It ’s the holy grail in energy production : raise a fuel that is both carbon neutral and can be poured directly into our current cars without the need to retrofit . There are score of companies out there trying to do just that using veggie oil , algae , and even the microbes set up in panda quarter to turn bamboo into fuel . This week , German car manufacturer Audi hasdeclaredthat they have been able to create an " e - diesel , " or diesel containing fermentation alcohol , by using renewable energy to develop a liquid fuel from nothing more than water and C dioxide ....

Archaeologists have recently excavate a treasure trove of ancient goodies at the Sa El - Hagar excavation site in the fertile Nile Delta of Lower Egypt , according to an annunciation made byEgypt ’s Ministry of Antiquitieslast week . Inside the ancient remains of a vast reddened - bricked building , they chance on a huge collection of gold coins , bronze tool , clayware vessel , hieroglyphic - engraved stones , and a terracotta statue of a random memory ( pictured below ) ....

Scientists are scouring the universe for evidence of extraterrestrial life , but have you ever question how life begin on Earth ? Let physicist David Kaplan explain in the modish instalment of Quanta ’s “ In possibility ” television series . clue : it ’s all because of increase entropy . AsNatalie Wolchover wrotefor Quanta last year , an MIT prof named Jeremy England has amount up with an actual mathematical normal for how this might happen :...

You should have bought this new Lego R2 - D2 , from the Ultimate Collector Series , or else of the new iPad . Why ? First , because it ’s amazing . secondly , because it ’s awesome . Third , because it will be sold out very soon . fourthly , because it will cost as much as two newfangled iPads in just a yr . The new $ 180 readiness is 2,127 pieces , have an cunning retractable third peg ( so you may actually position it like in the movie ) ....

It ’s about time . We ’ve had decent enough glimpses at Bandai ’s forthcoming Figuarts toys for Avengers : Age of Ultron throughblurry powder store scansin the last calendar month , but now the society have put out a set of official simulacrum to get us have a right oaf at these beautiful credit card Avengers . We ’ve pick up the official pic for the Mk . 43 Iron Manbefore , but this is our first proper look at Captain America , Hulk and Thor in the blood line ....

Mike Johnson is " frustrated . " Matthew Hiner is outraged . And Blake Kezar , well , he bought a iceboat because " it ’s so screwball . " Why is everyone seething ? As gasolene price drop across the country , they are rising in Idaho , and that has everyone from Johnson to Kezar a bit peeved . Between August and September 2011 , Gem State resident physician were paying on mediocre 21 cents more per gallon than the national average [ source : Evans ] ....

scientist have proposed an improbable solution to water scarcity in one of the driest place on the planet : fog . By harvest home wet from the air , they argue , we could provide vulnerable community in Chile’sAtacama desertwith much - needed weewee . The Atacama is the driest nonionic desert – but not thedriest place on Earth , that title go to somewhere you might not look – receiving just1 to 3 millimeters(0....

When you purchase through links on our site , we may garner an affiliate commissioning . Here ’s how it work . Bad Romance Nothing score one ’s heart flutter quite like a good love story . And by beneficial , we mean tragic , of course of study . ThoughShakespeare ’s playsare litter with doomed lovers — unanswered love and decease make for good reading , ostensibly — duo equally as star - cut through can be find in the world ’s history book ....

Who knew there were so many historical elephants ? I was aware of Dumbo ( fiction , I know ) , and I was aware of Jumbo ( P.T. Barnum ’s famous elephant ) , but they are just the tip of the iceberg lettuce . Here are 10 more who have left their footprints in history ( get it ? ? ) . 1 . Abul - Abbaswas Charlemagne ’s personal favorite ....

Microwavepopcornbags are jolly unmediated in their messaging . You ’re told to be cautious because the bag is red-hot . You ’re told where to pick it up in society to avert getting burn down , and you ’re tell which side to open . It ’s all relatively intuitive — with the possible exclusion of “ This Side Up . ” distinctly , Zea mays everta kernels are n’t likepizza , Pop - Tarts , or any other solid food with a distinct top and bottom that could get mangled if you cooked the item upside - down ....

When you purchase through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it work . The Picts were an Iron Age the great unwashed who survive in the northern and eastern parts of what is now Scotland , flourishing from approximately the fourth hundred A.D. to the ninth hundred . Originally , the Picts were tribal peoples organized into escaped confederations , but they later create two politically and militarily powerful kingdom and dominated a large part of Scotland ....

Long before iTunes , Spotify , andYouTubeallowed us to discover fresh music with a tap of a phone , there was Napster , the world ’s most controversial file - partake app . It was the early days of the internet . Old World chat rooms unite strangers with inscrutable screen door name and the shriek of a telephone dial - up modem was the siren ’s call of the world across-the-board World Wide Web ....

What makes a great embodied leader?Leadership in the business earth is n’t just about wearing a fancy suit or having a street corner authority . It ’s about cheer others , make sturdy determination , and guide the ship through stormy seas . with child leaders own a mix of vision , wholeness , and empathy . They understand the grandness ofcommunicationand know how to motivate their teams . They are not afraid to take risks but are impudent enough to learn from failures ....