TIME Best Inventions 2006 “It’s been an interesting year in technology. Nintendo invented a video game you control with a magic wand. A new kind of car traveled 3,145 miles on a single gallon of gas. A robot learned to ride a bike.”
Extreme Trainsurfer Video (YouTube) Quite emotional video of a young German guy who was diagnosed with leukemia and decided to surf high speed trains in the remaining time before his death.
Old Viruses Resurrected Through DNA “Thanks to advances in DNA technology, scientists can now reconstruct new copies of old viruses.” Again: dude, really, why would you?
Could our big brains come from Neanderthals? “Neanderthals may have given the modern humans who replaced them a priceless gift, a gene that helped them develop superior brains.”
Murphy’s law Portrait of the brilliant and strikingly unprofessional economist Kevin Murphy.
How to Survive a Zombie Attack “Preparing now for zombiedom is a good idea. Remember what the TV preacher said, ‘When hell is full, the dead will walk the earth.’ So it’s bound to happen sooner or later.”