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Suits Revolting: Bangladesh PM Bans Suits, Ties to Conserve Energy

Sep 3, 2009
The dress code in Bangladesh just got a lot more casual, thanks to an effort to cut the nation’s energy usage. According to the prime minister’s orders, men can no longer wear ties, jackets, or suits to work. The new rule is part of a pla...

It's Raining Tadpoles? Fish, Frogs Shower Japanese Residents

Jun 17, 2009
Showers (as in, actual showers) of dead tadpoles, fish and even frogs have confused scientists, meteorologists, and officials in central Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture, located on the Japan Sea Coast. One resident found 13 dead carp, each around 3...

Discover's Top Ten Science Halloween Costumes

Oct 28, 2008
What are you going to be this Halloween? If you’re looking for costume ideas in the realm of science—or anything beyond the usual political candidates or scantily-clad cats/devils/pirates—you’ve come to the right place. Here...

Why Do So Many Lefties Play Baseball? It's Built for Them

Jul 8, 2008
Anyone who has watched their fair share of baseball games has heard TV analysts, and probably other fans, wax ad naseum about strategic match-ups between righties and lefties. No...

Desperate Mammoths Turned to Eating Their Own Dung

Nov 30, 1999
Twenty thousand years ago, it was a lousy time to be a woolly mammoth. As the last ice age advanced, the grass they liked to eat became buried under layers of snow. But one plentiful source of nutrients was easily accessible to mammoths—their...

Inspired by Maple Seeds, a Robotic Whirligig Takes To The Skies

Nov 5, 2009
Introducing the maple-seed-inspired Ulrich flyer, the world’s first controllable robotic monocopter. The monocopter’s inventors studied the way a maple seed whirls and twirls as it falls to the ground, and designed their flyer based on that biological...

Britain's New Protected Minority: Tree-Huggers

Nov 4, 2009
Employers in the U.K. have just learned that there’s a word for discrimination against a person based on their earth-conscious, tofu-eating ways: “greenism.” And firing someone for their environmental views is just as illegal as firing someone for...

Finally! An iPhone App That Lets You Track Your Bathroom Habits

Nov 4, 2009
The folks behind the best-selling book, “What’s Your Poo Telling You?” aren’t satisfied with being mere bathroom reading material. So they’ve dropped a new iPhone app, the Poo Log, which allows you to time, log, and graph your BMs—and learn about...

Superhero Tip: Protect Your Secret Lair With a Secret Knock Detector

Nov 3, 2009
Can’t be bothered with keys but still need a way to prevent intruders from invading your fortress of solitude? Try a secret knock detector to guard your lair. Don’t know how to build one? Stephen Hoefer over at Make demonstrates: However, if you live...

Want to Cure Your Fear of Flying? There's an App for That.

Nov 3, 2009
Listen up, iPhone users. If you’re a little uneasy flying the friendly skies, don’t worry: Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, will talk you through it. Branson has released a new iPhone app to help you make it through your flight. It’s for...


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