Apparently they've managed to create some supa' fast memory chips by coating 30-nanometer-long bits of tobacco mosaic virus (pictured above in its natural habitat) with itsy-bitsy platinum nanoparticles.

ENGADGET: Platinum-coated virus to be used for speedy memory

So much wildlife has been displaced from its natural habitat that deer were running loose in the streets, desperate for water.

BBC: JAN FOX, LA CRESCENTA, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER