shielding, icky food, and an airline you probably won't need

Today I learned that two layers of aluminum make a better magnetic field shield than one. Some physicists figured that out in January of 1997, and some engineers, who used more passive sentences than I think I've seen in one place for some time, did it in August of 1997. I would bet money than neither group figured it out using cookie sheets.

In impending death news, genetically modified corn and potatoes that contain their own insecticide make rats and mice sick, so when those crops accidentally get released into the general population, we're all going to have to give up high fructose corn syrup and french fries, causing the death of fast food. Also people who eat corn and potatoes.

And in case you needed to know, Wizz Air is a low-cost Hungarian airline.