Boiled Sperm and Delayed Shipping

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Source: EurekAlert A study performed by the University of California has determined that repeated exposure to hot water from Jacuzzis and hot-tubs could lead to male infertility. Wet heat, apparently, reduces sperm production and motility. The cure? In nearly half the cases, all that was required was to stop "cooking your boys"; unless you're a smoker, in which case avoiding hot tubs may not be enough to get things back in working order.

Source: Coolest Gadgets For those who like fire, these candles burn with different colour flames. Could make for some freaky effects.

Source: MedGadget This little device is apparently placed somewhere in your body via incision, then guided to the appropriate spot using a magnetic field. When in position, the tiny arms can cut a small biopsy, or return images using a miniature camera.

Source: Improbable Research Sometimes its the little things that cause big problems. Consider what happened when the main spectrometer used in a Russian neutrino experiment was ready to be shipped to the test site after sucessfully completing a set of leakage tests. The tank, in Deggendorf, had to be shipped 400-km to the test sight in Karlsruhe; however the tank was too wide for the roads and the canal linking the cities. The eventual route that they had to follow to get the tank to the test facility can be seen as a red line on the map, a distance of more than 9000 km. Details of this "little" oversight can be found at http://www-ik.fzk.de/~katrin/spectrometer/

Source: National Geographic An Australian company is offering a tongue-in-cheek way to offset your, um, "personal" greenhouse gas emissions. A $16(US) donation to the company Easy Being Green covers your expected level of flatulence for the year. You can also purchase "credits" for the noxious gases released by your dog and cat. The company uses the money to install energy saving light bulbs and shower heads with the goal of reducing the total energy consumption of New South Wales in Australia.