaner Air

By Posted on 3.18.2008 8 Comments
I live in a hundred year-old house where most everything is original: the windows (drafty), the walls (uninsulated), the furnace (burns oil). I need only look at my heating bill every month to deduce what the Commission for Environmental Cooperation has determined through a two-year study—homes and office buildings in North America account for over one-third of the continent's greenhouse gas emissions. They are terribly inefficient.

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3.18.2008 at 04:59pm - Comment by Ewok

to the comment above, it could be because the house holds sentimental value. Its just a guess, but America will never beat Europe in this "green" race, the immigrants coming over here are making it ridiculously impossible.
Entertainment & Gaming

The Super Mario Multiverse

By Posted on 3.22.2008 10 Comments
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/general_sciences/Super_Mario_explains_parallel_universes_2'; You're unique. Aren't you? One of the more creative hypotheses surrounding quantum mechanics posits the exact opposite. Though we can readily see only one world, quantum mechanics says that when were not observing the particles that make up that world, those particles exist in multiple places at once. There are many theories that attempt to grasp what this means, but one of the most tantalizing is Hugh Everett's multiverse concept.

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3.18.2008 at 04:56pm - Comment by Ewok

This is truely facinating, I was once thinking about the same thing, and how cool it would be if just say one of these parallel universes were to overlap. Imagine a ZILLION of myselves in other universes, heck one could even me typing this same thing O_o