I would totally go see a movie called Snakebots on a plane.

According to a cool article over at MSNBC, articulated snakebots may soon be crawling down your throat, up your pipes and into your heart.

Currently, most snake-inspired robots are made to crawl around on the ground, but according to Dennis Hong, Director of the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory, the snakebot will use flexible universal joints to roll up scaffolds or right into your mouth.

It has huge applications for construction, with the robot's ability to climb about anywhere. This could potentially reduce injuries on the work sites by a significant amount.

Their medical applications could see them rolling down your esophagus to check out... aw who cares, it's awesome!

Picture Dennis Hong/Virginia Tech

The Sun is spotless

Scientists are curious as to why our Sun hasn't had any spots for a good long time this year. 200 days and counting so far.

Nobody really knows what this means, but the sunspot activity hasn't been this low since the 50's, so it naturally make people talk and speculate. And cry.

Ok, none of the scientists are crying yet, but that would be funny wouldn't it? If they broke down sobbing whenever confronted by an unusual occurrence? No? Just me? Fine.

Alright already.

Stories I had nothing to do with

The US Navy says they have found the wreckage of lost WWII submarine, the USS Grunion.

An Austrailian boy broke into a zoo, killed some animals and fed others to a crocodile.

The Ig Nobels are out.

The Mob Museum will open soon in Vegas. The official name of it? The (redacted) Museum: The Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. Hmmm. Should make for interesting t-shirts.