Israeli Supermarket Advertisers Channel Hamas Leader’s Assassins
Fri, 12/03/10 – 0:55 | No Comment

The assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh made for some pretty exciting news, who would have thought that it could help to sell groceries?
Apparently the creative minds behind an advertisement for the Mahsaney Kimat Hinam …

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Independent Scholar Paints a Violent, Unflattering Image of Neanderthal Man
Thursday, 17 Sep, 2009 – 21:49 | One Comment
Independent Scholar Paints a Violent, Unflattering Image of Neanderthal Man

A self-educated scholar from Sydney has offered the world a new, significantly more gruesome picture of Neanderthal man.

Pigeon Carries Data 25 Times Faster Than South Africa’s Telkom
Wednesday, 9 Sep, 2009 – 21:01 | 7 Comments
Pigeon Carries Data 25 Times Faster Than South Africa’s Telkom

A South African information technology company chose a novel way to prove how slow the country’s leading Internet service provider Telkom was, they strapped a memory card to a pigeon and had a data transfer …

Ping Pong Ball Cannon Shoots Through Drywall
Saturday, 5 Sep, 2009 – 3:16 | No Comment
Ping Pong Ball Cannon Shoots Through Drywall

The “Lethal Pneumatic Ping Pong Ball Gun” is the work of Denver man Ron Kessinger. After firing off a few dry rounds, the guys fill some ping pong balls up with water and show why …

Monkeys Affected By Monkey Music, Calmed By Metallica
Wednesday, 2 Sep, 2009 – 19:33 | 4 Comments
Monkeys Affected By Monkey Music, Calmed By Metallica

While most animals do not appreciate music, a recent study published in the latest Royal Society Biology Letters showed that monkeys, more particularly cotton-top tamarins, do; and their musical preference is likely to surprise a …

UK Team Discovers Abnormalities In Brain Pathway Of Psychopaths
Saturday, 8 Aug, 2009 – 3:07 | No Comment
UK Team Discovers Abnormalities In Brain Pathway Of Psychopaths

A small study by a team of doctors at the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London has shed light on a brain pathway abnormality that occurs among psychopaths.

Tokyo University Develops Touchable Holography
Thursday, 6 Aug, 2009 – 20:02 | 4 Comments
Tokyo University Develops Touchable Holography

The Shinoda Laboratory at Japan’s prestigious Tokyo University has been experimenting with touchable holography.

Malawian Teen Dropped Out Of School and Built His Own Windmill
Wednesday, 5 Aug, 2009 – 1:17 | One Comment
Malawian Teen Dropped Out Of School and Built His Own Windmill

William Kamkwamba, now twenty, was a teenager when he designed and built his own windmill from looking at pictures in a book. In this video he describes how people first thought him crazy, until they …

Real Madrid: Pepe's Savage Football Foul
Saturday, 25 Apr, 2009 – 1:24 | 6 Comments
Real Madrid: Pepe's Savage Football Foul

Real Madrid’s Pepe committed a savage foul on Getafe’s Francisco Casquero in a match that would ultimately end 2-2. Pepe intentionally pushes Casquero, but it is what happened after Casquero hit the turf that earned …

Tempting Fate: BASE Jumping With Skis
Saturday, 28 Mar, 2009 – 2:19 | No Comment
Tempting Fate: BASE Jumping With Skis

Update: Shane McConkey died in a skiing BASE jumping accident somewhere around the time that this article was published.

Lowbrow Genius: Kenny Rogers Jackass Skit
Saturday, 28 Mar, 2009 – 2:08 | 2 Comments
Lowbrow Genius: Kenny Rogers Jackass Skit

There is no denying the stupidity of Jackass, but it did have some funny moments. This skit is a perfect summary of the stupidest moments of the world’s dumbest show.

Mathematical Formula Calculates Whether Marriage Will End in Divorce
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 9:14 | No Comment
Mathematical Formula Calculates Whether Marriage Will End in Divorce

Calculating the odds of a happy marriage is nothing new, but Professor James Murray of Oxford University has taken it a step further than most. In 700 couples that were studied, Murray and his team …

The International Space Station as Seen From Earth
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 8:43 | 3 Comments
The International Space Station as Seen From Earth

Many people are not aware that the International Space Station (ISS) is visible from Earth. It is, in fact it can be seen without a telescope under the right conditions: it has to be in …

Recession May Have People Craving Pet Meat
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 7:52 | One Comment
Recession May Have People Craving Pet Meat

Animal rights experts are afraid that the Great Recession may cause Britons to start eating pets. Pet owners have be warned about selling the more commonly eaten varieties of animals in the upcoming months, in …

First Look at Where the Wild Things Are the Movie
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 7:33 | No Comment
First Look at Where the Wild Things Are the Movie

Where the Wild Things Are has been a longtime favorite book for children the world over, so hopefully the film version will do it justice. If this trailer is anything to go by, it looks …

Arlington Woman Blames Satan and the Economy for Church Theft
Saturday, 21 Mar, 2009 – 8:34 | One Comment
Arlington Woman Blames Satan and the Economy for Church Theft

A 62-year-old Arlington woman accused of taking more than $73,000 from a church has stated that “Satan had a big part in the theft.” It is alleged that she forged the pastor of the Arlington …

Jewelry Thieves Robbed by Other Crooks
Saturday, 21 Mar, 2009 – 8:10 | No Comment
Jewelry Thieves Robbed by Other Crooks

In what some might call a disturbing sign of the times, two thieves who had just robbed a jewelry store in Milwaukee were themselves robbed as they made their getaway. Police believe that they …