December 3, 2008

Will the mammoth return?

It may sound like the storyline of a film and in fact, this scenario has been the basis to many books, TV programmes and films, but could this be the age where scientists begin to repopulate the world with species that have been extinct.
However, when the frozen remains of a mammoth were found in Siberia [...]

November 27, 2008

Flying tool bag over the UK

Last night the most famous tool bag in the history of the world passed over the UK, keen star gazers would have been able to the tool bag that was dropped by astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper while she was working on the international space station.
The tool bag, which is valued at around £100,000, is drifting just [...]

November 6, 2008

Beer can be good ok

At last, the news that anyone who spends more time in the pub than they know that they should has been waiting for, beer can be good for you!
This follows the same principles that we have seen with red wine, according to research by the students at Rice University in Texas, they feel that beer [...]

November 4, 2008

Amazon cutting back on plastic

For anyone who has bought a memory card, USB flash drive or something similar they could not have failed to notice that the packaging that these small items come in are virtually impregnable and if the buyer had no access to a very strong pair of scissors, then it would be unavailable for a while.
Fortunately [...]

October 31, 2008

Not all greens are that perfect

It seems that not all eco friendly consumers are as green as they would to think they are, many people who try practice a green lifestyle are often inclined to go with design as well as the environmental effect of products, which can often be a compromise.
These consumers do not go out of their way [...]

October 17, 2008

Computer games are good

Some organisations believe that kids who spend a long time sitting in front of their computers or games consoles playing games all night long is a bad thing. But on the other hand there is another thought that some games can do kids good.
The is an event running by games developers and the Enter­tain­ment [...]

October 6, 2008

Yachts with added security

How things have changed since the early days of the sailing dingy where the well-heeled people would take to the water in their wooden yachts and have a fun days messing about on the water.
However the influx of the super rich appear to be escaping the horrors of the credit crunch and are able to [...]

September 19, 2008

Boy makes new solar cell

This is the type of news that we like to hear, it’s about a twelve year old boy named, William Yuan from Beaverton, Oregon in the States, nothing spectacular about that until you know what he has been able to make.
He has developed a new type of solar cell; yes, this is a twelve year [...]

September 17, 2008

Best geeky film actors

The best actors from geeky type films, does not necessarily mean that these are the best films, it is the actors that we are talking about here. It is surprising though, how many of these actors are classically trained, they are just as comfortable playing in a Shakespeare production as being an alien.
Maybe this is [...]

August 29, 2008

Yoda not allowed on FaceBook

This is just one of those times when your name can be a distinct disadvantage, imagine trying to open an account with a social networking site and after enter your name the site pops up with an error message.
Well this particular person is from Japan and is named Hiroko Yoda, yes and that is why [...]

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