Scientists Create World’s 1st Artificial Leaf, 10X as Efficient as the Real Thing

Talk about Green Energy! This week, scientists say that they’ve passed a chemistry milestone by creating the world’s first practical photosynthesis device. The playing-card-sized photosynthetic gadget uses sunlight to split water molecules...

March 31, 2011 3:08 pm / no comments

The Ghost Of Edward R. Murrow

My all-time favorite ESPN anchor was let go this week. Steve Berthiaume? Chris Fowler? Hannah Storm? No it was Keith Olbermann. Sure he’s been at MSNBC the last 8 years, but I do miss the Golden Years of ESPN. If you were a true sports fan...

January 27, 2011 5:55 pm / no comments

Cola Powered Nokia Phone

Imagine a day when recharging your phone could be as easy as cracking open a soda. Chinese Inventor Daizi Zheng has redesigned a Nokia phone that uses bio-batteries as an alternative to conventional batteries. A bio-battery is an ecologically...

January 17, 2011 4:11 pm / no comments

Healthy Cast Iron – The Original Nonstick

If studies linking nonstick coatings with various health risks have you throwing out your old and chipped teflon pans, you may be wondering how you’ll ever replace them. Yes you’ve got to admit they’re convenient, especially...

January 13, 2011 2:49 pm / no comments

2,000 Red-Winged Blackbirds Fall Dead From The Sky

The plains of Arkansas filled up with the unexpected, over 2,000 red-winged blackbirds. By Sunday evening, authorities had finished cleaning up the piles of dead black bird bodies that littered the ground after they fell to the Earth for a...

January 3, 2011 1:26 am / 1 comment