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Koreans make plastics without fossil fuel chemicals Posted: 2 days ago by Jerry520
A team of South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals.
Comments: 8 Score: [-] 539 [+].
Don't Smoke If You Have A Mac Posted: 2 days ago by suebe
Apple is voiding warranties of Mac laptops that need repair with traces of cigarette smoke.
*Another reason to quit*
Comments: 10 Score: [-] 413 [+].
Meat Band-Aids and Mass Production of Living Tissue Posted: 2 weeks ago by Bornbad
I'm touching a wet slab of protein, what feels like a paper-thin slice of bologna. It's supple, slimy, but unlike meat, if you were to slice it down the center today, tomorrow the wound would heal. It's factory-grown living tissue.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 334 [+].
Dear Prudence, I'm a mac, and he's a pc Posted: 2 weeks ago by gammerus
"I recently married my dream husband. We have incredible chemistry and a shared commitment to each other. When we disagree, we settle our differences by balancing logic and gut feelings. That is, until we came to our disagreement on which laptop I should buy to replace my Mac PowerBook..."
Comments: 12 Score: [-] 227 [+].
Facebook is an Alibi Posted: 2 weeks ago by suebe
Imagine if the most important sentence you ever wrote was a Facebook status update that goes something like this: "ON THE PHONE WITH THIS FAT CHICK......WHERER MY IHOP." Now you know how it feels to be 19-year-old Rodney Bradford, who used that all-caps message to keep himself out of prison.
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 532 [+].
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog Posted: 2 weeks ago by suebe
Posting online comments under multiple aliases is apparently against the law, at least in the case of Raphael Haim Golb, 49, who is suspected of using 50 different e-mail addresses and monikers — some of the names belonging to academic rivals — to bolster his arguments about the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 345 [+].
How To Use Your Hand As A Ruler Posted: 1 month ago by iamamaniac
If you’ve ever needed to measure the width of a box but have no ruler, here’s a handy (literally) tip.
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The Internet is about to die. Literally die! Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
One research group continues to claim that the "sky is falling" on the Internet thanks to high data growth rates and that network neutrality means the whole Internet could just "go away." Ars sifts through the hyperbole looking for a kernel of truth.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 176 [+].
Sky Tran Posted: 1 month ago by gammerus
Possibly the coolest new mode of public transportation.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 238 [+].
Introducing the Blade-Free Fan Posted: 1 month ago by Pazez
Welcome to the future.
f**k Jetpacks.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 775 [+].
NASA Returns to the Moon- and doesn't Stop There!* Posted: 2 months ago by Pazez
*Because they're planning to crash into it.
This is happening Friday, 6:15am EST; you're supposed to be able to see it with a telescope!
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Robo-pop Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
This Robot's Got Talent!
The amazing humanoid can sing songs by using brilliant new electronic voice technology.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 160 [+].
US spontaneous human combustion raygun Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Flying frying machine gives car a nasty burn.
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The 150,000 Dollar Homework Posted: 2 months ago by suckersklub
Amazon settled a lawsuit over a teenager's homework, which was lost during the infamous deletion of Orwell's 1984 e-book from all Kindle™ devices, by paying a ridiculous amount of money.
Personally, I think even in college I never submitted any homework that was worth more than 50 bucks.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 262 [+].
A judge saves thousands by allowing someone to testify via Skype instead of flying to New York. Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
A Queens judge solved the problem of a civil trial that involved a plaintiff in India by simply having the man testify yesterday using the Internet telephone/video provider Skype, saving thousands in costs and days of people's time.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 492 [+].
Asteroid attack: Putting Earth's defences to the test Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
IT LOOKS inconsequential enough, the faint little spot moving leisurely across the sky. The mountain-top telescope that just detected it is taking it very seriously, though. It is an asteroid, one never seen before.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 219 [+].
Russian Billionaire Installs Anti-Photo Shield on Giant Yacht Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
The 557-foot boat Eclipse, the price tag of almost $1.2 billion, set sail this week with a slew of show-off features, from two helipads, two swimming pools and six-foot movie screens in all guest cabins, to a mini-submarine and missile-proof windows to combat piracy and, an anti-paparazzi “shield”
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 420 [+].
Electric superbike smashes speed record by breaking through 150mph mark Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
An electric superbike has broken a land speed record by bursting though the 150mph mark .
The zero-emissions Mission One ridden by Jeremy Cleland became the fastest electric-powered vehicle when it hit an average speed of 150.059mph over two miles.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 305 [+].
Court OK's use of secret GPS tracking devices Posted: 2 months ago by kakana
For the first time, the state's highest court ruled today that the state Declaration of Rights allows police to break into a suspect’s car to secretly install GPS tracking devices, provided they have a warrant before they act.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 355 [+].
1,000 MPH car Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Britain’s Richard Noble, the reigning king of land speed, is building a rocket on wheels to shatter his own record. The only problem: A ragtag American team might beat him to it
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Nano-technology vs Kevlar Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
Nanocomp Technologies, is the first in the world to make sheets of carbon nanotubes -- microscopic tubes stronger than steel but lighter than plastic.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 207 [+].
Garlic farm wards off high-speed internet Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
A Nova Scotia garlic farmer has put the brakes on high-speed internet coming to Victoria Harbour, a rural community on the Bay of Fundy, fearing radiation from microwave towers will affect his crops.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 298 [+].
Two MIT Students Take Pictures From Space On a $150 Budget Posted: 2 months ago by cb__
Perhaps more significantly, they managed to accomplish this feat using components available off-the-shelf to the average layperson.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 395 [+].
9/11 Google Doodle Posted: 2 months ago by cb__
Well, more like there was none. Not earth-shattering but it was surprising to me. Did you guys think so too? Just curious..
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You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
Unlike traditional browser cookies, Flash cookies are relatively unknown to web users, and they are not controlled through the cookie privacy controls in a browser. That means even if a user thinks they have cleared their computer of tracking objects, they most likely have not.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 279 [+].
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