Scientists Levitate Small Animals

livescience.com — Using nothing but uplifting sounds, researchers suspended bugs and fish in mid-air. Most of the creatures survived unharmed, but the fish was, well, like a fish out of water. Nov 29, 2006 View in Crawl 4

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kayinnasaki Nov 29, 2006

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... I... I think you missed the joke. :(

tidu Nov 29, 2006

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That intro that said "Stupid Videos" fit perfectly.

hp844182 Nov 29, 2006

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Small animal being levitated: What the f**k!?

mortigon Nov 29, 2006

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Why would evolution prepare us for something our planet doesn't experience...

bobbyshaftoe Nov 29, 2006

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@mynameistimClassic! Absolutely classic. rofl.

rabidg00se Nov 30, 2006

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@mortigonI'm pretty sure it was a joke. I found it to be pretty funny, at least. In an 'amphibious overlord' kind of way.

angrysock Nov 30, 2006

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You'd probably be surprised to know Tibetan monks were first to do this hundreds of years ago with instruments. But because life was so sacred to them, they levitated small rocks instead... Monks are so cool.

neem Nov 30, 2006

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@ZetaEtaThat theory seems to be a bit "out-there", however ... if the same description of the universe can predict particle masses so accurately, it cant be completely loony right ? I would hope so. We are due for a good breakthrough in physics, not someone publishing a 30 page paper glorifying themselves with a 5 paragraph description towards the end on how they tied 2 of the 4500 loose ends on super string theory... Every time I read something like that it reminds me of Borat for some reason.

madhaha Dec 13, 2006

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I beg to differ. There have been nuclear powered cars and the Orion Drive is still the most efficient method of propulsion we have devised. Making these technologies Safe and then getting past the politicial problems (do you really want to hand everyone some fissionable materials to "power their car"?) is a whole different kettle of fish.