News For Mom

See A Fish With A Transparent Head

2009-02-24T06:45:00.001-08:00

Today there's a new addition to the "real life is stranger than fiction" category. Check out the fish Macropinna microstoma. It has tubular eyes and a see-through head.

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Banking on the Brink

2009-02-23T14:24:00.001-08:00

Why not just go ahead and nationalize? Remember, the longer we live with zombie banks, the harder it will be to end the economic crisis.

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Jiuzhaigou: China's Mystic Waters

2009-02-22T13:35:00.001-08:00

Jiuzhaigou means "valley of nine villages," because it once harbored nine, but other numbers are more significant now. About 80 hotels are clustered cleanly at the mouth of a Y-shaped, 20-mile-long valley in the Min Mountains of central China, where 280 buses wait to shuttle this day's 18,000 or so visitors up the very pretty route......

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iPhone game saves a family's home

2009-02-22T09:00:00.001-08:00

The 30-year-old computer programmer hoped to sell enough copies of the game that the couple wouldn't have to put their home on the market. That was more than $700,000 ago.

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10 Reasons Why Facebook Is for Old Fogies

2009-02-16T11:19:00.001-08:00

For what began with college students has found its fullest, richest expression with us, the middle-aged. Here are 10 reasons Facebook is for old fogies:

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Boyfriend (XKCD COMIC)

2009-02-04T06:07:00.001-08:00

(XKCD COMIC)

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iPhone 4G Concept Is a MacBook In a Phone

2009-02-04T06:06:00.001-08:00

Oh. So. Pretty. It needs some small aesthetic fixes here and there, but boy I would like to see something along these lines coming from Apple. And I like the fantasy specs too.

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10 Things I Love About Vultures

2009-02-03T21:17:00.001-08:00

They're not revolting. They're gentle, inquisitive, and smarter than eagles.

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Cellphone Explosion Severs Man's Neck!

2009-02-03T14:41:00.001-08:00

Just in case, I'm not putting my iPhone in my jacket's inner chest pocket ever again. Or in my pants, for that matter.

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James Harrison Punching Aaron Francisco!

2009-02-03T05:12:00.001-08:00

Harrison is a dirty player. Look at this video where he pummels Aaron Francisco who is about 100 pounds smaller than him. He only gets a 15 yard penalty. He should have been ejected from the game!

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7 Items You Won't Believe Are Actually Legal

2009-02-03T05:11:00.001-08:00

Drugs, artillery emplacements, napalm, prostitution- sometimes it seems like the best things in life are illegal. Luckily for us, there are a lot of awesome things out there that Uncle Sam amazingly hasn't taken away from us yet.

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The suspect you'd least suspect.

2009-02-01T20:26:00.001-08:00

A TV news blooper causes some unexpected lulz...

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More Losses in 2010 Could Push GOP to Brink of Collapse

2009-01-30T11:52:00.001-08:00

It's not that the GOP will disappear from politics as we know it, but certainly, it would take them a decade or more to claw their way back to the top of the electoral heap. When the GOP lost the House in 1954, it took forty years to return to the majority. A third-straight round of losses in 2010 could push the GOP into a long term minority.

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Lazy Nation Fears Obama Will Create Millions Of Jobs

2009-01-21T10:31:00.001-08:00

He's out of control.

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Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban

2009-01-20T15:01:00.001-08:00

Barack Obama's getting a Cadillac-styled new Presidential Limo tomorrow. While nice, we're more interested in the Gatling gun-equipped Suburban that follows Cadillac One. Here's video of the bullet-spraying Chevy in action.

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Thousands of shopping carts stake out the parking lot [pic]

2009-01-20T06:03:00.001-08:00

This urban sculpture was made with thousands of standard shopping carts in a Costco parking lot by following the natural curve in a lineup of the carts. What they are protecting, we're not exactly sure, but this might be the equivalent of the crop circle in an urban environment.

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How to move two presidents in six hours

2009-01-20T05:46:00.001-08:00

It's a side of Inauguration Day that most people never see: a grueling, precisely timed workday involving scores of staffers that follows six months of careful planning.

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Cost: $2 Million. Revenue: $30

2009-01-19T18:27:00.001-08:00

The lowest grossing film of all time, earning just $30 at the box office from exactly six patrons.

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11th hour plan to drill off California coast

2009-01-18T05:13:00.001-08:00

The U.S. Interior Department, acting in President Bush's final days in office, proposed on Friday opening up 130 million acres off of California's coast to drilling for oil and natural gas, including areas off Humboldt and Mendocino counties and from San Luis Obispo south to San Diego.

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NASA’s History With Nuclear Dreams

2009-01-18T05:12:00.001-08:00

NASA, the ubiquitous name in space exploration hadn’t always intended on always using regular rockets to fling space-shuttles or cargo in space. For a few decades starting at 1960, to the early years in 2000, NASA had its sights set on “poster child” mission where they would use a nuclear-powered space-shuttle.

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CandyWars, a sugar-coated DopeWars, is approved by App Store

2009-01-18T05:10:00.001-08:00

After being rejected entry into the App Store, Catamount Software renamed its port of the cult classic DopeWars game to CandyWars (iTunes, $0.99) and it was promptly approved.

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What Happens When You Spray Hot Water At -20 Degrees?

2009-01-16T06:37:00.001-08:00

Birdchick lives in Minnesota, where it's wicked cold right now! She shot this video of what happens when you spray hot water at -20 degrees F.

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Indie 103.1 Goes Off the Air to Keep Intregrity

2009-01-16T06:33:00.001-08:00

The Famous Los Angeles Radio Station has suddenly stopped broadcasting!

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A Neglected Revenue Source For California - Marijuana

2009-01-16T04:44:00.001-08:00

I don't smoke out, at ALL, but let's get smart and make this official already...

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Facebook Kills Whopper Sacrifice. We Can't Have Nice Things

2009-01-15T05:21:00.001-08:00

Burger King, through their insanely creative advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, launches a FB app that encourages users to remove friends. Sacrifice ten of em and you got a free Whopper. 233,906 friends were removed by 82,771 people in less than a week. This is the future of advertising. Or it could have been, if Facebook hadn’t shut it..

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The most disgusting cheese ever made - Casu marzu

2009-01-14T20:43:00.001-08:00

Yum!

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5 Classic Cartoons They Don't Want You To See | Cracked.com

2009-01-14T20:40:00.001-08:00

funny

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Baby Barn Owls!

2009-01-13T06:53:00.001-08:00

So cute and cuddly!!

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Crows Are Getting Smarter

2009-01-13T06:47:00.001-08:00

The invasion is imminent...

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Was this really necessary? [WIKIPEDIA]

2009-01-12T16:45:00.001-08:00

I hope Timothy Mark Hope-Johnstone isn't planning to become famous anytime within, say, the next 300 years, if he lives that long.

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One Religion that’s Actually Embracing Science: Buddhism

2009-01-12T16:43:00.001-08:00

More than 30 Tibetan monks, plus a handful of nuns, will be collaborating with a team from San Francisco's Exploratorium to build exotic machines to create patterns from sunlight using cardboard, dowels, reflective sheets of mylar and electronic components. They will return to their monasteries and start spreading the joys of scientific exploration

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Eating bambi's dad makes bambi a runt.

2009-01-12T16:33:00.001-08:00

Evolutionary biology suggests that man's impact on species he hunts may cause them to evolve physically smaller forms.

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Disney Rejection Letter From 1938 [PIC]

2009-01-12T15:16:00.001-08:00

Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen.

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How to hallucinate using ping-pong balls and a radio

2009-01-12T04:57:00.001-08:00

Do you ever want to change the way you see the world? Wouldn't it be fun to hallucinate on your lunch break? Although we typically associate such phenomena with powerful drugs like LSD or mescaline, it's easy to fling open the doors of perception without them: All it takes is a basic understanding of how the mind works.

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15 Reasons Mr. Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever

2009-01-11T07:13:00.001-08:00

Many of us grew up with Mr. Rogers. You might suspect that he was some kind of fraud ala Smoochy. You, my friend, would be wrong.

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140 Year Old Lobster To Be Set Free

2009-01-11T07:12:00.001-08:00

A LOBSTER thought to be about 140 years old will be returned to the ocean after briefly becoming the mascot for a New York City restaurant, an animal rights group said overnight.

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My Genome, My Self

2009-01-11T07:11:00.001-08:00

In the coming era of consumer genetics, your DNA will have much to tell you about the biological bases of your health, your physique and even your personality. But will this knowledge really amount to self-knowledge?

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White House: Increase in terror attacks since 9/11 a success

2009-01-11T07:08:00.001-08:00

On Friday I went back to the White House to throw one more metaphorical shoe at the president. Luckily, Deputy Press Secretary Scott Stanzel was sitting in for Dana Perino. I asked why the White House thought the war on terror was a success -- when statistics clearly show an increase in attacks since the US invasion of Iraq.

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Why'd Western Docs Promote Tobacco When Nazis Fought Cancer?

2009-01-11T07:06:00.001-08:00

Pop quizzes are frequent for students in Robert Proctor’s history of science classes. “How old is the earth?” “How many millions in a billion?” “Are you convinced that humans share a common ancestry with apes?”

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Is a 'Katrina-Like' Space Storm Brewing?

2009-01-11T07:03:00.001-08:00

U.S. scientists worry we aren't ready for a solar space storm that could knock out our electricity, our cell phones, even our water supply.

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NASA Renegades Pitch Obama Team New Post-Shuttle Plan

2009-01-10T19:23:00.001-08:00

A group of engineers today proposed a plan called Jupiter Direct to Obama advisors. The proposal would replace NASA's current plans for the Ares rocket. The engineers claim that the new plan would get astronauts to the ISS in less time, and for less money.

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One can spend a long time in jail without being charged

2009-01-09T12:16:00.001-08:00

It happened to H. Beatty Chadwick who has been behind bars for nearly 14 years without being charged. Businessman Manuel Osete spent nearly three years in an Arizona jail without ever receiving a criminal charge. And investment manager Martin Armstrong faced a similar situation when he was held for more than six years in a Manhattan jail.

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Palin: Couric, Fey profited by 'exploiting' me

2009-01-09T07:44:00.001-08:00

Conservative documentary filmmaker John Ziegler is determined to prove that Barack Obama won the 2008 election because of media bias, and that "the media assassination of [Sarah Palin], her character and family, was one of the greatest public injustices of our time.” Ziegler has now released clips of a January 5 interview with Palin.

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61 year-old farmer won ultra marathon against top athletes

2008-12-20T14:29:00.001-08:00

All of the professional athletes knew that one had to run about 18 hours a day and sleep the remaining 6 hours. The thing is, Cliff Young didn't know that so he kept running through the night and became a legend.

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"I hunted down the woman who stole my life."

2008-12-17T12:34:00.001-08:00

Your identity won't be stolen on the internet, it will be stolen in person.

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Vicious Polar Bear Attack (Pics)

2008-12-17T11:04:00.001-08:00

These pictures were captured at the onset of this vicious attack. Unfortunately, onlookers could do nothing but watch.

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Number Spiral

2008-12-12T18:43:00.001-08:00

Numbers can be mysterious.

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If I Die A Bacon-Related Death, Please Be Because of This

2008-12-12T11:06:00.001-08:00

OMFG. Seriously. I almost freaked out just looking at these pix. Must make.

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Physics: Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass

2008-12-11T14:38:00.001-08:00

Funny abstract from a frustrated student "My careful theoretical modeling and painstaking experimentation reveal 1) that my equipment is crap, as are all the available texts on the subject and 2) that this whole exercise was a complete waste of my time." Great read!

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So My Dentist Sent Me This Innocent Email... Oh Wait [PIC]

2008-12-10T19:10:00.001-08:00

Well, actually the email wasn't sent to me, but this is funny regardless. Though, I can't say I blame him.

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Were The Big Three. We Dont Need to Compete. [Pic]

2008-12-10T08:35:00.001-08:00

Funny picture, but it definitely speaks the truth.

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Why Bill Murray Might Show Up at Your Party (Just Like US!)

2008-12-09T13:43:00.001-08:00

Why is 58-year-old actor Bill Murray popping up unannounced at Williamsburg house parties and hanging out with twentysomething hipsters? Sarah Horne explores the mystery of the scene's most unlikely, late-blooming It guy.

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Hidden Travels of the Atomic Bomb

2008-12-09T07:40:00.001-08:00

Atomic insiders say the weapon was invented only once, and its secrets were spread around the globe by spies, scientists and the covert acts of nuclear states.

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Teacher Sells Ads On Tests To Cover Printing Costs

2008-12-02T18:37:00.001-08:00

Left to fend for himself after budget cuts, His tests cost over $500 a year to print, but this year he only got $316, one calculus teacher resorted to selling ads on quizzes and tests to cover his printing costs. $10 for quizzes, $20 for tests, and $30 for a final.

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Acorn Watchers Wonder What Happened to Crop

2008-12-01T13:26:00.001-08:00

The idea seemed too crazy to Rod Simmons, a measured, careful field botanist. Naturalists in Arlington County couldn't find any acorns. None. No hickory nuts, either. Then he went out to look for himself. He came up with nothing. Nothing crunched underfoot. Nothing hit him on the head.

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North Atlantic Cold-Water Sink Returns to Life

2008-12-01T12:19:00.001-08:00

Scientists have found evidence that convective mixing in the North Atlantic, a mechanism that fuels ocean circulation and affects Earth's climate, has returned after a decade of near stagnation – thanks, perhaps, to a dramatic loss of sea-ice in the Arctic during the summer of 2007.

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Jon Katz: What my 3k-pound steer has taught me about faith

2008-11-28T07:03:00.001-08:00

"I've attended churches, Quaker Meetings, synagogues, and Buddhist temples. I've taken yoga and read Joseph Campbell, Thomas Merton, C.S. Lewis, St. Augustine, and the Bible. I pray often. But I had an unsettling realization recently, which is that my steer Elvis already has the spiritual equanimity I have been seeking."

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Fortune Magazine -- GM: Death of an American dream

2008-11-26T07:11:00.001-08:00

In working for the largest company in the industry for so long, GM's management became comfortable, insular, self-referential, and too wedded to the status quo - traits that persist even now, when GM is on the precipice. They prefer stability over conflict, continuity over disorder, and GM's way over anybody else's.

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I'm Not One Of Those 'Love Thy Neighbor' Christians

2008-11-20T10:17:00.001-08:00

Everybody has this image of "crazy Christians" based on what they hear in the media, but it's just not true. I'm here to tell you there are lots of Christians who aren't anything like the preconceived notions you may have. We're not all into "turning the other cheek." We don't spend our days committing random acts of kindness for no credit.

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Great Money-Making Idea/Plan to Piss Off PETA (PIC)

2008-11-18T10:01:00.001-08:00

1) Buy a bunch of dogs 2) Put signs on their necks 3) Put them on street corners 4)????? 5) Profit!

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If TV Shows Had Truthful Titles

2008-11-18T09:59:00.001-08:00

A few weeks ago, we decided to show you what a few advertisements would say, if they were being honest. But we thought maybe it'd be more helpful if we showed you what some TV shows might be called if they were being a little more truthful.

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Legalize It

2008-11-17T17:50:00.001-08:00

With a recession in sight, the case for legalizing marijuana and taxing it for government revenue seems more practical than ever.

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Was George Carlin Our Mark Twain? Comedy Greats Say Yes

2008-11-12T10:10:00.001-08:00

Shining stars from America's comedy universe gathered Monday in Washington to honor the late, great George Carlin with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

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Alaska Update: Thousands of Ballots 'Found'

2008-11-11T14:44:00.001-08:00

One-third of ballots remain uncounted

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Lego Bricks You Can Actually Eat

2008-11-11T08:32:00.001-08:00

The concept is rather simple: Grab a Lego surface, a few Lego pieces, silicon to make a negative mold, cook the candy liquid, pour in, and let it cool down until it solidifies into transparent brick goodness, Lego logo included.

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Scientists Discover Why Sharks Can Swim So Fast

2008-11-10T13:22:00.001-08:00

Shortfin mako sharks can shoot through the ocean at up to 50 miles per hour (80 kilometres an hour). Now a trick that helps them to reach such speeds has been discovered – the sharks can raise their scales to create tiny wells across the surface of their skin, reducing drag like the dimples on a golf ball.

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Secret Service code names for new First Family

2008-11-10T10:03:00.001-08:00

They give a peek at the Obamas' personalities.

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Us Citizen Held Since 2002 in South Carolina to Get Hearing At Supremes

2008-11-10T08:55:00.001-08:00

The supreme court agreed to hear the case of a US citizen who has been held in a military prison in South Carolina without trial because of alleged links to terrorsts.

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Amazing shot of the atmosphere

2008-11-09T05:57:00.001-08:00

A Very Real, Though Slightly Impractical Cure For AIDS

2008-11-09T05:50:00.001-08:00

The startling case of an AIDS patient who underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia is stirring new hope that gene-therapy strategies on the far edges of AIDS research might someday cure the disease.

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Beatles "Hard Day’s Night" Chord Mystery solved w/Math!

2008-11-08T14:10:00.001-08:00

The most famous opening chord in rock & Roll:For 40 years nobody knew for sure what it was. Many guitar players have tried in vain to recreate the sound but usually fail miserably. Well, someone has figured it out - not a musician, but a Dalhousie mathematician.

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5 All-Time-Classic Albums That Critics Despised

2008-11-07T10:29:00.001-08:00

As much as people like to deny it, there is something about a negative album review that can sway the public consciousness. A bad review in the right publication can seal an album's fate as a bargain bin throwaway before it even has a chance.

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Bullet Train Gets Approved in California!

2008-11-07T10:24:00.001-08:00

Voters in California this week agreed to bankroll a multi-billion dollar high-speed railway system. The bond measure will fund about 20% of the $45 billion price tag.When completed, the high speed rail (220mph) will connect San Francisco to San Diego

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How to make $45 Million a year with Doman Names & Lawn Signs

2008-11-07T05:53:00.001-08:00

Have you seen one of those lawn signs plugging a local dating website? A blogger gets obsessed with who is behind them and just how far they stretch. This is a report of his findings, which start in a tiny NJ town and lead all the way to the secret guerilla marketing infrastructure of a multimillion-dollar company...

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Love you too, Mr Sloth

2008-11-06T16:32:00.001-08:00

Suddenly, it may be cool to be an American again

2008-11-06T16:26:00.001-08:00

She was a stranger, and she kissed me. Just for being an American.It happened on the bus on my way to work Wednesday morning, a few hours after compatriots clamoring for change swept Barack Obama to his historic victory. I was on the phone, and the 20-something Austrian woman seated in front of me overheard me speaking English.

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PIC - Is MC Escher Working for Google Maps?

2008-11-06T06:50:00.001-08:00

Photographic evidence seems to sure look like it.

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Bump.

2008-11-06T05:37:00.001-08:00

Finishing what was started over 150 years ago.

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Palin Didn't Know Africa Is A Continent, Says Fox News

2008-11-06T05:36:00.001-08:00

According to Fox News Chief White House Correspondent, there was great concern within the McCain campaign that Palin lacked "a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency," in part because she didn't know which countries were in NAFTA, and she "didn't know that Africa was a continent."

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Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job

2008-11-05T19:29:00.001-08:00

African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America.

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You Can't Fake This Stuff...

2008-11-05T19:28:00.001-08:00

What a great image!

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Saddest picture you'll see all day

2008-11-05T19:27:00.001-08:00

Love him or hate him, you've got to admit that he's done a lot to get young people excited about politics again. Well fought Dr. Paul.

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Saddest picture you'll see all day

2008-11-05T19:26:00.001-08:00

Love him or hate him, you've got to admit that he's done a lot to get young people excited about politics again. Well fought Dr. Paul.

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"Jurassic Park" Author Michael Crichton Dies of Cancer

2008-11-05T13:43:00.001-08:00

Prolific novelist and "ER" creator Michael Crichton has passed away. He was 66. Perhaps best known for being the author of Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World, which were turned into a hugely successful movie franchise, his numerous books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide.

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"Jurassic Park" Author Michael Crichton Dies of Cancer

2008-11-05T13:39:00.001-08:00

Miss! MISS!!! [PIC]

2008-11-05T10:29:00.001-08:00

XKCD: Election

2008-11-05T10:28:00.001-08:00

I don't have to be an election junkie anymore. I'm free.

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C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

2008-11-05T10:27:00.001-08:00

Somebody had to say it.

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Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress

2008-11-05T09:47:00.001-08:00

After emerging victorious from one of the most pivotal elections in history, president-elect Barack Obama will assume the role of commander in chief on Jan. 20, shattering a racial barrier the United States is, at long last, shitty enough to overcome.

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The World's View of Obama's Win

2008-11-05T09:38:00.001-08:00

What seemed audacious and improbable before is now a reality. In Obama's victory are sown the seeds of great expectations that a truly new chapter will be written in the history of the world.

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76 Nobel Laureates Endorse Obama

2008-11-04T05:00:00.001-08:00

As of last Friday, the number of Nobel Laureates endorsing Barack Obama for president has risen to 76, saying Obama will end Bush-era trashing of scientific research, integrity, and competitiveness.In an open letter (pdf), the Laureates cite the politicization of science under the Bush administration, particularly in the fields of heath...

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Obama Calls for College Football Playoff System

2008-11-04T04:26:00.001-08:00

Like you needed another reason to vote for the guy! "I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football. I'm fed up with these computer rankings and this and that and the other. Get eight teams — the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a National Champion," Obama said.

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John Cusack: No Currency Left to Buy the Big Lies

2008-11-03T12:44:00.001-08:00

First the past: Senator McCain, Governor Palin and assorted surrogates are delusional and breathtakingly corrupt. They disgrace themselves and their country as they lie, smear, slur and write it off as political manner.Yet the creeping truth must frighten them late at night: there is no currency left to buy the big lies.

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How, Mountain Goat? Please Tell Us How You Got There!

2008-11-01T15:16:00.001-07:00

G. Dan Hutcheson, the photographer who snapped this incredible photo, says: "I never did find out how this Mountain Goat, Oreamnos americanus, managed to get down. I was there for more than an hour and it kept licking away at the mineral in the rock. It was a sheer drop below, there was no apparent way up or sideways."

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No charges; US may never release Guantánamo Chinese

2008-11-01T15:15:00.001-07:00

Seventeen Chinese prisoners who have been held for nearly seven years in Guantánamo Bay will be informed on Monday that they could spend the rest of their lives behind bars, even though they face no charges and have been told by a judge they should be freed.

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Copper door handles kill 95% of superbugs in hospitials

2008-10-29T19:54:00.001-07:00

Making door handles, taps and light switches from copper could help the country beat superbugs, scientists say. A study found that copper fittings rapidly killed bugs on hospital wards, succeeding where other infection control measures failed.

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Finacial Times: Obama is the better choice

2008-10-27T09:42:00.001-07:00

The challenges facing the next president will be extraordinary. We hesitate to wish it on anyone, but we hope that Mr Obama gets the job.

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"Civil War" for the GOP?

2008-10-27T09:09:00.001-07:00

Senior Republicans believe that John McCain is doomed to a landslide defeat which will hand Barack Obama more political power than any president in a generation. After that, what will become of the republican party. Will they return to their roots or will the neo-cons hold sway?

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What's Apple Really Worth?

2008-10-27T09:05:00.001-07:00

Apple released its fourth quarter earnings and while earnings per share handily beat the Street, revenue came up light.

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Republicans Voting for Obama: In Their Own Words

2008-10-23T12:13:00.003-07:00

There are a number of people in my life -- some family, some friends, some colleagues -- with whom I have never agreed upon anything political. Ever. These are my political opposites. My bizarre-o twins. And they have been my adversaries in countless debates; the kind nobody ever wins, but nobody ever seems to tire of, either.

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