Brainicane

A study of hundreds of years of family trees suggests a man’s genes may play a role in him having more sons or daughters.

Posted on December 10th, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

People who carry a gene variant linked to obesity eat an average of 100 extra calories per meal, research suggests.

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Photos: dqb studio.
Art director and photographer formed in Milan and New York, Dominique Besanson returned to Buenos Aires a few years ago and started thinking what she could do creatively. It was then when she thought of gathering her love for handcrafts and knitting with her care for the environment and created DQB, a line […]

Posted on December 10th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Image credit: GETTY
Thermostat Chicken King
In the game of thermostat chicken, Turboglacier is holding a lead. The blogger from Portland, Maine, has not yet turned on the heating. The “crackpot” title relates to Turboglacier’s penchant for musing on the condition of the unheated human. Hoping not to see his name and the word “crackpot” in the […]

Posted on December 10th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Mocoloco tells us:
The 2+ Weekend House is a container house with a difference - it’s made with containers manufactured expressly for housing (vs. cargo containers). “As opposed to the other container projects, which mostly feed on the excess of available cargo containers, ConHouse pushes the development of containers manufactured especially for housing and office purposes.”
And […]

Posted on December 10th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Hank Green from EcoGeek has put together a very entertaining video taking a quick look at the latest in light bulb technologies.
Read on for more about awesome new lighting tech. …

Posted on December 10th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

photo: Kevin Houle
Rack up another largest record in the solar power world: China Huaneng Group, China’s largest electricity producer, has announced that is has begun construction on what will be China’s largest solar power plant, a 166 MW project in Yunnan province. The cost for the project is expected to be 9.1 billion yuan (.3 […]

Posted on December 10th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Boston Power’s Sonata Battery
Remember how Boston Power reported that notebook users wanted greener laptops that have longer lasting batteries? Well, they’re now prepared to give improved batteries to those hopeful users.
The battery company has partnered with HP to provide their Sonata batteries as an upgrade to the Enviro Series notebooks. And boy do they […]

Posted on December 10th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: 1

Clockwise from top left: Istanbul bus, “nostalgic tramway,” metrobus, and funicular. Photos from IETT.
Once upon a time–way back in 1871–Istanbul had some of the most innovative public transportation around. The Tünel funicular, which still carries tourists and residents alike up the steep hill from Karaköy to the southern end of Istiklal Caddesi, was the […]

Posted on December 10th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None