The Diesel Tree is a tree in Brazil that can be tapped, like the rubber tree. Its sap, however is a kind of natural diesel that when filtered, can be used in card and trucks.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/the_diesel_tree_grow_your_own_oil.php

A japanese designer has invented Diet Sunglasses which apparently help curb your appetite. They come with blue tinted glass that helps calm the brain's appetite centre. And the ble colour makes the food look disgusting.
http://inventorspot.com/articles/dieters_sunglasses_turn_your_appetite_12115

Carrotmob is a new network of consumers who use collective buying power to entice businesses to make socially-responsible choices.Last week, hundreds of them went into a small store in San Francisco and bought groceries worth 10,000$. The store promised to use 22% of the revenue they generated to make the store energy-efficient.
www.carrotmob.org
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http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=132614&in_page_id=34
A study of the molluscs, octupus, has found they have sex lives to rival any lurid tabloid tale.
The male uses its 10in (25cm) tentacles to strangle passing love rivals who take a fancy to their partner.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL3151294120080401
Fourteen members of a Russian doomsday cult on Tuesday abandoned the remote underground bunker where they had been hiding for nearly half a year awaiting the end of the world.

http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/other_news/&articleid=336047
Pay-per-view funerals go live online in Britain on Tuesday, allowing mourners who cannot attend services in person to pay their last respects via the Internet.