Radio Isopod

Changing Charges Make Inviso-Squid – Scientists have found that squid flip a switch (so to speak) in their skin to turn on the color changing reflective proteins that allows them to become SUPER INVISO-SQUIDS! Or something like that…

Making Realistic Skin for Robots – Because making robots move exactly like a person isn’t creepy enough, scientists are now devising ways to make them feel like us too. Did the Terminator movies teach us nothing??

Shape Altering Materials – In addition to designing programmable matter that can self-assemble, programmable DNA has also been developed.

Bacterial with a Radioactive Appetite – Living two miles below the Earth’s surface, scientists have found extremophile bacteria that feed off of radioactive breakdown by-products. Mmmm… tasty tasty radiation…

I Saw What You Did – Scientists have mapped recorded patterns of neural activity to images of what people has seen.

Planet of the Robots – With the robot population of the world expected to hit over 1 million by 2010, the coming robot uprising may be closer than we realize.

Brainy Superpowers – Apply major head trauma, and voila! Instant superpowers (actual results may vary). Scientists explore the possibility of unlocking these abilities without the unfortunate side effect of permanent brain damage.

Anti-Aging Serum of Youth – Those clever scientists are at it again. This time  they have found a key protein that causes muscle to regenerate.

That Piano Said What? – Austrian composer Peter Ablinger has given a voice to a piano… or rather programmed it to speak. Kinda creepy and cool at the same time. Personally, I’m waiting for the entire talking orchestra to be devised.

Cactusophone – If making your piano talk is too much effort, but you still want to make some sort of odd instrument. Look no further than that neglected cactus you have on your window sill. That’s right. Your little prickly friend can be coerced into making sweet, sweet music.

The Berlin Reunion – This is probably the most amazing thing I’ve seen all week. Colossal marionettes! Dressed an old deep-sea dive suit! Walking around Berlin!! Really, what is better than that? Nothing, I tell you. Nothing.