Every Day, the Same, Again
Russia is sending a cosmonaut into space without a fearsome triple-barrelled “space pistol” for the first time in 20 years, due to a shortage of ammunition.
Recently the British Fashion Council recommended that models be screened for eating disorders; starting September 2008, models will be required to provide a medical certificate showing that they are not anorexic.
A Davenport mother tried to sell her child for a wedding dress.
A man who was apparently worried about a random drug test asked an 11-year-old boy at a mall for a urine sample.
A former Mexican presidential candidate was disqualified from the Berlin marathon for taking a nine mile (15 km) short cut.
Russian Viagra and penis enlargement spammer murdered.
How does it feel to die?
Fish poison makes hot things feel icy and cold things feel burning hot. Drinking alcohol or coffee only increased the pain.
The ICANN is testing Internet domain names written entirely in non-Roman languages. It will conduct a test to see whether domains written entirely in foreign scripts can work without crashing the Net.
Google powered more than half of all search requests carried out around the world in August.
Is there really a labor shortage, or are tech companies lobbying Congress for more visas and green cards simply to avoid paying Americans better wages?
Global warming: The reality is much, MUCH worse than the scientific consensus predicted.
Cigarettes distributed to WWII GIs killed more men than died in battle.
The ten most incomprehensible Bob Dylan interviews of all time.
Why do some dogs walk by moving both legs on one side of the body at the same time, while others use diagonal pairs?
The first color photograph, taken by physicist James Clerk Maxwell in 1861 [Process].
The first photo from Space.
What do you mean wrestling is fake?
Scaffolding for the brave.
