• Nanotechnology takes a very tiny leap forward with supersmall American flag. Killer quote:
The image of the flag -- complete with all 50 stars and 13 stripes -- is 7 microns tall, compared to the 100-micron width of a human hair. It was transferred onto a silicon wafer using a machine that follows the shape of any bitmap image file. The flag and its pole were cut using an ion beam -- a microscopic version of a laser -- and lifted to a standing position by a nano manipulator.
Nano manipulator? Cool.
• Man’s severely injured brain rewires itself. Killer quote:
Doctors have their first proof that a man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years regained speech and movement because his brain spontaneously rewired itself by growing tiny new nerve connections to replace the ones sheared apart in a car crash.
• Zoo panda celebrates first birthday, ever-increasing cuteness. Killer quote:
The birthday boy will likely spend the day as usual, playing in the yard and napping in a tree, said Lisa Stevens, the zoo's panda curator. His gift from keepers will be a frozen fruitsicle, the first one he's had all to himself.
• How to make a million on eBay? You probably can’t. Killer quote:
"When you offer more products and do that much shipping, it eats up your time," says Kennedy. "To be Titanium, you have to be selling a lot, adding products, changing prices, tweaking your listings. On top of that, you have to figure out where the money is going in an extremely complex system. There are only so many hours in the day, and you'll end up using all of them on eBay."
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