Fun with Quantum Levitation

Okay Japan Institute of Science and Technology, I want one.

Happy Holidays

I've started my Christmas vacation, so I'm not sure how often I will be in front of the computer over the next few weeks. I wish you and yours a happy set holidays and that you'll enjoy this ode to Calvin and Hobbes' cartoonist Bill Watterson.

The Lighter Side of Lower Manhattan

To soothe tempers around Zucotti Park, New York's MTA has integrated the world's largest gumdrop into its new Fulton Street Transit Center.

"We hope that it will bring out everyone's holiday cheer and calm everything down," says an MTA spokesperson, not wishing to be identified.

Pillage N the Village Bed Race Regatta

Palmyra, NY hosted its fourth annual Pillage N the Village Bed Race Regatta this weekend. For those are not familiar with bed races, it involves a 5-person team, who ideally should be four bob-sledders in training and a jockey.  Teams modify bedframes by adding wheels and push bars as well as decorating it accordingly (presentation always counts). The race is pretty simple: The jockeys ride their respective beds while their teammates push the beds at breakneck speed to the mid-point of the race route where they have to stop. The jockeys jump off their beds, run to a bucket, put on a pair of pajamas and race back to their beds. Then the team races to the finish line.

Kiwi Jetpack Soars

A New Zealand inventor's jetpack reaches 5,000 ft and safely returns to the ground. But unlike the rocket belt from Goldfinger, this one won't fit in the trunk of your Aston Martin.