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The Environment

Nature's Grossest Creatures

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 12.12.2008 10 Comments
A good dose of nature can still soothe the psyche of the modern human, but sometimes nature, red in tooth and claw, can also just gross you out. Wasps turn helpless caterpillars into a 24x7 buffet for young ones, mama mantis snacks on the head of its former lover, and a frog gives new meaning to oral fixation when nurturing the kiddies.

12.11.2008 at 06:14pm - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

Oh dear god!......the only thing that scares me is the bot fly, wouldn;t want to find THAT in you! :D -THE KID
Technology

Why the Fighter Plane Failed

By Posted on 12.10.2008 27 Comments
An explosion shook the San Diego neighborhood of University City yesterday afternoon when a U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed into a house. The pilot of the plane safely ejected, but a mother, child, and grandmother died when the plane hit their home, and another child is still missing.

12.10.2008 at 05:17pm - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

Ahahahahah lol funny i agree. The thing is thought we use to much tchnology. i wached this movie called the gods must be crazy and it was right, we are to depended on technology.the people who live in tribes with no technology can live and survive with no murders and crashes or anything.peaceful people.then a glass coco cola bottle falls from a plane and they start fighting over it and.....watch the movie.... :D But this is probably just a FAULT....all techniolgy has a fault....no technology is perfect....its all faulty like the tasers. -THE KID
The Environment

Comic: An Alternative, Alternative Energy

By Molika Ashford Posted on 2.10.2009 5 Comments
At the cusp of a new U.S. presidency, energy issues have been thrust full-force into the spotlight. Candidates talk a lot about alternatives like solar and wind, and even Clean Coal (systems that would capture carbon dioxide from coal plants to keep it out of the atmosphere). But alternative energy doesn't begin and end with these technologies. Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) are another little-known option. Since early 2007, scientists have been trying to persuade government and industry to start experimenting with this kind of geothermal energy with limited success. But this fall, Google donated $10 million to a few EGS startup projects, and the Department of Energy also set aside more funds for geothermal research. With some pilots in early, early stages, it looks like EGS is finally taking off, albeit slowly. But what are Enhanced Geothermal Systems, anyway? After the jump, a short primer in comic form.

10.31.2008 at 06:30pm - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

Since when has Geothermal been rarely discussed? But i think geothermal could help us a lot and it is almost an infinite source of energy right? Idk? -THE KID
Technology

Purchase a Lovely New Home On...Mars?

By Rachel Durfee Posted on 10.31.2008 17 Comments
Buzz Aldrin is fondly remembered as the second man to ever step foot on the moon, after his more famous compatriot Neil Armstrong. The former astronaut, now 78, is back in the spotlight after proclaiming that, should the United States space program send a mission to Mars, those astronauts should be prepared to stay there.

10.31.2008 at 06:27pm - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

Could this account for me? Im 12 O.o cool!!!!!!!! And i like science.....a lot....!! But i still think Mars is still to far away for us to live there i cant imagine how much stuff we will have to take to mars to live there they cant just keep sending supplies... I can only see this with quantum teleporting like in those comics and video games, but thats not reallity so.....i just cant see us living on mars, sad eh? Anyone have ideas? -THE KID
Science

The First Few Minutes After Death

By Sam Barrett Posted on 10.31.2008 23 Comments
After countless accounts of near-death experiences, dating as far back as ancient Greece, science is now taking serious steps forward to explore the nature of the phenomenon. A new project aims to determine whether the experience is a physiological event or evidence that the human consciousness is far more complicated than we ever believed.

10.31.2008 at 06:17pm - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

Mabey if we find out new things about the brain we might be able to use the information to cure some types of sicknesses? idk? This is so cool! -THE KID
Cars

Power Struggle

By Seth Fletcher Posted on 10.29.2008 73 Comments
The battery that will power the Chevrolet Volt weighs approximately 400 pounds and, stood on end, reaches a height of six feet. The $10,000-plus, T-shaped monolith contains 300 individual three-volt lithium-ion cells, bundled together in groups of three, then wired in series and kept from overheating by an elaborate liquid cooling mechanism.

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10.30.2008 at 08:30pm - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

Ugh, I cant believe what weve done to get ourselves into this power struggle. No1 ever thought about wat would happen in the years to come when they made cars so inefficient. But i guess they r starting to see the problems with present designs and we r finally thinking about the future. So yea....................^.- -THE KID
Entertainment & Gaming

The Most Realistic Video Games Yet

By Scott Steinberg Posted on 10.28.2008 7 Comments
Games are beginning to exploit the computational muscle of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to generate characters and environments that follow the rules of reality, not just preset sequences.

10.30.2008 at 08:19pm - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

I wonder what they will come up with next? Virtual reality made for your home? Could the Power Glove make a comeback? <(^.^)> -THE KID
Entertainment & Gaming

The Most Realistic Video Games Yet

By Scott Steinberg Posted on 10.28.2008 7 Comments
Games are beginning to exploit the computational muscle of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to generate characters and environments that follow the rules of reality, not just preset sequences.

10.30.2008 at 08:19pm - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

I wonder what they will come up with next? Virtual reality made for your home? Could the Power Glove make a comeback? <(^.^)> -THE KID
Cars

Man Flushes Arm on Bullet Train

By Stuart Fox Posted on 10.27.2008 2 Comments
Jack Handy once mused that if you drop your keys into molten lava, you should probably just let them go. Apparently, the same is true for cellphones dropped into toilets on trains. As first reported on the BBC, a 26-year old Frenchman got stuck up to the shoulder in a high speed TGV train toilet after dropping his cellphone into the bowl. The BBC article claims the victim “fell afoul of the suction system,” but some think that claim is either incorrect or raises more questions than answers.

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10.28.2008 at 06:28am - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

Haha This just made me think of safety scissors. They should make safety toilets. -THE KID
Gadgets

Fluid Focus

By Posted on 10.27.2008 12 Comments
In place of glass lenses that move in order to focus, liquid optics uses a drop of water that changes shape when an electric charge is applied. The system is smaller and cheaper than glass and can supposedly focus faster. The tech recently appeared in the Akkord SnakeCam, a webcam sold in China. We brought one stateside and pitted it against two versions with glass lenses.

10.28.2008 at 06:20am - Comment by Everyday Normal Kid

Look, chipper if u were to make something like that would u use water? Even if the did they probably would put some type of chemical or mabey use antifreeze? Or they might be saying water because its a liquid. IDK? -THE KID