Queen of Night tulips are known for their ultra-deep purple hue, with a touch of shimmer to enhance the jewel tones, but they don’t get that striking color from the usual pigment molecules. According to a new paper in The Journal of Chemical Physics, what you’re seeing is actually a result of how the plant’s cellulose…
Hold on to your engagement rings. Diamonds, according to an industry report, are falling off a supply cliff in 2018. As existing diamond mines are depleted even as worldwide demand increases—thanks, especially to a newly rich Asia—three months' salary might soon buy you a much punier rock.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the world's first stainless steel robot with seven degrees of freedom. But before I explain what that means or why it matters, kindly take a moment to watch this Kawasaki Heavy Industries bot dance. Nice moves!
Joss Whedon always swore he'd never do a Dollhouse comic book, but looks like we'll get one after all. "Epitaphs" tells the story of how some key characters survived the brainpocalypse. It'll be bundled with the season two DVDs.
The first actual image of Christopher Eccleston wearing the famous silvery visage of Destro, from G.I. Joe, has turned up online. How well does he convey the dark-browed one's aura of menace?
Ah, a digital watch with an LED display that's not impossible to read... fantastic! Even better, the LEDs on these new watches from Diesel are a dot-matrix screen, and are hidden behind a mirror surface that makes the whole package look suitably sci-fi. Like something Luke would've worn on his cybernetic wrist. You…
Now this is a fire engine that kids from 5 to 105 would like to see under the Christmas tree next year. How sleek and shiny does this thing look? Instead of the boxy fire fighting vehicles of the past, this baby looks streamlined enough to win a race or two as well as do some good.
The second trailer for Pixar's Wall-E hit the French video site Allocine late last Friday (it officially came out today at 8 p.m. EDT) and the movie looks like it will be nothing short of awesome. While I could have done without Cars, and thought Finding Nemo was overrated, I absolutely loved Toy Story, Ratatouille…
Griffin Reflect is a unique iPod and SanDisk Sansa case that looks like the shiny back of an iPod, but instead of being made of the iPods' scratch-prone chrome, it's made of hardened plastic with a mirrored chrome finish. It also has a rubberized back, which we think might have been a better idea for the iPod in the…
