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Submission + - Illuminating window-less houses with a plastic bottle

DancesWithWolves writes: The BBC reports on Alfredo Moser who came up with a way of illuminating his house during the day without electricity — using nothing more than plastic bottles filled with water and a tiny bit of bleach. In the last two years his idea has spread throughout the world. It is expected to be in one million homes by early next year.'
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North Korea Announces Achieving Nuclear Fusion 372

aftertaf writes "North Korea claims to have achieved nuclear fusion by building what it describes as a 'unique thermo-nuclear reaction device.' This announcement was met by skepticism on just about every news website this side of Saturn. Pyongyang claims its latest scientific breakthrough coincides with the birthday of the country's founder and eternal president Kim Il-sung. This is not the first time it seems that the laws of nature have been bent in his honor. According to official biographies, when his son, Kim Jong-il, was born, a new star appeared in the sky." No doubt the Dear Leader combined the atomic nuclei by hand.

Comment Tides (Score 1) 945

Wouldn't mining and bringing mass from the Moon to the Earths surface effect the mass of the moon and there fore eventually effect the effects of the moons mass on the planet. The tides are effected by teh Moon do to its mass so changing its mass may change the tides of our oceans

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