The first extended look at The Avengers just premiered at Disney's D23 Expo. Here's our spoiler-y rundown of what we saw. Here's the spoiler-free version: everything we saw looked like an awesome mix of epic, funny, and badass. More »
If "Jurassic Park" taught me anything, it's that Velociraptors are terrifyingly awesome. So hearing Sam Neil give that classic speech brings me right back to that fascination. And the terror. Don't forget the terror. [This Is Colossal] More »
(don't forget to read Part 1 and Part 2)
Snow White’s chance for redemption finally came last year. I got an email from Adam Burgasser, an astronomer at UC San Diego, best known for his studies of brown dwarfs in the local universe (less well known, but perhaps more relevant in this case, is that I was his Ph.D. advisor a decade ago). Adam had just moved from MIT where he had helped design a
"Researchers from Birmingham University claimed the designer drug, also known as MDMA, could be used to treat leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma after making it 100 times more effective at suppressing growth. Ecstasy was already known to be effective against more than half of white blood cell cancers, but previously the large dose required to treat a tumour would also have killed the patient. More »
Over the years the top of pistons have been modified to improve air- fuel mix to improve combustion - performance.
Has anybody information about a rectangular combustion chamber like the Wankle engine but slightly different. For the sake of discussion, imagine, a 6in. dia. X 3 in wide rotor in a ho
Reports are coming in from the regions that Muammar Gaddafi and his sons have fled Libya. Al Jazeera reports that Pro-Gaddafi residents in Tripoli have gotten texts telling them to "eliminate agents with weapons." More »
I have an old Hyster(compact american)with a Chrysler continental flat four engine,does anyone know where I can get new points for the distributor from,thanks,dave
Driving fast is awesome. Getting tickets sucks. But at the end of the day, probably safer. One Englishman agreed. He noticed that speed cameras are a good deterrent for speeders. Only he didn't need a camera. He used a bird feeder that looks like a camera. More »
No, these never get old and this one is great. The end is particularly funny—if you're aware that HP is considering quitting the PC business, that is. More »
Dear Friends,
I am a new learner of ETAP. i have just begun ETAP Learning by myself. If anyone of you can help me regarding ETAP learning in any way, i will be really thankul to you.
can you also give me any link of ETAP discussion forum???
Thanking in anticipation
Regards
your needy Friend
Many of you in the comments remarked that 13-year-old Aidan Dwyer's breakthrough was nothing new. Fair enough. But it'd be different if someone totally disproved it. One blogger claims to have done it. Can I get an expert in here? More »
How glandvent condensor works?
Because everyone loves bacon. St. Louis's Iron Barley restaurant went after the biggest BLT world record this past week, and they owned it. What resulted was a behemoth of bacon perhaps too much even for Epic Meal Time. More »
In the midst of all the news about the TouchPad fire sale, some people might feel left out in the lurch with their pre-downfall tablets. You're covered; HP will reportedly refund you your money or pay back the difference on the sale prices. More »
Those seas of red outside Verizon stores will soon dissolve. Enough progress was made in the negotations to allow Verizon's 45,000 workers that took to picketing two weeks ago to return to work on Monday. More »
just out of curiosity ... hw long does long does marijuana take to clear out of the blood after being smoked ....
Not that one should go around shaming seeing-eye dogs. But the Tacit haptic glove, designed by Steve Hoefer, is a little DIY project that fires sonar from the wrist, keeping a visually impaired individual aware of their surroundings. More »
Best Buy won't be offering you that sweet $99 discount on the TouchPad this weekend. In fact, they're not selling them anymore at all. They're not authorized to. Instead, they'll be offering an extended, 60-day return/exchange period. Updated. More »
