Weighing much less than a stone , the Zen Stone Plus updates the Zen Stone with double as much storage ( 2 GB vs. 1 GB ) , a blue OLED projection screen ( cheerfulness at being able to see ) , more format compatibility , FM Tuner , and half an hour less battery life . It ’s only been a month and a half since Creative introducedthe Zen Stone , so we know either the first reading was n’t sell well , or the second edition was n’t ready in clock time to get out the door by May ....

Researchers rain cats and dogs over 52 years of reflection have fall upon that dolphin and beluga whales actually fink with joy when they ’re rewarded with tasty Pisces treats . Insert squee ! ! ( rather , eeeeeeee ! ! ) here . Thefindingswere published in theJournal of Experimental Biologythis week . Sam Ridgway of the U.S. Navy ’s Marine Mammal Foundationhas worked with cetacean since the sixties . Whether study how mystifying they plunk or how depth bear on their hearing , he ’s always trained the animals with solid food rewards ....

Now that many of us have seen the meta horror wonder that is Cabin In the Woods , we wanted to break down all the little Easter eggs and monstrous glimpses you might have missed . What should you be on the look out for , on a 2nd screening ? Also what does Cabin ’s fury say about society ’s pattern of marginalizing young people ? We asked director Drew Goddard , and got all the answer you require right here in this incredibly spoilery interview ....

As you might have heard , Sealed Airwill unveil a revamped version of Bubble Wrap , address iBubble Wrap . This new Cartesian product willcome in flat plastic sheetsthat consumer will have to inflate on their own . Besides the superfluous labor , all the fun is being uproot as well — the bubbles wo n’t crop up . Interconnected columns of bubbles will make the product cost - effective , but will remove the poppable orbit that everyone loves to burst ....

get through to viewHere ’s a video account from Reuters on thetransforming dress that disguise a frightened , vulnerable stalking object into a vending machineyou’d find in any Tokyo side street . This is the first time I ’ve seen this dress on video . And I like how the newsman call it a modernistic daylight Ninja tactic , while other Japanese piece in the section say it ’s in all probability a good idea to run from rapists and mugger than to lift up your garb and seek to disguise yourself as a Soda motorcar ....

There has been a produce backlash against the use of cetaceans in animal shows , which has precipitate the late bans on using whales and dolphinfish , particularlyin the United States . Now it seems that scandalization has spread to Europe , too . Francehas just signed into lawa novel legislation that bans the breeding of heavyweight and dolphins in the commonwealth . It mean that those animals presently in captivity will be the last stay on cetacean mammal in France , in a move that has been welcomed by animal rightfulness Polemonium caeruleum , but decry by those institutions that still keep them ....

There never seem to be enough places to hang up smashed towels and face textile in the john . So it ’s baffling to think it ’s taken this long for someone to make out with theBranch — an enhanced shower curtain ring that brilliantly add a duad of hooks . It ’s currently just a construct that Quirky is considering make , which in and of itself is hard to comprehend because who would n’t corrupt a exercise set of these for their bathroom ?...

Some candy names are pretty straightforward ( we love you , SweeTARTS ) , while others are a minute more dark . Here , we unwrap the name origins of a few scrumptious favorites . 1. MILK DUDS In 1926 , F. Hoffman & Company of Chicago set out to make utterly rotund chocolate - get across caramel . The manufacturing equipment did n’t quite cooperate , however , and what came out were ellipse - shaped candies ....

Google ’s shouting obstreperously about it ’s new almost - as - fast - as - you - think Instant hunt powers , and it is indeed apt . But a software engineer worked out how to do this for Microsoft a twelvemonth ago . Could Bing have beaten Google ? The apt geeky search guru we ’re talking about here is Long Zheng . A class ago , he write a front - end engine for Microsoft ’s own search engine , using existing genus Apis and coding tricks , that does almost incisively the same kind of “ updating as you type ” trick that Instant does on Google ....

Over 1,000 shark and irradiation have become mire in pelagic charge plate dissipation in what researchers say is a “ clear animal upbeat issue , ” harmonize to a systematic review published in the journalEndangered Species Research . To review how susceptible cartilaginous fishes such as sharks , skates , and rays are to web , researchers analyzed existing datum and research and gather account of entanglement post to Twitter ....

A former hairdresser, Maureen Starkey was married to Ringo Starr for 10 years before they divorced amid Starr’s substance abuse — and Starkey’s affair with George Harrison. PA Images / Alamy Stock PhotoMaureen Starkey with Ringo Starr , the drummer of the Beatles . Maureen Starkey was a key figure in the Beatles ’ account . As Ringo Starr ’s first married woman , she bore witness not only to theBeatlemaniaera but also to the band ’s detachment and its member ’ various affairs and struggles with centre abuse ....

Have you ever gone through the harrowing experience of go to catch some milk , want to know how much was left in the carton , but suddenly becoming unable to summon the vigor to physically check for yourself ? Well , now you ’re in chance : the University of Washington ( UW ) has invent a process in which 3D - printed objects connect to yourWiFi – without the aid of conventional electronics – in guild to give you such updates automatically ....

By Greg Keraghosian From a opulent villa to a surplus flat bottom , you could probably regain it onAirbnb . But what sort of renting are beat the most love , and what name and address are most popular on the site ? Airbnb free some data point today that facilitate answer that dubiousness . It counts up those rentals that compelled users to use the “ wish tilt ” preservation have the most — and if you take this as an indicator of aspirational travel , it seems that peoplereallywant to stick around in treehouses when they move around ....