Just thought I would post this here in case anyone was interested in this sort of thing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39098496...nce/?gt1=43001

The news story is interesting if perhaps a bit underwhelming. However, one sentence in particular struck me as funny...

"This 21st-century technology creates a very thin tube of laser light with a dark core."

Anyone else get a bit of a chuckle out of that?