• 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 06:05pm - Comment by LinkinPark Fan

    SO COOL!! I loved the "blobfish"

  • 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 06:05pm - Comment by LinkinPark Fan

    SO COOL!! I loved the "blobfish"

  • Gadgets

    Grade-A Gadgets

    By Posted on 9.12.2008 3 Comments

    Tuitions may be rising, but the prices of digital tools and toys keep dropping. From ultralight laptops to Net-connected digicams, we pick innovative, feature-rich devices that won't impoverish you.

    12.10.2008 at 04:42pm - Comment by LinkinPark Fan

    there's better- NO IPOD TOUCH?

  • Gadgets

    A House That Walks

    By John Brandon Posted on 11.6.2008 19 Comments

    Houses are normally fairly stationary objects, and that's not considered a bad thing. But innovation never stands still, and a new prototype house that can walk on six legs has been built . The house is ten feet high, powered by solar panels, and is outfitted with a kitchen, toilet, bed, and wood stove. Last week, the house, a collaboration between MIT and the Danish design collective N55, took a journey through Cambridgeshire in England as part of an art project at the Wysing Art Center. Designed to move at the muscle speed of a human, the house walked at about five kilometers an hour around the 11-acre campus. (See video)

    12.10.2008 at 04:40pm - Comment by LinkinPark Fan

    like what if the house were walking- and it stepped on some1.. OUCH!!!!!!!!!

  • Technology

    The Making and Unmaking of the American Hovercraft

    By Posted on 7.31.2008 4 Comments

    In 1959, William Bertelsen became the unlikely star of a national science magazine. He wasn't a scientist. He was the country doctor of Neponset, Ill., his hometown of 500 people; he was married, with three girls and one boy. In all his days at school, he hadn't taken a single class in aerodynamics, and only took one course in physics. Then, at 38, his career in cooking up futuristic, unorthodox vehicles began.

    12.10.2008 at 04:36pm - Comment by LinkinPark Fan

    i wish i had an acv 4 a car....



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