Don't try this at home. Several times a day, for several days, you induce pain in someone. You control the pain with morphine until the final day of the experiment, when you replace the morphine with saline solution. Guess what? The saline takes the pain away. picked by Johnny21J 3 years ago

I have something un-American to confess: I rent an apartment, despite having enough money to buy a house. I plan to keep renting for as long as I can. I'm not just holding out for better prices. Renting will make me richer. picked by KerOBeroS32 1 year ago

It's the force we all know about and think we understand. It keeps our feet firmly on the ground and our world circling the sun.

Yet look a little closer, and the certainties start to float away, revealing gravity as the most puzzling and least understood of the four fundamental forces of nature. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

From dark matter to the placebo effect. From the uniformity of the universe and more, these are some of the things about science that just do not make sense. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Almost everything we think about what would make us happy is dead wrong. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

The moon — linked in myth with goddesses of witchcraft and the hunt, with gods of magic and wisdom — is nearly as old as Earth itself, with enigmas of its own. As close as the moon is to Earth, we are still far from solving all its mysteries — from how the moon was born to whether life on Earth has its past and future there. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Ice cream shield from a vacuum bag? Miniature greenhouse from cd cases? Hanging lamp from a swim floatie? Learn these trick, and more!

The page is in another language, but most of the items are easy to figure out how to make and use from just looking at the pictures. picked by daftgretel 3 years ago

Here is how you can make your own paper with household items. You can also make the paper to your own needs or desires.

Another Tutorial on paper making
A pictorial tutorial on papermaking
Flickr link courtesy of MAKEzine
History of papermaking picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Although we don't claim to understand it, a cat that has installed itself in a cardboard box is a happy cat. You can exploit this mysterious fact to make a your own simple corrugated cardboard cat bed like this one, designed as a kitty-sized chaise lounge. Since it's just cardboard, it's also easy to modify this basic design to suit your own (or your cat's) taste. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The sun lies at the heart of our solar system, but it still holds back many secrets from science. Unlocking these mysteries could shed light on puzzling activity seen in other stars and even safeguard lives. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The structure, the amygdala—a pair of almond-shaped regions located in the medial temporal lobes—was previously known to process strong negative emotions, such as anger and fear, and is considered the seat of emotion in the brain. However, it had never been linked rigorously to real-life human social interaction. picked by kakana 3 months ago

No fair! What parent hasn't heard that from a child who thinks another youngster got more of something. Well, it turns out dogs can react the same way. Ask them to do a trick and they'll give it a try. For a reward, sausage say, they'll happily keep at it. But if one dog gets no reward, and then sees another get sausage for doing the same trick, just try to get the first one to do it again. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Funny story (supposedly true) about a couple who purchased a television set that was too big to fit in their car. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

25 pictures that don't make any sense. picked by evadiva 4 months ago

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment. It is the world’s largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 90 countries, supporting around 1300 conservation and environmental projects around the w... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago