Pseudo- conspiracy theory and yet real also, you should know about RFID 'spy chips' - they're a reality
So, basically, everything you buy can be tracked to you specifically. And they're virtually undetectable, or close to it (with conductive ink they can, or soon will be able to, make tags as small as the dot of a printed "i" - so they cen be pretty much anywhere).
Definitely something to keep an eye on, as Wal-Mart has already started to implement them.

The Million Dollar Homepage - brilliant piece of advertising, and a million dollar boon for a college kid - he sells ad space on his site, pixel by pixel

Wasps are the new anti-terror weapon - I'm not kidding - they can also sniff out other contraband besides explosives, crops that are rotten underground, and maybe even cancer.
Now that's some WEIRD science.

World's First Face Transplant

Some interesting goings-on in the world of science. Such as melding matter with antimatter and a patent for something that sounds for all practical purposes like a Warp Drive.

A little snipet from the latter abstract, which after describing the machanism of the anamoly states that, and I quote:

"the highest pressure of inflationary vacuum state is pushing said space vehicle forward in modified spacetime at a speed possibly approaching a local light-speed, the local light-speed which may be substantially higher than the light-speed in the ambient space."

Pretty interesting stuff...

Oh yeah, the patent was filed back in March, and was just granted this month...

I love how it ends:

"By creating alternative anomalies and modulating their parameters, the space vehicle's crew would dilate and contract time and space on demand. The space vehicle, emitting a vacuum pressure modifying, controllably-modulated gravitomagnetic field in all directions, would rapidly move in the uneven spacetime anomaly it created, pulled forward by gravity or pushed by the repulsion force. The time rate zone of the anomaly is expected to have multiple quantized boundaries rather than a single sudden boundary affecting space and time in the immediate proximity of the vehicle. Speed, rate of time, and direction in space could be shifted on demand and in a rapid manner. The modulated light-speed could make the space vehicle suitable for interstellar travel. Because of the time rate control in the newly created isospace, the accelerations would be gradual and the angles of deviation would be relatively smooth. The gravity shielding would further protect pilots from the ill-effects of gravity during rapid accelerations, directional changes, and sudden stops."

Trekkies, Unite!

It's finally a reality - $100 laptops - specifically for 3rd world countries.

Eight year old in college - now that's pushing it just a bit, IMHO

It's neiher a toy nor a prop - it's the military's new PHaSR Rifle - Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response - basically a fancy laser that temporarily blinds you.
(more info here.)

The world keeps getting smaller and smaller - Anonymous sperm donor tracked down via internet - by his 15 year old son.
What's especially interesting about this is the forensic possibilities for crime scene investigations.
(Anyone remember 'Gataca' - when they sweep the building for a DNA sample after someone was killed?)

Is this kind of like the American version of the African tribal tradition of having to kill a lion with a spear to become a man? - Man battles buck with his bare hands, and wins

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Photo Gallery (Grand Canyon Skywalk)

I'm game if you're game - Grand Canyon Skywalk

The possibilities for this are just - wow.
Introducing the KHRONOS PROJECTOR: "a video time-warping machine with a tangible deformable screen"
Check it out.

Sound traveling faster than light.

....interesting...

Step aside, Superman, technology is going to make your abilities obsolete. Power currently under review: X-Ray Vision that can see through concrete.
And that's the "good" use of it. In a similar but more disturbing devlopment, a type of infrared camera lens has been developed for normal cameras, that allows see-through images to be taken. Intersting technology, but disturbing nonetheless.
I can just see the lawsuits about violation of privacy being filed right now. Well, that's if the move to ban it from the US doesn't go through.

C-R-A-Z-Y - the Top Thrill Dragster rollercoaster - 420 feet tall, 120 mph

...even I would think twice