NASA Solar Probe Sets Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Literally

Solar Probe+ NASA’s Solar Probe+ will study the sun’s exterior. NASA
In a mission to learn more about the sun’s inner workings, NASA is planning to launch a specially shielded spacecraft in 2018 that will plunge into the solar atmosphere. The car-sized Solar Probe Plus will explore an area just 4 million miles from the star’s surface, the last region of the solar system to be explored by humans.
NASA just announced five science experiments that will fly on the scorching probe, which will be protected by…

FAIL: BMW X5 Jump Stunt Takes a Turn for the Worse – Literally… [Video]

We’re not quite sure what the driver of this dark colored BMW X5 SUV (or at least it looks like an X5) was trying to do here, but something tells us that performing a 180-degree flip and crashing into an electricity / telephone pole wasn’t part of the plan / stunt. See the accident for yourself in the video after the jump and don’t forget to rate…

2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco Literally Morphs Into 40MPG Leader

The new 2011 Chevrolet Cruze ‘Eco’ model has been touted as one of the most fuel-efficient small cars on the market. To accomplish this, the new Cruze Eco has a new innovative feature that can automatically shutter air literally changing the vehicles shape based on wind and temperature conditions. The new shutter system uses an electric motor to open and close the shutters redirecting air thus allowing for better fuel efficiency up to an estimated 40mpg on the highway. That means the Cruze Eco gets …

English 13-Year-Old Builds Vacuum-Powered Spider-Man Contraption And Literally Climbs the Walls

Meet your friendly neighborhood Spider-Kid! It’s the stuff of childhood dreams, right? A boy in Cambridge, England, can climb the walls just like his favorite superhero.
OK, Vacuum-Boy’s powers are slightly less subtle than Peter Parker’s. But you have to love 13-year-old Hibiki Kono’s creativity. He spent five months designing and building his Spider-Man gear from a pair of cheap 1,400-watt vacuums bought at Tesco (like a British Wal-Mart) and some suction pads.

The British press quotes Hibiki s…

Jalopnik FAIL: Someone Isn’t Adding Up, Literally

24 Hours of Le Mans From the Best Seat in the House, Literally

With live feeds from the top teams, Twitter messages from team, drivers and fans, the couch potato can have a track-side seat at the world’s greatest racing spectacle.

MUST SEE: Man Uses Truck To LITERALLY Go Ballistic With His Anti-Obama Message!

MUST SEE: Man Uses Truck To LITERALLY Go Ballistic With His Anti-Obama Message!

Car-Puccino: This ‘Back to the Future’ VW Scirocco Literally Runs on Coffee

When people think of alternative fuels for their cars, we doubt that coffee beans make the list. Yet a team of wacky inventors from the BBC1 science programme “Bang Goes The Theory” have managed to create a vehicle runs solely on gas produced by espresso roasted coffee granules!

Nicknamed Car-puccino, this 1988 VW Scirocco that looks like a bit…

Literally Rinsing Out Babies’ Brains Saves Preemie Lives

The brain washing technique replaces a dangerous buildup of cola-colored brain fluid with clear fluid
Fluid buildup or bleeding in the heads of preemies can damage the developing brain or even prove fatal, but draining the cerebrospinal fluids through needles has not noticeably improved the health of such babies. Now a clinical study offers hope through a new technique that “washes” the baby brain with fresh fluid.

The study found that 27 out of 38 babies died or were severely disabled under the standar…