Apparently so, if these guys are to be believed.

I'm not so sure, myself - it seems plausible on the surface, but . . . it also has a distinct "mad-scientist" feel to it.

Long story short:

General Electric buys a company that specializes in making cooling systems which also generate electricity.(The way I understand it, the cooling system is attached to a piece of equipment that generates a lot of heat while in operation - heat which would normally go to waste. The heat from the equipment turns a working fluid - in ( Read more... )

Story from the Australian Courier-Mail, via Sean "The Fucking Man" Kennedy's Twitter feed:

Cancer patients are offering themselves as human guinea pigs as researchers investigate a possible cure for cancer found in north Queensland rainforests.

Scientists have identified a compound in the fruit of the native blushwood shrub that appears to "liquefy ( Read more... )