The "Todai Robot Project" is an effort from computer scientists at Fujitsu Labs that involves programming a robot to pass the University of Tokyo's very tough entrance exam.  Read more

Shimizu Corporation, a Japanese architecture and engineering firm, has proposed to build a "Luna Ring", which consists of placing solar panels  6,800 miles long by 12 miles wide on the moon's surface.  Read more

This is it Trekkies, the final frontier of fandom. 'Eau My', a punny reference to Tekei's famous catchphrase is a cologne spray that will unleash your inner Hikaru Sulu. Pre-order yours on now online for $39.99,  Read more

Would you be willing to pay $14 million just to own a translation of the Biblical psalms? If you answered yes, too bad because someone has already beat you to it.  Read more

Critics have said that this Al Wakrah Stadium—designed with AECOM for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar—looks like a giant vagina. Obviously, the building's architect, Zaha Hadid disagrees. "It's really embarrassing that they come up with nonsense like this," she told TIME. "What are they saying? Everything with a hole in it is a vagina? That's ridiculous."  Read more

Be warned, as this post might put you of cheese for life. Microbiologist Christina Agapakis and artist Sissel Tolaas have managed to ferment cheese using microbes that grow on human skin.  Read more

This image is that of a bucardo, a Pyrenean sub-species of mountain goat that went extinct back in 2000. And now, a team of Spanish scientists are attempting to clone it back to life.  Read more

Whatever the fuck this is, you don't want to be swimming along with it. Scientists have identified a mysterious animal captured in the arctic waters of Canada's Hudson Strait region.  Read more

This picture you're looking at is a close-up of an ocean quahog. In 2006, it was scooped from the bottom of the North Atlantic near Iceland. The researchers who discovered it decided that the best place to stash the specimen was inside a freezer. As expected, the creature did not survive.  Read more