Weird Science Roundup: Drunk Badgers, Zoo Battles, and Citrusy Tires

• Tires made with orange oil instead of petroleum are in the making! Perhaps they'll exude a light citrus scent on the highway. • A badger intoxicated from a binge on overripe (and therefore alcoholic) cherries disrupted traffic in Berlin when he parked himself in the middle of the road. Apparently the little guy got pretty belligerent, too: "Having failed to scare the animal away, officers eventually chased it from the road with a broom," according to Reuters. • The owners of a runaway dog are pretty pissed off. They're following the canine's example in the hopes of bringing the pup back: Spraying their own urine around their neighborhood. Let's hope they don't try using, er, option number two. • The zoo-against-zoo fight in Germany over celebrity polar bear Knut is finally settled...to the tune of $600,000. • Cell phones: They're not just for talking anymore, and some of the ...