The National Ignition Facility, the Department of Energy’s pet fusion project, has finally fired up its 192 lasers and zapped a small gold capsule to 5.9 million degrees, moving us one step closer to the day of clean, nearly free, fusion energy.

For the third time since 1900, Valentine’s Day falls on the same day as the Chinese New Year. This won’t happen again until after 2030.

There’s a bronze statue of a stray dog called Malchik in Moscow’s Mendeleevskaya metro station. The dog was killed by Yulia Romanova, a fashion model who was attacked by Malchik. The statue is a symbol of the 35,000 stray dogs that roam Russia’s capital.

Gull-wing door (German: Flügeltüren) is an automotive term describing car doors that are hinged at the roof rather than the side.

According to BusinessWeek, for every dollar companies spend on employee wellness, medical costs fall more than $3.

This article appears in February 5 • 2010.

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