Don’t try this at home, kids. Other ways to open a champagne bottle (in case you don’t have a wine glass handy): You can do it yourself.

Scientists at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea have successfully created a technology that converts sound into electricity. That means your mobile phone could charge up every time you talk into it. The louder you talk, the quicker it charges. Good news for users looking for a battery boost, bad news for everyone around them …

Only 50 years ago, television was in its infancy. The first television sets, stations and networks were already being built before WWII. During the war, most — but not all — television production ceased. But afterward, television and the new, post-war vision of America contributed to the creation of the world in which we live …

Don’t let a torrential downpour cramp your cycling style—pick up the VELTOP, a removable windshield and roof for bicycles. The system claims to snap on to any bike in two minutes and features additional side protection when the weather takes a turn for the thunderclouds. Via Toxel. All the top news and views for cyclists.

Of course your own human mother tops the list, but since that’s a given, Jill Harness at Neatorama compiled this list of the eight runners-up to the title of “Best Mom” in the animal kingdom. Whether it’s enduring a twenty-two-month-long pregnancy, holing up for months on end or starving themselves for the sake of their …

Even though we ooh and ahh about the beauty of our gadgets when they’re bright and shiny and new, that feeling quickly fades as soon as we encounter that dreaded first scratch. But according to Remy Labesque of Design Mind, there’s a certain beauty that even our most worn out devices exude. Scuffs and scratches …

Bigger doesn’t always mean better when it comes to foreign aid. Small countries can have deep pockets too — and some are much deeper than their larger neighbors. Take Norway, for example. The $4.58 billion it gives away is almost double what Switzerland donates – impressive already, but when you consider the Scandinavian kingdom’s scant …

With April showers finally behind us, folks are no doubt ready for the clouds to break and the sun to shine. Summer’s just around the corner, and for plenty of people the season means a favorite American pastime: a trip to the local amusement park. (Click on the onfographic below to learn more.) Via Column …

Tracking down a stolen camera can prove more difficult snapping a clear photograph in low-light, but StolenCameraFinder.com can make the process a bit easier. The website uses serial number data embedded in digital photographs to comb through photos posted online and find who has been snapping photos with your camera. Every photo you take with …

First coined by Martin Feregrino in 1959, the term ‘knowledge worker’ describes anyone who develops, works with, or uses information in the workplace. As information-centric services rise in the modern economic paradigm, knowledge workers are becoming the fastest growing sector of the world’s workforce, driving 70 percent of economic growth.  (Click on the infographic below …

The Poincare conjecture has stumped math whizzes since 1904. The math community spent the last century trying to solve the theorem’s proposal that any shape without a hole can be fashioned into a sphere. Not too difficult-sounding, right? Wrong—the theorem’s noggin-scratching complexity turned it into one of math’s Holy Grails. Fast-forward to 2002 and 2003 …

Take a tumble down the rabbit hole and leave with a doggy bag. Or maybe a caterpillar bag? A new Alice in Wonderland-themed restaurant has opened its trippy-patterned doors in Tokyo and the menu goes beyond standard tea party fare. (Think Cheshire Cat tail pizza—delish sounding, no?) The playing card tables, heart-shaped chandeliers, and oversized …