Treehugger has beat me to the news about fuel cell powered trains in Japan.
Gotta read Akihabara News more closely.
via Scott
If this experiment doesn't remind you of Groovy Rouvy, then nothing will.
from the US Food Policy Blog
Holy crap.
Black-capped chickadees were found to warn other birds of danger by chirping the size and threat of individual predators, while the language of prairie dogs was found to contain a word for humans.
Check out this lifelike robot from the 2005 World Expo.
How long before we get cylons like on Battlestart Galactica, I wonder.
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