Google releases URL shortener and introduces new image format

Google is on a rampage. After opening up it's short URL service to the general public, it now introduced a new image format (WebP) which they claim to achieve "an average 39% reduction in file size". I wonder how long it will take for applications like...

Did a Russian scientist just invent an anti-aging pill?

He seems to be a very respected scientist in his field, with a lot of publications and a job at a very prestigious university. Even Gunter Blobel, a biochemist and Nobel laureate seems to respect him quite a bit. Is it just a couple of years until we...

The ozone layer is no longer dying

Good news everyone! According to UN scientists, our beloved ozone layer is no longer being depleted.

Yay, we can start buying hummers and farting intensively again :)

Schiphol-Amsterdam - Airport security at its best

There i was at gate D83 (or should i say 53?), waiting for my flight back to Portugal when something suddenly starts beeping. I turn to look and see a man washing the floor who had just stepped through an unused set of security gates that is laying...