Interesting reading…

Single brain cell’s power shown - “There could be enough computing ability in just one brain cell to allow humans and animals to feel, a study suggests…” See also: How the brain works

Guy Builds World’s Smallest 4-Stroke V12 Engine, is Aircooled (Video) - “Despite it being designed for R/C models, this 4-stroke V12 engine is touted as the world’s smallest. Featuring a 21mm bore, 87cc displacement, air cooling, and two camshafts…” See also: How a car engine works

10-Year Chinese Haunting Finally Debunked - “Anyone who ever lived in the house, heard horribly spooky sounds coming from somewhere in the house. In ten years, the house has been sold to four different owners, and soon after each moved in, they moved out because of the haunting…” See also: How ghosts work

Top 25 Linux 3D games - “Great list with 25 3D games for Linux.”

MIT Asks: How Would Extraterrestrial Astronomers Study Earth? - “As astronomers become more adept at hunting for, and finding, exoplanets orbiting stars beyond the Solar System, an international team of astronomers has figured out just what alien eyes might see using the increasingly sophisticated technologies being developed on Earth… ” See also: How telescopes work

Police Begin Fingerprinting on Traffic Stops - “If you’re caught speeding or playing your music too loud, or other crimes for which you might receive a citation, Green Bay police officers will ask for your drivers license and your finger. You’ll be fingerprinted right there on the spot. The fingerprint appears right next to the amount of the fine…” See also: How fingerprint scanners work

Cruficied By Your House - “While the uncontrolled creation of money isn’t limited to the housing bubble, or what is laughably called “sub-prime”, since the problems extend far past sub-prime, understanding how real-estate and housing work is integral to understanding the impact, because for most Americans their home is the most important asset they own…” See also: How Mortgages work

No Dice for Slow Roll? - “When light from the big bang cooled, it left microwave radiation spread throughout space. This fiery glow holds clues to the characteristics of the early universe and the secrets of its formation. Now, a team of researchers has announced that temperature fluctuations in the glow clash with one well-accepted theory of how the universe formed. The findings–presented here at a cosmology conference this week–are still preliminary, but if confirmed, they could change cosmologists’ understanding of the moments immediately after the big bang…”

What does the future hold for supercars with new fuel economy rules? - “As the 2009 Corvette ZR1 was unveiled on the very same day that President Bush signed into law a new energy bill, the obvious question is where do we go from here? The most prominent part of the bill was the first increase in corporate average fuel economy requirements in over two decades…” See also: 2009 Corvette ZR1

8-year-olds should test my code - “Even if I was trying to break the program, I wouldn’t have considered the combination of commands that Brian executed. If only I could get a room filled with 8-year-olds to test my code…” See also: How C programming works

Air Force Will Be Coal-Powered by 2011 - “The United States Air Force is well on their way to becoming coal-powered. On Monday, the USAF carried out a transcontinental test flight using a 50-50 blend of standard jet fuel and coal-based ’synfuel’…” See also: How gasoline works

Heal thyself: One doctor’s personal experiment - “I believed the best thing to do was attack the cancer from multiple angles at once, using a range of drugs. But in order to do that, I needed to find an oncologist who was willing to push the envelope with me…” See also: How cancer works

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