Now that beluga and sevruga caviar from the Caspian Sea are banned, hope lies in the roe from spoonfish and rainbow trout in Appalachia.

A 2 oz tin of spoonfish caviar, said to taste like sevruga, goes for $35.

An Australian woman was upset when she found 19 cigarette butts in her box of Kellogg’s Coco Pops.

If it’s clear where you are, Saturn will be seen in the east an hour after sunset. Earth passes between Saturn and the sun today.

My last try at the ribs, while good, was a little lacking in something. I bought two large packages of ribs (not boneless) at Costco the other night, and will be spending part of the weekend experimenting with different recipes.

To this morning’s effort, I’m adding tomatoes.

In the Banda Sea. No tsunami warnings. Via Briefing.com.

Now that both Angelina Jolie and Charlize Theron have turned down the role, Thandie Newton has been chosen to play Vesper Lynd.

The patient thought the packaging machine was shut off when she cleaned it. The nine surgeons wanted to make sure that not only were the fingers reattached, but that she would have full use of them as well.

These new surface coatings are made with nanomaterials activated by light. The tiny particles will have oxidising capabilities, which can kill germs and break down harmful substances.

Currently, the coatings react to UVA, so applications only work outdoors. But potential use in hospitals and care institutions, where cleanliness is a priority, will drive the technology forward.

Johns Hopkins University researchers report that the brain needs to see only a fragment of an image to know what that image is. It’s a very complex process, and incredibly fast.