I remember reading about something really bizarre awhile back...Norway was wrapping one of their (treasured?) icebergs with insulated bubble wrap in attempt to slow the melting. Similarily, Swiss scientists were covering a massive glacier with styrofoam. No, it wasn't an April Fools Day joke, it was just another example of the bitterly ironic, fucked up world we live in. They probably melted 10 icebergs while producing huge amounts of bubble wrap and styrofoam...but most of us are inclined to be blind beyond the ends of our own noses. Life is not as hopeless when we're wrapping icebergs in saran wrap like busy little housewives.

I also remember reading about a new glass designed to hinder rapists' attempts to drug women's drinks while in clubs. The glass was double-walled and hollow so that the contents could not be spiked. Not only would women get shafted on the quantity of their drinks (tragic in and of itself), but it's sick that such an invention would ever be necessary.