Noise Cancelling Fork for Noodles

Nissin has developed a fork that connects to your smartphone allowing you to hear "other" noise in place of slurping noodles.  

Jeremy, a Snail with a Rare Left Coiled Shell, Has Died

A rare, left-coiled shell on Jeremy, a snail in Britain has died. Most snail shell coils are right-coiled, but Jeremy's was left.  He appears to have died of old age but did leave behind a family of snails, none of which exhibited the left coiled shell trait. 

Quantum Dots and Medicine

Quantum dots are now being used in studies with antibiotics and have been found to work 1,000 times better in combating infection.  Since light is needed to activate quantum dots, scientists are continuing to study ways to use quantum dots for deeper infections in the body.