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• 20 Incredible Migrating Monarch Butterfly Pictures

  

  image credit They look like delicate leaves or flower petals, decorating a tree in dramatic shades of orange and black. But in fact these are Monarch... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Windows Solitaire Win Screen

  

  If you own a PC with Windows you're familiar with the Windows Solitaire card game. Microsoft has included the game as part of the Windows operating system... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• World's Greatest Drag Race

  The World's Greatest Drag Race with nine of the world's best supercars, sports cars, and muscle cars for 2012 facing off in an epic quarter-mile sprint. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 MOTO, SPORTS

• NASA's Curiosity Photos Show Mars Teeming With UFOs

  

  According to the fringe sector of the Internet, Mars is practically teeming with aliens. Since NASA's Curiosity rover touched down on the Red Planet two weeks... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Neil Armstrong, First Man On The Moon, Dies

  

  image credit Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died, his family said today. He was 82. Neil Armstrong has passed away following... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• Simon Says Don't Use Flashcards

  

  image credit Parents who want to stimulate their children's brain development often focus on things like early reading, flashcards and language tapes. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Disease Maps Pinpoint Origin Of Indo-European Languages

  Biologists using tools developed for a technique normally used to study the evolution and spread of disease say that they have solved a longstanding problem in... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 HEALTH, LANGUAGES

• Microsoft Unveils A New Logo

  

  This week, Microsoft unveiled a new corporate logo, its first logo redesign since 1987. The logo has two components: the logotype and the symbol. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 TECH

• Why Is The Night Sky Turning Red?

  

  image credit The idea of a red sky at night used to invoke beautiful images of vibrant sunsets, the product of warm sunlight bathing the sky near the horizon. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 SCIENCE

• The Hamilton Scotts Sky Garage Apartments

  Take a look at the ultra high-tech Hamilton Scotts 'Sky Garage Apartments' on Scotts Road in Singapore, where your car is brought up to your living room floor b... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Longest Basketball Bank Shot World Record

  David Crawford successfully banked a basketball shot off wall 42 feet away from the basket. More World Records at RecordSetter. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Most Impressive Polyglots In World History

  Polyglotism is the ability to speak several languages with a high degree of proficiency. There is no consensus on exactly how many languages a person has to... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 LANGUAGES

• The 10 Stupidest Criminals

  

  image credit Every once in awhile, we find proof that there's not much to understand of the criminal mindset. Here are the stories of the 10 Stupidest... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 RANDOM, SOCIETY

• What Were We Thinking? The Top 10 Most Dangerous Ads

  

  image credit Vintage advertising campaigns often steered consumers into dangerous territory, espousing misleading half-truths to convince people that toxic... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 BUSINESS, HEALTH, MARKETING & ADVERTISING

• Google Maps Travels North To Canada's Arctic

  

  image credit Google has embarked on a trip to build the most comprehensive map of Canada's Arctic region to date. It is the furthest north that the Google Maps... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 OUTDOORS

• What Happens While You Sleep And How It Affects Your Every Waking Moment

  The Ancient Greeks believed that one fell asleep when the brain filled with blood and awakened once it drained back out. Nineteenth-century philosophers... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• How Children Learn: Portraits Of Classrooms Around The World

  Since 2004, Julian Germain has been capturing the inner lives of schools around the world, from England to Nigeria to Qatar, in his large-scale photographs of... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• The Paralympic Games: Resourcefulness, Determination, Spirit, Courage, Integrity

  

  image credit The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 SPORTS

• Stories Of A Hollow Earth

  

  image credit In 1741 the Norwegian-Danish author Ludvig Holberg published 'Klimii Iter Subterraneum,' a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel detailing the... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amazing Buildings Devoured By Sand

  

  image credit The deserts and sands are the best landscapes for finding old and abandoned buildings. The arid climate lends itself to preservation, and there is... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE