Every Day, the Same, Again
Tom Cruise believes all ills are curable via the same Cartoon Network regimen of feeding people cooking oil and making them sweat. Cruise thinks he’s the Toxic Avenger, but he’s a petri dish of poison with a brilliant way to use 9/11 to line Scientology’s pockets.
A compound found naturally in blood could form the basis for an entirely new class of Aids drugs, according to scientists. The chemical prevents the HIV virus from entering human immune cells and it is effective even against strains of the virus that are resistant to other drugs.
Three men were indicted on graffiti charges after they sneaked into a subway tunnel and videotaped themselves spray-painting the walls. The three Brooklyn residents, ages 22 to 35, could face up to seven years in prison.
Humans have long been fascinated by the concept of invisibility.
Chinese translation software blamed in racist sofa outrage.
Wall Street is about to launch a new way to trade professional athletes the way you trade stocks.
An elderly woman who broke her hip when she fell into an open grave as she tried to place flowers on a friend’s casket is suing the town and the funeral home.
The FDA is entertaining a “citizen’s petition” to allow manufacturers to substitute vegetable fats and oils for cocoa butter.
When a high-profile $100 million movie flops at the box office Hollywood groans. When that movie has been directed by two of the hottest hitters in town, produced by the best in the business, filled with sex, violence and stars, and yet it still flops, then the entire industry panics. Such is the case for Grindhouse.
He’s spent more than $1 billion on horses, and built them their own 747. He’s won the biggest races worldwide. Now the ruler of Dubai is taking his game to the U.S.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy said yesterday he sought treatment for an addiction to the painkiller OxyContin months before wrecking his car outside the U.S. Capitol last year.
Guys, I owe you an apology.
A human rights group sued Yahoo, accusing the Internet giant of abetting the torture of pro-democracy writers by releasing data that allowed China’s government to identify them.
Mine’s Bigger: the ridiculous race to build the world’s tallest building. While the Empire State Building reigned as the planet’s tallest for 41 years (eclipsed in 1972 by the World Trade Center), future titleholders will likely eke out only a few months (or at most a couple of years) on top before being knocked out by a higher high-rise.
Subprime mess produces unqualified victims.
Scientists identify genes activated during learning and memory.
This is the worst liquor advertising out there right now.
Half a suit that you just throw on over a T-shirt to give you a professional look during video conferences, web chats, video blogging…
Oklahoma already has the strawberry as its official fruit, so the state Senate cleared the way Tuesday to declare the watermelon the state vegetable.
Scientists of the University of Twente in The Netherlands have made a video of leaping shampoo, in which they explain the so-called Kaye efffect.
Where does the candle wax go?
A Swedish hospital wants to ban its staff from wearing Crocs plastic clogs saying they generate static electricity that can knock out medical equipment.
Most animals we consider excellent runners — antelopes and cheetahs, for example — are built for speed, not endurance. Modern humans and their immediate ancestors such as Homo erectus sport several adaptations that make humans the animal world’s best distance runners.
If T. rex fell, how did it get up, given its tiny arms and low center of gravity?
