11.9.09

Charlie Sheen demands to speak to Barack Obama over 9/11 government 'cover-up' | Mail Online

Charlie Sheen demands to speak to Barack Obama over 9/11 government 'cover-up' | Mail Online: "Charlie Sheen has provoked outrage with claims that the U.S. government was behind the September 11 terror attacks.

Ahead of today's eighth anniversary of the atrocities that killed 3,000, the Hollywood star has insisted there was a cover-up.

And he has appealed to President Barack Obama to hold a new investigation into the attacks on the World Trade Centre towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington DC."

How did he do THAT? Derren Brown predicts winning lottery numbers... and he'll reveal his method on Friday | Mail Online

How did he do THAT? Derren Brown predicts winning lottery numbers... and he'll reveal his method on Friday | Mail Online: "On Wednesday at 10.35pm, having boasted for days that he would predict the six main ball numbers in the midweek National Lottery draw, Brown went on-air, live across all Channel 4's terrestrial and satellite channels."

9.9.09

Teenager invents �23 solar panel that could be solution to developing world's energy needs..made from human hair | Mail Online

Teenager invents solar panel that could be solution to developing world's energy needs..made from human hair | Mail Online: "A new type of solar panel using human hair could provide the world with cheap, green electricity, believes its teenage inventor.

Milan Karki, 18, who comes from a village in rural Nepal, believes he has found the solution to the developing world's energy needs.

The young inventor says hair is easy to use as a conductor in solar panels and could revolutionise renewable energy."

Extreme steel 'Velcro' takes a 35-tonne load - tech - 04 September 2009 - New Scientist

Extreme steel 'Velcro' takes a 35-tonne load - tech - 04 September 2009 - New Scientist: "A square metre of the new fastener, called Metaklett, is capable of supporting 35 tonnes at temperatures up to 800C, claim Josef Mair and colleagues at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. And just like everyday Velcro it can be opened up without specialised tools and used again."

8.9.09

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Herbs 'can be natural pesticides'

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Herbs 'can be natural pesticides': "Common herbs and spices show promise as an environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional pesticides, scientists have told a major US conference."