The Oil Leak is Plugged. What are the Damages?

Get your back to school tech. Here are some options. (video)

Masive Asteroid headed for Possible Earth Impact

Fortunately, the highest probability is in 2182. (video)

Ever seen a zedonk? (Video)

A zedonk a cross between a donkey and a zebra.

Can a credit card receipt make you sick?

You might be surprised.

President Obama has a part-time job explaining how government websites work (video)

Apparently, President Obama has a part-time job. He is explaining how government websites work. In this video, he explains Healthcare.gov. He forgets to click the box indicating he has a mental health problem...

Chevy Volt Comes With Sticker Shock (video)

The Chevy Volt will cost $41,000 and that number is reportedly heavily subsidized by taxpayers GM...

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Video: Titanic Expedition Was a Top Secret naval mission?

This is an interesting revelation.

Want to see what a hellfire missile does to a group of insurgents? (video)

Bye, bye, insurgents...

Barbaric! Breast Ironing of Young Girls in Cameroon (Video)

This practice is barbaric. (brief breast pictures)

Video: Diane Sawyer interviews the Harvard dropout behind Facebook

Finally, software to prevent people from sending flaming emails

Ever hit the email button and have an OMG moment after realizing your text could damage your job or even get you fired? Help is on the way. ToneCheck checks your email for sentences and phrases that might carry unintended emotion.

Whale watching gone horribly wrong (video)

Whale watching gone horribly wrong (video)

Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' on the Oil Spill (video)

The World's Most Powerful Lasers

Can a car go 1000 mile per hour?

A British team has a new design they claim will be the first 1000 mile per hour car.

Design Unveiled for First 1,000 Miles an Hour Car

FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters Life!) - A British team aiming to smash the current land speed record has unveiled the design of a pencil-shaped car... Read more here.

Astronomers have discovered the most massive stars to date

(Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser)

One weighs 300 times the mass of the Sun.

Stars Just Got Bigger: A 300-Solar-Mass Star Uncovered

How many work emails can you stomach before you cry "Uncle!"?

Do you suffer stress from email overload?

Tech Stress: How Many Emails Can You Handle a Day?

How many work emails can you stomach before you cry "Uncle!"?

According to a recent survey by Harris Interactive, the magic number for many an employee is 50 a day. Once they head north of that number, most say they can't keep up.

The survey, commissioned by email provider Intermedia... read more here.

Ship Based Laser Shoots Down Drone (Video)

The US Navy demonstrates a laser capable of shooting down moving targets.

Oil Leaking from sea floor near capped BP well

AP reported:

The government's point man for the spill, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said late Sunday the seep had been detected a distance from the busted oil well and demanded in a sharply worded letter that BP step up monitoring of the seabed. Allen didn't say what was coming from the seep....

China UFO Video

Hmm...Is it a rocket?

UFO Flying Over China July 9 2010!

New Mayan King's Tomb Discovered in Guatemala

(Credit: Arturo Godoy)

The tomb dates from around 350 to 400 AD.

Mayan King's Tomb Discovered in Guatemala

Steve Jobs Says 'Phones Aren't Perfect,' Offers Free Roll of Duct Tape

Actually, the truth is only slightly better. Instead of fixing the iPhone 4, Apple is offering a free bumper case.

Apple will give all iPhone 4 owners free bumper cases that will prevent reception problems plaguing the new smartphone, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs said today. The offer is good until September 30.

First Malaria-Proof Mosquito

Genetic Manipulation Renders Mosquito Immune to the Parasite.

First Malaria-Proof Mosquito: Genetic Manipulation Renders Them Completely Immune to the Parasite

BP reports the hole is plugged

For the first time in 87 days, oil has stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's broken well.

In a test, BP's new containment cap successfully contained the leak starting at 3:25 p.m. ET today, BP confirmed at an afternoon press conference. Live video of the leak showed no oil at the site where plumes of oil had been seen billowing into the Gulf since the disaster began in April.

Underwater video shows the BP cap placed on well to stop oil spill.

Oops. Triceratops and Torsaurus Were Same Dinosaur at Different Stages.

The classic image of a Triceratops is on the left. On the right is the new face of Triceratops, previously called Torosaurus. (Credit: Artwork by Holly Woodward, MSU graduate student)

It took one hundred years to find this mistake.

Triceratops and Torsaurus Were Same Dinosaur at Different Stages

The Costner Creation Takes on the Spill (video)

The Costner Creation Takes on the Spill (video)



Costner's skimmers have been sent to pull out 20,000 barrels of oil a day.

Larger Head Size May Protect Against Alzheimer's Symptoms

Finally, some good news for fat heads.

Larger Head Size May Protect Against Alzheimer's Symptoms

Sony will introduce new panoramic point and shoot 3-D cameras

3-D cameras are coming soon.

All Hail Our New Robotic Teachers

Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr. Robot

LOS ANGELES — The boy, a dark-haired 6-year-old, is playing with a new companion.

The two hit it off quickly...Read more here.

Video: Venus Flytrap in Action

Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls

What better way is there to lure your prey than to imitate them?

Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls; Predatory Trickery Documented for the First Time in Wild Felids in Americas

Fun Video: Invasive Fire Ants Lose Heads to Flies

Some birds can literally see magnetic fields

Sharp-eyed robins can see magnetic fields

Live video of BP's new operation to cap the Gulf oil spill #oilspill

Here is live video of BP's effort to install a new containment cap.

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Save on Your Water Bill With Rain (video)

Want to save money on your water bill?

Black Holes Can Blow Bubbles?

(Credit: ESO/L. Calçada)

NGC 7793 has blown a huge bubble of hot gas 1000 light-years across.

Black Hole Blows Big Bubble

Neanderthals were very buff

Neanderthal guys were full of natural steroids and had overdeveloped right arms. They would make modern humans look like 'girlie men.'

Neanderthal guys were no girlie-men.

Prehistoric man apparently boasted a rock-hard body, including an overdeveloped ... Read more here.

East Anglia Panel of Outside Scientists Clears East Anglica of Wrongdoing in Climategate Scandal

Remember the Climategate scandal tha originated with leaked emails from the University of East Anglia in England? East Anglica's own group of outside experts have cleared east Anglica of wrongdoing. What a shocker. Apply the whitewash and move along.

'Climategate' E-mails: Independent Panel Clears Global Warming Researchers

You'll recall that "Climategate" was a flood of about a thousand e-mails hacked...

1.3 Findings

Read more here.

Do Whales Shout?

Yes, when they need to overcome environmental noise.

Lone Whales Shout to Overcome Noise

Ready to Dump Your HDMI Cable for Something Better?

A new technology being developed will allow signal transmission over Cat5e/6 type Ethernet cables.

HDMI could soon be replaced by new cable technology

Do You Have a Bad Online Reputation? (video)

Do You Have a Bad Online Reputation?

Tips on managing what comes up when you search your name online.

Will Gulf Oil Spill Increase Levels of Toxic Arsenic

Recent research indicates oil spills can increase the levels of arsenic.

Oil Spills Raise Arsenic Levels in the Ocean, Says New Research

Happy Independence Day!

NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite finds black holes gas jets

XTE J1550-564 is a binary system in which an evolved star orbits -- and donates matter to -- a black hole estimated at 10 times the sun's mass. (Credit: ESO/L. Calçada)

Get Ready for Plastic Island

(Recycledisland.com)

I think I will stick with Hawaii for now.

Pacific Ocean to Receive Plastic Island

Move over Hawaii -- there's a new vacation destination forming in the Pacific, and its name is "Recycled Island."

A Netherlands-based architecture company... Read more here.

Multicellular Life is Over Two Billion Years Old

(Credit: Copyright CNRS Photo Library / A. El Albani & A. Mazurier)

New fossils from Gabon move proof of multicellular life from 600 million to 2.1 billion years ago.

Complex, Multicellular Life from Over Two Billion Years Ago Discovered

New Computer Program Can Decipher Ancient Language

A computer program that could decipher ancient languages was thought impossible a few years ago.

Computer automatically deciphers ancient language

Read more here.