The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 – “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome” 10/07/2009 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 – “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”… The Nobel Prize...
Japanese suit that fights flu 10/07/2009 Big year for flu suit fashion… In Japan – The company has produced 50,000 of the suits and will start...
3 win Nobel in physics for digital devices – fiber optics and digital imaging 10/06/2009 Digital devices this year, interesting… Charles K. Kao, a British and U.S. citizen, won for “groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission...
Tool smackdown: Pocket multimeters 10/05/2009 Nice round up from Mikey @ Popular Science. He writes… On any given day you can find a miniature multimeter...
Playgrounds From the 70s 10/04/2009 Wow, I didn’t really want to believe this, but playgrounds really did look a lot different in the 70s. Dangerous,...
Winners of the Ig Nobel Prize 10/04/2009 Winners of the Ig Nobel Prize via GeekDad – some of my faves… VETERINARY MEDICINE PRIZE: Catherine Douglas and Peter...
Astronauts – the new celebrity? 10/03/2009 Rad… Astronaut Mike Massimino became the first human to tweet from space on his final trip to repair the Hubble...
Stephen Hawking steps down as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University 10/03/2009 Hawking now Director of Research at Cambridge… Steps down as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University… A transcription of...
Water On Lens Exhibition 10/03/2009 Gorgeous underwater photo exhibit… Name a truly great British film and chances are it was made at Pinewood Studios, the...
SPARC “urn” – Yes he’s really in there 10/02/2009 Via CNET, Sam 3.14 writes – What’s to be done with their corporeal remains after a geek has left for...
