Explain that Stuff! is a collection of free, easy-to-understand articles, covering how things work, cutting-edge science, cool gadgets, and computers. We also provide this feed of the latest science, technology, computing, and gadget news. http://www.explainthatstuff.com/index.html Sun, 4 Oct 2009 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17906-green-roofs-save-on-carbon-overheads.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17906-green-roofs-save-on-carbon-overheads.html You've seen green roofs made from living plants? According to a report in New Scientist, researchers have now discovered a typical roof like this absorbs 375 grams of carbon per square metre, which could be good news for climate change. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/iphone-shoot/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/iphone-shoot/ An irate Apple customer has been arrested after threatening to shoot his phone with a 9mm handgun in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/02/2088311.aspx http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/02/2088311.aspx MSNBC looks back on the success of the Ansari X Prize and wonders what other technological breakthroughs it might inspire. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10366477-1.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10366477-1.html Nissan has developed robot cars that use fish-shoal technology to avoid collisions. Thu, 1 Oct 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8282395.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8282395.stm Scientists shed light on how silk moths smell using proteins in their antennae to detect chemical pheromones. Thu, 1 Oct 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8285954.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8285954.stm Twitter has been used to serve a court injunction on an anonymous user alleged to have infringed someone's copyright. Thu, 1 Oct 2009 http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-10/pew-airborne-military-laser-takes-out-truck http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-10/pew-airborne-military-laser-takes-out-truck Star wars, here we come. Popular Science is showing a video of a truck engine being destroyed by a laser weapon mounted on a US military plane. Thu, 1 Oct 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2009/sep/23/national-science-engineering-competition http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2009/sep/23/national-science-engineering-competition The Guardian looks at some truly bonkers gadgets people say they'd really like. Thu, 1 Oct 2009 http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/01/digital.business.cards/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/01/digital.business.cards/index.html CNN looks at how business people are using websites such as LinkedIn and other hi-tech alternatives to exchanging forgettable, paper business cards. Thu, 1 Oct 2009 http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/09/pesticide-overuse.html http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/09/pesticide-overuse.html Elizabeth Weise, writing in USA Today, looks back on a landmark scientific paper published in 1959 that prompted people to think about reducing pesticide use for the first time.