Interesting Reading #745 - Synthetic Blood, Amazing dashboard,
Human cat ears, 4,000 MPH vactrain and much more!  by | May 5,
2011 09:01 PM ET  Plans for a 4,000mph underwater train from New
York to London - "Vacuum Tube Train: A 4,000-mph magnetically
levitated train could allow you to have lunch in Manhattan and
still get to London in time for the theater, despite the 5-hour
time difference. It's not impossible: Norway has studied
neutrally buoyant tunnels (concluding that they're feasible,
though expensive), and Shanghai is running maglev trains to its
airport...."  How can I best view the ETA Aquarids meteor
shower? - "The Eta Aquarids (ETA) are the third major meteor
shower of the year, and is expected to be one of the greatest to
witness in 2011. Like many other meteor showers, the Eta
Aquarids are caused by the Earth passing through the dust
particles of a comet. In this case, that comet is Halley's Comet
(1P/Halley).Each spring, Earth passes into a trail of dust from
Halley's Comet, and as a result, a