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 -> Speaking of wireless...
...watch where you are going!
4,127 views | 19 Dec 2003
 -> Fighting cancer with common cold?
Interesting! Can the common cold ever be a good thing? It is if you've figured out a way to genetically engineer the virus so that it fights and kills cancerous cells - while leaving healthy cells intact.
911 views | 19 Dec 2003
 -> Robots that run
By applying an enhanced motion technology to "QRIO" (Sony's pioneering technology platform) Sony has successfully created the world's first running humanoid robot.
942 views | 19 Dec 2003
 -> Drink bottled water? Here's a cautionary note
Clear, lightweight, and sturdy polycarbonate plastic bottles are standard equipment for millions of hikers and babies. They might not be the healthiest though.
930 views | 19 Dec 2003
 -> The Nonverbal Dictionary
Having difficulty understanding people in real life? There's always the Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs and Body Language Cues before venturing again into the big room.
875 views | 18 Dec 2003
 -> Photo-ops during a circumcision
What pictures can you take as memorabilia during your new born son's circumcision?
16,656 views | 18 Dec 2003
 -> Contortions, anyone?
There's a website for everything! "This page is dedicated to the beautiful art of contortions."
9,884 views | 18 Dec 2003
 -> 100 euphemisms for "Doing It"
Time for birds and bees talk? Here's what you can speak about instead of "doing it".
9,448 views | 18 Dec 2003
 -> Modern nursery rhymes?
A tongue-in-cheek paper by Canadian researchers found six popular nursery rhymes that refer to alarming injuries that've been told to children "with such complacency"!
10,802 views | 16 Dec 2003
 -> What NOT to do during Lord of the Rings III
Stand up halfway through the movie and yell loudly, "Wait... where the hell is Harry Potter?"....
11,098 views | 16 Dec 2003
 -> Feral children
Feral children, also known as wolf children, are children who've grown up with minimal human contact. These two girls were about 18 months and 8 years old when they were found together in a wolves' den in southern India.
1,736 views | 15 Dec 2003
 -> Does Microsoft Powerpoint make you dumb?
New York Times thinks so.
11,169 views | 19 Dec 2003
 -> Future of aviation in the next 50 years
Aviation has been transformed in the last 100 years. It will go a lot further in the next century as the pilot is eliminated. The Economist gives na extremely well-documented article about the future of aviation during the next fifty years!
10,192 views | 18 Dec 2003
 -> Europe-Africa underground, under-ocean connection
Spain and Morocco say they have agreed to build a 39-kilometre rail tunnel beneath the Mediterranean Sea, to link Europe and Africa.
11,146 views | 15 Dec 2003
 -> A Santa Game
Help two poor elves sling Santa Claus all the way to Mordor.
10,138 views | 15 Dec 2003
 -> How we got Saddam
'Don't shoot,' the bearded, submissive man said to the soldiers. He was Saddam Hussein, hiding in a hole, the man the Pentagon called 'High Value Target Number One.' The story of his capture -- and what's next.
103,586 views | 15 Dec 2003
 -> Law for kids
Interesting Flash game about being a good citizen, from lawforkids.org. Enjoyable and useful for kids.
10,869 views | 15 Dec 2003
 -> When did Man start painting?
Red-stained bones dug up in a cave in Israel are prompting researchers to speculate that symbolic thought emerged much earlier than they had believed.
1,056 views | 14 Dec 2003
 -> The Online Museum of Pantyhose Adverts
"Everybody has a hobby. Mine is collecting images of pantyhose packages, as well as pantyhose ads from magazines and catalogs."
1,165 views | 13 Dec 2003
 -> So, how many Double-O's are there?
James Bond is the (in)famous 007. Are there others?
1,089 views | 09 Dec 2003

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