Author: Bijoy Daniel

The current financial crisis is often described in terms evocative of Poseidon’s wrath: a wave of foreclosures, a perfect storm…

A French builder attaches the body of a sports car to a motorcycle

Dr Andrew Marshall, from the Environment Department at the University of York is the first who spotted a member of the species (and reported it) while surveying monkeys. The meeting however was extremely unfortunate for the chameleon, which was shortly after eaten by a snake. The specimen was collected (I really have no idea how), […]

Bolivia is primarily known for two things: being the poorest country in South America, and having a president with a…

You’re not going to power too many devices with electricity from trees. But it is a very interesting phenomenon.

The FCC chairman argues that an open Internet is a must for innovation

A recent study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that obesity related disorders account for ~10% of the total medical spending in the U.S. or, money-wise, approximately a whooping $147 billion. The study continues on stipulating that obese individuals spend 40% more on medical treatment than those of normal weight, […]

Mike Massimino hit the news in May as the first to “Tweet” in space. He began “tweeting” under the name “Astro Mike” while training for the STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Soon nearly 250,000 people were following his Twitter feed. The reality is that Massimino probably wasn’t really “tweeting” at all, at […]

Minuscule beacons tell pilotless aircraft where to bomb.

A previously unknown volcanic eruption was uncovered by scientists at the University of Leeds. It’s believed that this massive eruption took place 260 million years ago in South West China and released half a million cubic kilometers of lava covering a land mass the size of Great Britain and destroying marine life everywhere throughout the […]