The next time that you visit your local dentist and they ask you to open wide for your exam, the dentist may find something more than a couple of unfilled cavities.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Glow Stick Goo For Your Guts
A new rave scene is about to kick off in your local doctors office, but this time the glow sticks won’t be the only things that are glowing-your guts will be too. That’s because researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University recently developed a fluorescent protein that will illuminate the inside of our bodies like never before, making internal organs far more visible, even if they appear downright toxic, and eliminating the need to cut the patient open in order to see what’s going on inside.Can Playgrounds Be Too Safe?
When I was a kiddo, my favorite playground activities were climbing to the top of the monkey bars and spinning way too fast on the merry-go-round. Since then, playgrounds have become increasingly more safe, and according to the New York Times, less mentally stimulating. The article argues that these changes have resulted in kids being less willing to take risks and more of them developing life-long fears -things that are a lot worse than an occasional broken bone.
Why a WWI Warplane Sits On Top a Manhattan Office Building
Though a WWI British warplane appears to have just landed on top of 77 Water Street in Lower Manhattan, the antique plane has resided on top of the office building since 1969. Film location scout Nick Carr only recently uncovered why: the owners of the building just figured they might as well do something interesting with the otherwise unused top of the building. In fact, other buildings owned by the William Kaufman Organization also sport interesting but completely unnecessary details, including a three-story chess board on 767 Third Avenue.
A Temple Made From Beer Bottles
The "Beast" gets fined
The president's motorcade raises the ire of locals during his visit to London.
Also: 'Geyser' rocks parked car
A car is tossed about when a manhole in Montreal erupts with a wave of water.
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Sand drawing seen from space
A wealthy sheik employs a crew of workers to write five letters in the sand of his private island.
Also: Nature's record breakers
Nature's record breakers
Meet the biggest, the fastest and the deadliest the natural world has to offer.
Giant sinkhole under bed
A woman thinks she hears an outside explosion, but the damage is much closer to home.
Also: U.S. kids fail at geography
The test goes beyond naming countries and includes questions on economic development.
Also: How Istanbul got its name
After the fall of the Byzantine Empire in the late 15th century, the name "Constantinople" fell into disuse, with no obvious replacement. But over the centuries in which Constantinople was the urban hub of the area (and, as you'll see, even after its fall), people referred to it as "the city."
The Greek phrase for "in the city" is "εις την πόλη" which is pronounced "is tin Poli." Over time, this became "Istanbul."
The Greek phrase for "in the city" is "εις την πόλη" which is pronounced "is tin Poli." Over time, this became "Istanbul."
Stone Age Rest Stop
In Britain a super market chain was building a new store when they uncovered the remains of a seven thousand year old rest stop. Wouldn’t it have been weirder if they were going to build a highway rest stop?
Archaeologists believe the remains of burned oak uncovered at the site of the first Sainsbury’s in the Highlands to be evidence of an ancient “rest stop”.
Teen Kills Possible Chupacabra
A teenage boy in Texas has claimed to have shot and killed a Chupacabra, the infamous “goat sucker” of Cryptozoology. I like how although they claim to have the Chupacabra dead in their backyard, there is still only this grainy, blurry photo. If you claim you have a Chupacabra you really have to get in there with the HD camera, and snap some high res photos and video.
“It just walked across and started shaking, slowly moving across,” Pope said. “No hair on it at all, the back legs were shriveled up, and I honestly think it was a chupacabra.”
Pope said he ran to his parents’ room to wake up his dad to come see what he had discovered.
“I thought, ‘I’m dreaming or this kid is crazy, but probably a little bit of both,’” Pope’s father Will said.
Will said when he came outside with his son, he was amazed by the creature. The animal was about 200 feet away when Pope fired three shots before the animal stopped moving.
Woman Can’t Leave Her Monkeys At Home
She really likes her monkeys. In Illionois: Monkey mad mother who takes her beloved macaques everywhere she goes!
Monkey lover Connie Tibbs will argue she is anything but bananas - however these pictures prove otherwise. Mrs Tibbs, 37, is so obsessed with her pet macaques - all five of them, that she refuses to let them out of her sight.
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