What’s smug and deserves to be decapitated?

Here's a lovely story from the UK that starts off with a suggestion that cyclists be garroted with piano wire stretched across their paths.  It certainly works as an attention-getter, but of course, the editors would insist that this isn't a serious threat.  Mr....

European Car Firms Face Pollution Curbs

At first blush this is a sound proposal for both sides. The environment wins, as, ultimately, do the car manufacturers. After all, petrol shows no signs of getting less expensive, and fuel economy is a big selling point in Europe; particularly in the UK, where automakers...

Organic LEDs Shine Invisibly

"Researchers at the University of Southern California have designed a phosphorescent dye molecule that emits near-infrared light and have used it to make long-lasting organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The diodes could be used to make a cheap and flexible near-infrared...

Soldiers' Couplings

Children born in the United States who are produced from radioactive soldiers' couplings have devastating birth defects. Uranium gas is a dumb radioactive metal that can't tell the difference between an Iraqi, and a U.S. soldier.  

DU Found In The Semen Of US Gulf War Veterans

DU can reside in the testicles where it emits radiation that may cause genetic health effects. Female veterans are THREE TIMES as likely to have children with birth defects because of damage to the ovum and sperm.