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• Star Trek Technology: How 21st Century Scientists Are Making It So

  

  image credit Many have been inspired by Star Trek to take up a career in science, technology or engineering. Since its inception in 1966, Star Trek has... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, SCIENCE

• Ancient Armored Fish Had The First Teeth

  

  image credit Around 430 to 360 million years ago, fierce-looking armored fish called placoderms roamed the world's oceans. Most illustrations show them with jaw... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• NASA Computer Model Shows A Disk Galaxy's Life History

  This cosmological simulation follows the development of a single disk galaxy over about 13.5 billion years, from shortly after the Big Bang to the present time. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• Kelimutu - Indonesia's Tri-Colored Lakes

  

  image credit They are located on the same volcanic peak yet each of the three crater lakes atop Kelimutu in Indonesia is a markedly different color. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 OUTDOORS, TREK

• The Bell Witch Of Tennessee

  

  image credit Near Adams, Tennessee, stands a cave and a historical marker on a farm where the family of John Bell lived in the early 1800s. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 HISTORY, RANDOM

• How To Photograph Wolves At Wolf Park

  Monty Sloan attempts to photograph the Main Pack at Wolf Park in Battle Ground, Indiana, USA, for his Photo of the Day website. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 11 Brain-Twisting Paradoxes

  

  image credit Paradoxes have been around since the time of Ancient Greeks and the credit of popularizing them goes to recent logicians. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS

• Breakthrough In World's Oldest Undeciphered Writing

  

  image credit The world's oldest undeciphered writing system, which has so far defied attempts to uncover its 5,000-year-old secrets, could be about to be decode... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Unraveling The Ancient Riddles Of Chinese Jewelry

  

  image credit Chinese jewelry and objects of adornment are exquisite puzzles: Why does a delicate, wafer-thin pendant feature a pair of catfish twisting upon eac... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• How The Cell Phone Got 'Smart'

  

  Bestowing telecommunications devices with the personified moniker 'smartphones' means those devices better be pretty revolutionary - and boy, are they ever.... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• The Colorful And Bizarre World Of Starfish

  

  image credit Starfish. Also known as sea stars. We see them all over the place. There are around 1,800 living species occurring in all the world's oceans, even... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Houses To Avoid On Halloween - And How To Die Quickly If You Can't

  

  image credit You may be planning to go out this Halloween, perhaps trick or treating with friends. In case you really must, here is a short pictorial guide to... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Story Of Elvis Presley's 'Hound Dog'

  

  image credit The classic song 'Hound Dog' was released in 1952 and was number one on the charts for seven weeks. This original version of 'Hound Dog' had nothin... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Biking The Hiawatha Trail

  

  Billed as one of America's most unforgettable bike rides, the 15-mile Hiawatha Trail follows the path of a former train route through pitch-black tunnels and... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 OUTDOORS

• Full Bacon Suit

  

  Black suit and ties are pretty much over. You can toss your formal wear to the pigs because the Bacon Suit is here! The Bacon Suit is sizzling hot and just... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• World's Shortest Freefall

  Maybe you watched it. I'm sure you heard of it. Felix Baumgartner's jump from a helium balloon on 14 October 2012. He set the record for the world's highest... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Denge Sound Mirrors: Radar's Predecessor

  

  image credit Before the application of radar became a reality a number of experimental early warning systems were developed by the British military. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• First Human Ancestor Looked Like A Squirrel

  

  image credit Newly discovered fossilized bones for the world's oldest and most primitive known primate, Purgatorius, reveal a tiny, agile animal that spent... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 SCIENCE

• Huge Abandoned Island Fortress In Florida

  

  image credit Seventy nautical miles off the coast of Key West in Florida is a series of seven islands set among a graveyard of over 200 ships, crowned with a... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY, TRAVEL

• Windows 7 Reliability Monitor

  

  Did you know there is a Reliability Monitor in Windows 7? Reliability Monitor is an advanced tool that measures hardware and software problems and other... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 COMPUTING, TECH