I'd hate to be the IT guy fixing this network. By dropping electronic devices into the stomachs of cows and networking them together, researchers hope to reduce the climate-warming farts and burps they produce. Read More >>
It looks like British Gas customers are in for a nasty shock to their gadget funds. Despite an increase in profits, apparently British Gas is about to shove up its gas prices, which could make an extra £100 dent in your wallets. Damn, that's a quarter of a Galaxy S III. [Evening Standard] Read More >>
Featured comment by MJ:
"Which is 6p(ish) per customer per day (£21 a year) so not a lot really.
What makes the profits seem 'excessive' is that there are so many customer..." More »
People sharing drinks love to lay out the facts of life, love, and, of course, liquor. Wouldn't it be even better if this cocktail science were actually right some of the time? Here are five bits of booze trivia that smart drinkers can use to blow their buddies off their barstools. Read More >>
Spilling petrol on your shoes after you fill your car seems like just a small annoyance. But it happens to everyone, and apparently all that wasted fuel adds up to about half a billion litres of fuel lost every year. An epidemic this simple mesh cap promises to solve. Read More >>
The dawn of electric motoring is taking a little longer to gain traction than many hoped. But when it does, this is how we should be using the old pumps: repurposed as dog houses, amplifiers, bookshelves and coffee machines. Read More >>
Featured comment by Happyal:
"Stop using logic to pick holes in the hipppy's ideal future.
LOL, yes I think we all think it's daft too, also if we all decided tomorrow to buy a..." More »
A lot of dinosaurs were big eating machines. Now, scientists have calculated how much gas they would have expelled as a result of their digestion—and the quantities they produced probably meant that they warmed their own climate through letting rip. Read More >>
What would you do for simple gas to cook, or heat your home during the winter? Would you be willing to fill a giant bag full with natural gas and carry it into your home, at the risk of, well, exploding? Because that's what villagers in the Shandong Province of China are doing. Read More >>
Champagne, the posh man’s bubbly of choice, is often said to taste better out of a tall thin glass than it does in a traditional wine glass or coupe. Now scientists have proved it – it’s all to do with the bubbles. Read More >>
Some folks bang on about biofuels being the future of car fuels. In reality, though, they're expensive, and that's largely because they're a pain in the arse to make. The solution might be seaweed. Read More >>
It's true. According to Bill Colton, a VP at ExxonMobil, four litres of petrol has enough energy to charge an iPhone once a day for 20 years. Of course, that's never going to happen, but it's a point ExxonMobil uses to stress the fact that there is a lot of energy in petroleum. Read More >>
When most of us wake up, we don't turn to our loved ones or think about the day ahead. Nope, we let off some gas. Turns out microorganisms are just the same, only their gas might have a dramatic effect on global warming. Read More >>
A glitch in the way an energy company computes bills resulted in a shock for one poor lady, who was greeted by an automatically generated demand for an extra £13,230.55. Read More >>
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