I have read a number of stories and countless twitter posts recently about the the “Haiti cruise ship scandal“. The issue is that here less than one week after Haiti has suffered a major earthquake and while people are still digging out what may total 200,000 bodies, Royal Caribbean is disembarking cruise ship passengers on [...]

This is not a new idea. One of my college roommates was a polymer chemist and polymer chemists have been playing this joke on each other for at least 25 years.
Dissolving Bikini is the Ultimate Revenge Gift
The sexy swimsuit disappears by dissolving in water, leaving a woman completely nude and embarrassed. The sexy black swimsuit [...]

This animation of the very brief but eventful flight of US Airways 1549 is amazing. It is amazing how calm the flight crew is as they are saying things like “we may end up in the Hudson”.
US Airways 1549 Animation

Whales make an awfully big speed bump is what the residents of Rockland, Maine just [...]

Royal Caribbean is working on a what should be the largest cruise ship in the world. The ship, called Project genesis, is scheduled to launch in 2009. The ship will carry 5,400 passengers and will have 16 decks.
The most unusual aspect of the design is a park like interior with green plants. Many of [...]