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Splicing spider DNA into goats produces milk web

22. May 2010

I know how weird it sounds… but they’re doing it and now goats are giving spider web laced milk. Sounds like the sci-fi movie subplot… ON a farm in Wyoming, USA, goats are being milked for their spider webs. And if that sounds bizarre, molecular biologist Randy Lewis claims that within two years, spider silk [...]

Seeing is Believing

27. April 2010

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59 Bel Air vs 09 Malibu

13. January 2010

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To celebrate its 50th Anniversary, the IIHS crash tested a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air into a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. This is the frontal offset test. This blows a lot of my misconceptions out of the water, unless my father’s ’53 Chrysler was built a lot stronger, which is probably a silly notion. Nothing could touch [...]

The next best thing to being there

13. November 2009

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If not the greatest invention of the 20th century, video chat is certainly one of the coolest. Installing the cam and the software was a breeze and using it with Skype is even easier. Now, almost all day I have a window up, looking into a room of my SIL’s home. We don’t need phones [...]

Question

6. November 2009

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I just bought a webcam. Anyone have experience with video chat? Which platform is best… Skype, Windows Messenger, AOL Messenger or even Yahoo? Skype is P2P, so using them means they use you; bandwidth and processor. I’m not really down with that, so looking for something solid – or can I hop from one to [...]

Not too smart

6. September 2009

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Either I don’t get out much or we operate a bit behind the curve down here in Margaritaville, [or both] but I saw my first Smart car Friday. Looks like someone threw a plastic lid over a go kart. There was no room for anyone other than the driver in the thing and his back [...]