Could the Universe be a Gigantic Brain Cell?

One is only micrometers wide. The other is billions of light years across. One shows neurons in a mouse brain. The other is a simulated image of the universe. Together they suggest the surprisingly similar patterns found in vastly different phenomena.

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The Best Game Ever

This was the game that launched pro football into the stratosphere of billion-dollar franchises and multimillion-dollar player salaries. With 17 future Hall of Famers on the field and on the sidelines, it was watched by a TV audience of 45 million, the largest ever to witness a football game to that point. will always remains in our memory.

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Why New York City's Iconic Pizza Is So Tough to Replicate

A New Yorker enlists Mario Batali and a team of scientists to determine why San Francisco pizza sucks.

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Helen Thomas Asks About Bush’s Torture Approval

During this afternoon’s White House press briefing, reporter Helen Thomas noted that Bush “has admitted that he did sign off on torture” saying it damages “the credibility of this country.” But press secretary Dana Perino denied that the United States has ever tortured detainees and referred to testimony from CIA Director Michael Hayden as evidence

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Epic Pwnage: How to Deal with Junk Mailers!

Use "Postage Paid" Envelopes to mail a brick to these mailbox spammers.

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7 Sides of the World’s Most Infamous Street Artist [PICS]

The Banksy Paradox... Sounds pretty cool, well it is.

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CNN T-Shirt: ABC News Fucked Up The Pennsylvania Debate

Their shopping cart isn't working at the moment haha but its a classic

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How A Brain Tumor Caused Sudden & Uncontrollable Pedophilia

The sudden and uncontrollable paedophilia exhibited by a 40-year-old man was caused by an egg-sized brain tumour, his doctors have told a scientific conference. And once the tumour had been removed, his sex-obsession disappeared.

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The 7 Greatest Home Shopping Screw Ups of All Time

The FCC can bitch and moan about Fox all they want, but the Home Shopping Network has some of the most vulgar characters and violent programming around. Cracked.com presents a lifetime achievement in the field of unintentional comedy.

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Scientists say Midwest quakes poorly understood

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Scientists say they know far too little about Midwestern seismic zones like the one that rumbled to life under southern Illinois Friday morning, but some of what they do know is unnerving. The fault zones beneath the Mississippi River Valley have produced some of the largest modern U.S. quakes east of the Rockies, a region...

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Why is Obama successful? He read the rules. Hillary didn't

Last Thursday, about a year too late, I read the "2008 Delegate Selection Rules for the Democratic National Convention." Not a fun read, I must add, which may be the reason Sen. Hillary Clinton, or her people, and most of the press, did not read or understand its 25 dense pages.

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Texas prison inmate cons way onto Idaho primary ballot

A federal prison inmate got himself listed on the ballot for Idaho's May 27 primary as a Democratic presidential candidate, the state's top election official said. As a result, Democratic voters will be able to choose between Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Judd.

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Every box of Thin Mints you enjoy helps destroy an....

....Orangutan's habitat. Girl Scouts take a stand: Just say no to Thin Mints.

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Actor Jason Beghe leaves Scientology

Jason Beghe, known for his roles in movies as Thelma & Louise and Numb3rs, has publicly and loudly severed his ties to the Church of Scientology.

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16 awesome image editing tutorials

More than a dozen fantastic tutorials showing how to do image editing in Aviary's online image editor. Concepts are reusable in Photoshop too.

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New High-Fat Diet that can treat Epilepsy

Giving drugs to children with epilepsy is often ineffective. But there is an alternative - a high-fat food plan that dramatically reduces seizures

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A Taxing History

The year is 1865. Andrew Carnegie steps out of his carriage sporting a gold watch. At home in Carnegie's Pennsylvania estate, his grandchildren bang on a custom-made piano. Things are quite comfortable for the Carnegie family. And why not? The steel baron and later philanthropist would earn $84,000 that year—the equivalent of about $2 million today

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Dear God - A spiritual Post Secret from Cool Hunter founder

From the founder of the cool hunter comes dear-god.net; a startlingly new concept of spirituality where people from all over the planet reveal their innermost hopes and fears in the form of prayers to god.Dear God is completely non-demonational and the term god is used in the broadest sense encompassing every religion’s concept of a higher power.

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Cracked.com: Eat Shit, Webbys!

Apparently they're not too pleased about getting beat by two lolcat sites. Well, at least they handle it like mature adults.

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Mario theme played using RC car and bottles

This guy lined up a whole bunch of bottles and rand his RC car through them to make the mario theme song.

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10 Spectacles Of Sport To See Before You Die

Visit New York in early September and you'll experience the energy of the citizens returning from vacation, but you'll also have the chance to see the U.S. Open, one of the world's premier sports events.

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The World's Most Extreme Photography Equipment

There are several categories of camera gear available: there's the sensible, the desirable and then there's the stuff that you'd never even imagined. Here's a selection of equipment that most definitely belongs in the latter category.

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Woodpecker with freakish beak photographed

An extraordinary woodpecker with a freakishly long beak has been spotted feeding from a domestic garden feeder.

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Hillary Says Memphis National Champ Even if KU Won

Hillary says Memphis should be allowed to be National Champion even though KU had more points at the end of the game. Stated Hillary, "For 35 minutes Memphis showed it had more experience than KU. Just because the Jayhawks came along in the last two minutes and scored more points doesn't mean they're ready to be National Champion on Day One."

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Vanity solves all of Life's Problems...

True story. There is a classic case in which the tenants of a large office building complained about the increasingly poor elevator service. It was first established that average waiting time for elevators was too long.

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Four Unexpected Food Facts

"Eat fiber, avoid trans-fat, watch your glycemic load ... you've got the basics down cold. But nutrition science can be wild and woolly, with more surprises than you might expect."

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Pitcher was on LSD while throwing no-hitter

A pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates admitted to being on LSD during a game in which he threw a no-hitter, something that absolutely defies possibility.

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Your "clever" marketing tricks have no effect on me

Your flashy publicity stunts do not convince me. Your “clever,” unusual viral marketing doesn’t interest me. No matter how oddball or innovative your marketing methods may be, they’re still just that – marketing. And we, as people, can see through that crap.

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World's smallest girl! Smaller than a baby!!!

This 15 year old girl from India is under 2 feet tall! Let's hope they don't clone her for some tiny army that would be too small to shoot at on the battlefield.

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Improv Everywhere: Best Game Ever

For our latest mission, we turned a little league baseball game in Hermosa Beach, California into a major league event. Enjoy the video below and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos.

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Top 5 Humiliating On Stage Spills [Video]

Watching someone fall never gets old. Here are 5 beauties caught on video.

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6 Races That Make Marathons Look Wimpy

I’m currently training for a marathon. When I start to think, “This is stupid...” I don’t stop and remind myself why I’m trying to run a 26.2-mile race. I prefer to comfort myself with “Yeah, but it’s nowhere near as crazy as...” and then fill in a truly absurd feat of human endurance that makes 26.2 miles look positively meager.

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Digg users unite!!! Let's Rickroll the NY Mets all year!!!

choose other on the ballot, write in the entry, and all year the Mets and their fans get rickrolled during the 8th inning. DO IT!!!

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Water's benefits questioned by scientists

"Our purpose was to relieve people of the burden that they have to drink extra water in order to be healthy," co-author Stanley Goldfarb told me. "There's no evidence of that."

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8 Stunning Technicolor Images of Nuclear Fireballs

Continuing our nuclear theme this week, I thought it might be interesting to showcase some of the most amazing images of destruction that man and nature have ever devised.

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Jaw-Dropping National Geo Feature: China's Instant Cities

National Geographic's award-nominated feature on China's "instant cities" is online. It's a fascinating feature about the massive coastal manufacturing towns that now house 140 million people who've moved from the countryside as part of the largest migration in human history.

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Who is the Real Patriot? You May be Surprised.

In 1961, a young man, after hearing JFK’s call to “do for your country” gave up his student deferment, left college and joined the Marines. In 1963, he volunteered again to be a Navy corpsman. Valedictorian of his Navy class, he was assigned to the President's medical team, cared for LBJ and awarded 3 Letters of Commendation from the White House.

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Don't call the head of HR a "skank ho" [pic]

Funny reply to a job applicant.

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South of Orion

This tantalizing array of nebulae and stars can be found about 2 degrees south of the famous star-forming Orion Nebula. The region abounds with energetic young stars producing jets and outflows that push through the surrounding material at speeds of hundreds of kilometers per second.

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1943 Guide to Hiring Women

The following is an excerpt from Transportation Magazine - July, 1943

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Our gas shortage is a LIE! : Businessweek

Big oil made it up.

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Art Lebedev's Defendius door chain

Hurry! Available today only!

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Bill Clinton 'stuns' CA superdelegates with red-faced tirade

At a closed-door meeting with California's superdelegates, Bill Clinton stunned witnesses with a meltdown where he blasted Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama. Delegates said it was the 'worst political meeting ever.'

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The 5 Most Ridiculous Lies You Were Taught In History Class

High school was hard enough, what with all the video games and boobs to distract us from our homework. What made it even harder was having to unlearn all of the stuff they taught us in elementary school history that turned out to be utter bullshit.

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Lost In Translation: English Interpreted [PICS]

One of my favorite things about traveling is seeing how English is used, or misused. Apparently I'm not alone. Most of these seem to be from Asian countries, however there are a few from other parts of the world that are just as hilarious. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

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Energy Crisis Solved by Harvesting Rainbows

Researches at PrizmaTech Labs have recently revealed an incredible breakthrough in solar technology that’s sure to brighten your day. The development uses specially calibrated ROYGBIV panels to collect solar energy over a broad spectrum of wavelengths, yielding an unheard-of energy efficiency rating that is 7 times greater than conventional panels!

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The 5 Most Ridiculously Over-Hyped Health Scares of All Time

Fear is our national pastime. These news stories were our World Series.

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Only In India: Hilarious [PIC]

No explanation needed.

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McCain baffled by condom question

Reporter's Question: Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?McCain's Answer: "You've stumped me" on whether condoms help stop HIV. "I have to find out what my position was."

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Flying Spaghetti Monster Statue at Tennessee Courthouse

We are lucky enough to live in a country that allows us, its citizens, the freedom of speech. I have chosen to put up a statue of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to represent the discourse between people of all different beliefs.

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Millions Dead/Dying in Recent Mass-Rick-Rolling by YouTube.

Click on any "Featured Videos". When will the insanity stop?

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Flying penguins found by BBC programme

The BBC will today screen remarkable footage of penguins flying as part of its new natural history series, Miracles of Evolution.

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Killer polar bear? I'm just a big teddy, really!

It was a chance encounter that could have ended with flying fur and bloodshed in the snow. Wildlife photographer Norbert Rosing was taking pictures of a team of huskies in Canada's frozen north when a polar bear gatecrashed the party...

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New Google Services Launched

Google spiders crawl publicly available web information and our index of historic, cached web content. Using a mashup of numerous factors such as recurrence plots, fuzzy measure analysis, online betting odds and the weather forecast from the iGoogle weather gadget, they can create a sophisticated model of what the internet will look like 24 hours.

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Project Virgle: Mars collaboration between Google and Virgin

A new collaboration between Google and Virgin aims to introduce a permanent human settlement on Mars. Applications are even being accepted for pioneers willing to embark on this highly risky endeavor.

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Amazing new Gmail feature!!!

Introducing Gmail Custom Time.Be on time. Every time."I used to be an honest person; but now I don't have to be. It's just so much easier this way. I've gained a lot of productivity by not having to think about doing the 'right' thing."Todd J., Investment Banker

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