Now here's some science that everyone can get behind!

Quoted: International Business Machines Corp. is working with candy maker Mars Inc. and the U.S. government to study the genetic code of cocoa trees to safeguard the world's chocolate supply.
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Closely held Mars, the maker of M&M candies and Snickers bars, and the U.S. Agriculture Department will sequence the entire cocoa genome, deciphering the plant's biological map. IBM will analyze the results using Blue Gene, the world's second- fastest supercomputer, the company said today in a statement.

Interesting comparison of cost between the old and new iphones that shows the new iphone actually costs you more over two years of use ($40 more). The revolting number is that over the two years you will spend $1879 on having the iphone -- cost of the device, the voice plan and the data plan. Yikes.

Quoted: While it’s true that the device itself will cost $199, actually using the thing would become a significant monthly expense. In fact, the AT&T press release states that data plans for consumers will be available for $30 per month, in addition to voice plans starting at $39.99 per month. Bottom line: $69.99 per month if you’re going to use both internet and voice features. That’s a $10-per-month increase from the iPhone plans that have been in effect since last July. Business customers will have to pay even more: $45 per month on top of the voice plan.

Um ... I usually wear CLOTHES over my bra which would negate its sun-collecting abilities. And the bra-as-shopping-bag is not so useful either when you need the bra, well, as a bra.

Quoted: TOKYO (Reuters) - Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.

Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan Ltd unveiled its environmentally friendly, and green colored, "Solar Power Bra" on Wednesday in Tokyo which features a solar panel worn around the stomach.

The panel requires light to generate electricity and the concept bra will not be in stores anytime soon, said Triumph spokeswoman Yoshiko Masuda, as "people usually can not go outside without wearing clothes over it." ...

Being eco-friendly is now fashionable in Japan, and the "Solar Energy Bra" follows the company's other green-themed undergarments that include a bra that turns into a reusable shopping bag and one that featured metal chopsticks to promote the use of reusable chopsticks.

Interesting questions raised here ... is there such a thing as "technological doping"? Should swimsuits have minimal effect to show the true athletic ability of the athlete? And should you sacrifice your performance level because you need to stay true to a rival sponsor?

Quoted: The Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit is making such a splash in the pool that U.S. head coach Mark Schubert believes every record in the sport could fall at the Beijing Olympics.

There is a certain little guy in this house that could use his own laptop so that he stops stealing ours!

Quoted: One more of the world's biggest technology companies is clamoring to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized customers. ...

HP's foray comes in the form of a new computer called a "Mini-Note" that weighs less than 3 pounds with a screen that measures 8.9 inches diagonally. The machines start at under $500 for a Linux-based model. Prices go up for Windows Vista models with faster processors.

I don't think that any carrier has plans to target this segment yet.

Quoted: A Lancashire man whose house has a chilling reputation for poltergeist activity claims he is being haunted by text messages from his dead wife ...

This has always been my issue with CFLs. This article has a nice guide though about what to do if you break a CFL and release the mercury in your house.

Quoted: Compact fluorescent light bulbs pose a bigger threat to health and the environment than previously thought, say officials and activists, who warn that the bulbs’ mercury-laced contents can be hard to dispose of. ...

“It’s kind of ironic that on the one hand, the agency is saying, ‘Don’t worry, it’s a very small amount of mercury.’ Then they have a whole page of [instructions] how to handle the situation if you break one,” she said.

Will the seats in the 3D hologram theater shift side to side so that you see the movement? ;)

Quoted: Scientists in the United States on Wednesday unveiled next-generation 3-D technology that they said provided realistic, updatable holograms in nearly real time.

The innovation could one day lead to 3-D holographic movies, enabling cinema-goers to feel they are "inside" a movie yet not have to wear cumbersome, headache-inducing spectacles with polarizing or colored lenses, the inventors hope.