Kohler, a bath fixtures company, created an advanced toilet, the Numi, which can play music, be personalized, heat its seat, illuminate itself with LED lights, raise and lower its lid, and more. It is controlled with a touch screen remote and costs $6,400.
Physicists say within the next year, they will be able to prove or disprove the existence of Higgs boson, the god particle.
Researchers at Louisiana State University suspect that certain compounds leaked into the Gulf of Mexico by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have stunted gulf shrimps' growth rate, accounting for the scarcity of gulf shrimp this season.
Airlines are considering increasing their use of biofuel because of rising fuel prices and the pressure to reduce fuel emissions.
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