Written by Suzanne Denbow Perhaps you’ve only just recently acquired your license to drive, or perhaps you’re a grizzled veteran of the salty tarmac, but either way, you’re interested in perfecting the art of driving as a bloodsport. Believe it or not, angering your fellow motorist...

        So, once again, it's been awhile since I've bothered posting anything here.  Despite remaining occupationless, I've been pretty busy during the last month or so: visited the college I was expelled from 6 years ago, punched a friend in the...

Material Beliefs is a group of designers based in London. They might create pieces of furniture and accessories but they are not your usual tables and cups. The result of a close collaboration with scientists and engineers, social scientists but also members of the public, their projects take emergi...

I haven't been doing my science updates lately because... I got lazy? And distracted. And was in denial about having to swap computers. So here's the backlog of every science factoid I felt you lot might appreciate: On the envelope of a discount subscription offer that Time magazine sent John Belche...

Burnt Hills football player will suit up Friday, just days after dad dies in car crash CHARLTON A year ago, Jonpaul Struys moved to Charlton from Texas to live with his father after a 10-year separation. The two bonded quickly over football. Jonpaul will suit up Friday for Burnt Hills' state semifin...

Yahoo might not have a CEO at this point in time, but that doesn't mean the company is running around like a headless chicken. The latest news involves Yahoo's mobile search feature/service being made available on a range of T-Mobile cell phones in the near future. Do you think we could possibly see...

A recent survey conducted by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project offers some interesting statistics to keep our techno-lust in check. While every day seems to see the launch of some new gadget, application, or other efficiency-boosting device, Pew reveals that our experi...

MP3videoraptor lets you search and record music and video across the internet legally. There is a demo of the software that you can download, but I’ve got a clutch of FREE license keys to give away, courtesy of the publisher. They’re not worth their weight in gold in saved iTunes purchas...

[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] The jury is still out on the relationship between cell phone use and brain tumors. But the American Association of Neurological Surgeons has issued a statement to remind people that cell phones present lots of other risks to your brain. Of cour...

Let’s stick with the subject of the Detroit bailout for a moment. The public debate on the issue has been intelligent, interesting and invigorating. That doesn’t mean it’s all smart. The latest me-too line of reasoning is that all the auto execs are incompetent. But I think that...