Pee Power: Scientists have invented a urine-powered battery. Now if you could use that to boost your hybrid as described in yesterday's super-mileage getter, I would be much less resentful of making bathroom stops on roadtrips.

Security is nondiscriminatory- not even when their targets are babies. Apparently several babies are on no-fly lists because their names resemble terrorist names. Okay, I may have felt terrorized by babies crying the entire length of redeyes when I had to go to work or school the next day, but I don't think we need to classify them as terrorists. Maybe they're safer not being on the plane anyway, since planes are removing lifevests, among other things, from planes, to compensate for obese passengers. "Maybe instead of just using those [boxes] at the gates to limit carry-on bags to certain sizes, the airlines need to have a people-sizer with a sign asking, 'Do you fit into this?'" Dave Grotto, of the American Dietetic Association, told the Chicago Tribune." Jack Abramoff, the notorious lobbyists recently indicted, won't be flying anywhere, because the FBI is afraid he'll try to leave to Israel.