Science & Technology

The Lost World of Lake Vostok.

I found this gem on TopDocumentaryFilms.com and I had to share it here. Lake Vostok, Russian for “East,” is the biggest subglacial lake found underneath Antarctica. Andrey Kapitsa, as part of a Soviet expedition in 1959 and 1964, used seismic readings from the Soviet’s Vostok Station and theorized from his findings that there was a […]

Virus cells utilized to fight cancer.

Scientists modified the vaccinia virus, the same used to develop the smallpox vaccine, to genetically engineer a virus that targets cancer cells. JX-594 virus needs specific chemical pathways found in certain cancer cells to replicate. The virus is delivered intravenously enabling it to target tumors that are visible. 23 patients, each with cancer tumors spread […]

Meat from a tube, how rude.

Scientists are salivating at the prospect of testtube meat products, hoping to produce a whole hamburger within a year’s time. I’m not salivating, I’m just pre-retching everything I’ve ever eaten before. Meat from a tube is not a new thing, Germans have been using it in Liverwurst and (as the video above describes…painfully) many so […]

Zombie HP TouchPad shambles forward.

HP is doing another run of its suddenly popular TouchPad, this just weeks after announcing the death of the platform and, indeed, of all HP’s WebOS properties. Demand for the TouchPad has been high since its prices have been slashed from something astronomical to $100 and $150 for the models. This has caused a firestorm […]

CNET reports iPhone 5 lost by Apple employee at a restaurant.

CNET has a knack for getting the most relevant tech news out before anyone else, and they seem to have done it again. Reportedly an Apple employee has misplaced an iPhone 5 at a restaurant, and if anyone remembers the storm of controversy that surrounded a similar incident with the iPhone 4, then I hope […]

Now introducing the Apple iPlank. It’s phenomenal to behold.

A woman in Spartanburg, SC, purchased the above thinking it was a real iPad. The block of wood with crude, Apple-esque features came at a price of $180 dollar and was given to her in a FedEx box. Obviously, upon opening the box and trying to plug it in, she realized it was probably not […]

Planet made of diamond discovered.

Found near a pulsar star PSR J1719-1438, a planet comprised entirely of carbon about the size of our sun. In other words, there is a gigantic diamond floating around a small star in space. I’ll bet it is beautiful to behold. Having arisen from the ashes of a supernova in a binary star system, the pulsar […]

L’affaire iPhone.

Apple will be pursuing charges against the two young men who found the left-behind iPhone 4 in a California bar before it was officially released to the public. The pair sold the iPhone 4 to Gizmodo, a tech blog, for $5000 and now Apple is going to pursue action against the blog as well claiming […]

Here comes a redesigned 3DS already.

Nintendo, after slashing the price of the 3DS console, is now redesigning this gem of a handheld, likely to streamline costs and make the current price more palatable for the company. The 3DS is a neat console but I haven’t been taken in by its magic quite yet. I did thoroughly enjoy the Nintendo DS […]

Epicenter of East Coast earthquake in Mineral, VA according to Der Spiegel.

Der Spiegel lists the epicenter of the 5.9 earthquake that shook the East Coast at Mineral, VA. DC government offices were evacuated and 1000s of people are on the streets in New York for safety precautions. It is rare to have an earthquake on the East Coast, but this psychic predicted such an occurrence in […]