Big bang of 30 march 2010: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, successfully collided opposing particle beams of protons. Why, you may ask? I did.

In December, the curious g blogged about Virgin Galactic’s space packages in Space available (it’s still booking). The program took another leap forward today. Virgin Galactic announced that its commercial manned spaceship, VSS Enterprise, successfully completed its first “captive carry” test flight this morning. The spaceship lifted off at 07:05 am (PST) from Mojave Air [...]

Next time you get into a NYC taxi, pay close attention to your fare. There may be a bit of sleight-of-hand happening to that fare box. And not in our favor. While we have many hardworking, honest taxi drivers, apparently there are enough scammers to give the good guys a bad name. Over $8,000,000 in [...]

Good news for Mad Men fans – the show is about to officially enter into the realm of pop culture. Mattel is cranking out versions of Barbie and Ken styled after four “Mad Men” characters: Joan Holloway, Roger Sterling, Don Draper and Betty Draper. These will be premium-priced dolls, part of a collectors’ series for [...]

The curious g blog has insightful Oscar® predictors. The ZipPolls revealed that readers chose the correct award winner in three out of the four categories! The ZipPoll results: With ten films nominated, the 25 predictions were spread thin. Leading with 28% of the votes, The Hurt Locker took the top honors. In the directing realm, [...]

Breathable chocolate. Excuse me? Meaning – sampling the aroma of the chocolate, as your mouth waters, while waiting for the actual creamy chocolate to meet your tongue and hit your taste buds? No, I mean, inhaling chocolate dust, and that’s all folks. It’s Le Whif – a lipstick-sized, biodegradable inhaler filled with barely-one-calorie chocolate particles. [...]

The 2010 Oscar® checklist is ready and waiting, if you want to do your own forecasting. Download a printable PDF of the 24 Academy Award® categories. This year there are 10 nominated films vying for the top prize. Which one stands out for you? 2010 Oscar ZipPoll: Picturepolls