Tag: science

Facelift Pill

If we didn’t have enough pills to swallow. The facelift pill is coming to tuck away those wrinkled years. So how exactly does it work? Scientists who developed the little red pill modified lycopene (a red antioxidant pigment found in tomatoes) into a form more easily absorbed by human body cells and combined it with […]

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Seedless Watermelon

A strange thing is happening to the watermelon. The seeds have disappeared. Where is the fun in spitting seeds. Apparently none. The consumer has spoken and they demanded no seeds. Not only are they juicer but they last longer. The altered seedless watermelon is not alone. Grapes have been seedless for some time. To find […]

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Out of Nothing Comes Something

Stephen Hawking’s new book The Grand Design is creating a stir. The search for the Holy Grail is over, God did not create the universe. The universe created itself. The theoretical physicist claims God had no role in the universe and our lonely planet came by chance under the greatest lucky circumstances. The Grand Design […]

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Vintage Calculator Museum

The internet seems to hold just about everything. Even a vintage calculator museum. With a gratis virtual Windows based calculator there is not much need for an actual one for many. Calculations are now incorporated in most computerized applications. In the 70’s calculators were a must. via-Vintage Technology Tony M.If this article made you think, […]

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Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking

Food needs a modern cookbook for the 21st century. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking is leading the way in a new approach of fine cuisine with the science and art behind the making of food. In Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young, and Maxime Bilet–scientists, inventors, […]

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Mummies of the World

These are not the most lively bunch at the California Science Center in Exhibition Park. The mummy collection of dead souls has managed to attract over 100,000 living souls already since July 1, 2010. Mummification is not solely attributed to Egypt, many cultures have tried to preserve the corpses of individuals or some were victims […]

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Expedition Titanic

The fascination of the Titanic seems to be one that captures the imagination of many. The plight of the doomed ship lies dormant undersea for new expeditions to explore anew. A sea time capsule trapped in cold waters with some secrets lost forever is a siren that lures many. Expedition Titanic with some of the […]

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Bacon Bits

via: OnlineSchools.org Some consider bacon to be the meat candy. Bacon can be dressed up with many things from salads to burgers. Of course there are those who are a bit adventurous and find new and alarming ways to incorporate bacon into clogging artery based recipes. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back […]

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Patently Silly

Everybody has the next great idea. For every useful patented idea there is a crop of stupid ones. Daniel Wright is a comedian and his site Patently Silly explores the recesses of absurd ingenuity. From the bizarre to just plain silly. These are not made up patents, all were issued from the US Patent and […]

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Shark Week Again

It’s shark week again this year at Discovery. Who is the real predator? From 1580 to 2007, there were a reported 64 fatal great white shark attacks. Sharks haven’t fared as well: When you count every species, millions of sharks are killed by humans every year. Read more>> Tony M.If this article made you think, […]

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Virtual Map of National Mood Swing Through Twitter

The national mood swing can now be seen through the eyes of Twitter. It can be best described as an online mood ring for the masses charted with a cartogram created by researchers from Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Sciences and Harvard Medical School. This video shows the mood in the U.S., as […]

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Outsourcing Wombs

Most of North American jobs are being outsourced in India and China. Why not outsource surrogate motherhood? Indian girls are the latest in outsourcing business as developed countries are turning to India for rent-a-womb programs for couples either too busy to have children or not able to have them. The rent-a-womb business is toned down […]

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