As most people know, when a cat is able to see, it will usually land on its feet. It’s a neat knack they’ve had to evolve over eons of climbing trees to cache their kills, evade predators, and look down on the world from a high bough. Although the cat’s claws are evolved in an arched shape that is better suited to climbing than for use as weapons, they are still the tools of agile and capable hunters. Continue reading…
In the middle of the afternoon on January 31, 1956 a B-25 bomber crash-landed into the Monongahela river near Homestead, Pennsylvania. All six aboard survived the impact, though two of them died before they were saved from the cold water. It was an unfortunate accident, and in the following weeks a search for the sunken plane was conducted. Continue reading…
Microsoft takes another step into your car’s dashboard with the first car radio that works with PlaysForSure players, the Dual XDMR7710, shipping in July. This $250 (street) unit and two siblings from Dual will be the first car radios that connect to most portable music players (except, of course, Apple’s) and stream content from the player, including subscription-music-service downloads. Continue reading…
When the human ear encounters music, a number of brain systems are engaged by the incoming sound. The music signal is first directed to the thalamus, which relays the information to the primary auditory cortex. Continue reading…
SPARTANBURG, S.C., March 3 /PRNewswire/ — BMW Manufacturing Co., has manufactured its one millionth car, 12 years after the first car rolled off the production line. Continue reading…
Robert Peary took it to the North Pole. There’s a song in its honor. It makes smiles sparkle. It’s used to coat the feet of vending machines to keep pests out. It controls unruly hair. People put it on chickens to prevent frostbite. It protects baby’s bottoms, and is invaluable to virgins. A tycoon swore eating a spoonful a day helped him live to see 96 years, and odds are that you have some in your home. It’s Vaseline. Continue reading…
Sergei Anokin must have been one of the bravest men in the Soviet army of World War 2. He is the only pilot to ever fly, or drive, the Antonov KT-40 Flying Tank. Continue reading…