For as long as human hair has turned gray, elders have looked at their successors and frowned. "Children nowadays are tyrants," goes an old quotation widely attributed to Socrates. "They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers." picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Can you tell if a man is dangerous by the shape of his mug? picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Not the base, the 527-foot former missile tracking ship. It was sunk off the Florida Keys to create a reef...And critters are moving in. picked by maven 1 month ago

An electromagnetic black hole has been created for the first time. It works at microwave frequencies but it is expected to be able to eventually catch visible light as well. This would open up new possibilities for solar power cells. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

The Catlin Arctic Survey was working with the World Wildlife Fund, and the WWF warns, "This could lead to flooding affecting one-quarter of the world's population, substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions from massive carbon pools and extreme global weather changes." picked by suebe 1 month ago

If we see a person first in a good light, it is difficult subsequently to darken that light.


*does this halo make my butt look big?* picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Brain signals have shown that calves do appear to feel pain when slaughtered according to Jewish and Muslim religious law, strengthening the case for adapting the practices to make them more humane. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

A search through decades-old frozen infant stool samples has yielded rich dividends for scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

A crow-sized reptile sporting a lengthy tail likely soared through the skies some 160 million years ago, snatching feathered dinosaurs and tiny flying mammals from the air, suggest fossils of a newly identified pterosaur. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

The frenzy is building over mostly Western generated misinformation regarding the Mayan calendar.

The Maya have more important things to worry about, like rain. picked by jhordie 1 month ago

There's only one place left in this world that hasn't been explored, and it is guaranteed to teach us more than the rest of the planet has ever told us. It's the bottom. picked by Pazez 1 month ago

A Gömböc is a strange thing. It looks like an egg with sharp edges, and when you put it down it starts wriggling and rolling around with an apparent will of its own. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

The first video of the series, which demonstrates how a high-magnitude earthquake along the San Andreas Fault would impact Southern California. (Hint: It’s not good.) picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

A large number of short discussions on history. Read them or listen to them, but learn something how our culture is formed by human creativity. Click above link or this link to search by keywords all previous episodes. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

Be careful about your 'shrooms! picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

An oxygen-depleted "dead zone" the size of New Jersey (well, figures!) is starving sea life near the coast of Oregon and Washington. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

NASA has recalculated the trajectory of asteroid Apophis and concluded that Bruce Willis can stand down from a state of doom-body-busting readiness. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recently submitted its report to the president in which they stated that this influenza season might kill 30-90,000 people in the US. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

An Italian scientist says he has reproduced one of the world's most famous Catholic relics, the Shroud of Turin, to support his belief it is a medieval fake, not the cloth Jesus was buried in. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Who Would Have Thought? Ducks Like Water! picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Earth's oceans currently have more than 400 dead zones, oxygen-starved areas that are hundreds or thousands of square miles and virtually devoid of life during summer months. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

In 1969, Sagan contributed a piece about his marijuana use for the book "Marihuana Reconsidered." Sagan wrote under the pseudonym of Mr. X, but he was later confirmed as the author.
*props to boingboing* picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

The authors suggest that the analgesic effect occurs because it enhances the sense of body ownership, the sense that one's body belongs to oneself. Viewing one's hand in pain may therefore increase one's sense of ownership over the hand, and in turn increase bodily control of it. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

EARLIER this year, a puzzling report appeared in the journal Sleep Medicine. It described two Italian people who never truly slept. They might lie down and close their eyes, but read-outs of brain activity showed none of the normal patterns associated with sleep. Their behaviour was pretty odd, too. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

This year's Nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded to Professors Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath. picked by sharon22 2 months ago