Gerard

LATEST ARTICLES ( 5959 )

• Extraordinary 298-Million-Year-Old Forest Discovered Under Chinese Coal Mine

  

  American and Chinese scientists are flabbergasted after discovering a giant 298-million-year-old forest buried intact under a coal mine near Wuda, in Inner... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 ENVIRONMENT, OUTDOORS

• IBM Takes Big Steps Toward Extremely Fast Quantum Computing

  

  image credit Quantum computing has been a Holy Grail in research since Nobel Prize physicist Richard Feynman challenged scientists in 1981 to build computers... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Ocean Trench: Take A Dive 11,000m (6.8 Miles) Down

  

  image credit Icy cold, pitch black and with crushing pressures - the deepest part of the ocean is one of the most hostile places on the planet. Only two... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 OUTDOORS, SEA

• What The Original $1 Bill Looked Like

  

  image credit In 1862 Salmon Portland Chase, who served as Secretary of the Treasury in President Lincoln's cabinet from 1861 to 1864, designed the original US... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Penny Postcards

  

  In 1873, U.S. Post Master John Creswell introduced the 'penny postcard.' These postcards cost 1¢ to mail. Postage was temporarily raised to 2¢ from 1917 to... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The 26 Happiest Animals In The World

  

  Here are some ridiculously happy animals who have clearly figured something out that they will hopefully share with the rest of us when they are done... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, HUMOR, RANDOM

• KLM Meet & Seat

  

  KLM, the Royal Dutch Airlines, introduces a new service to meet interesting passengers on your flight. Want to find out who will be on your KLM flight? With Mee... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 BUSINESS, TRAVEL

• 10 Largest Countries Without Railroads

  

  image credit These are all countries with large areas of low population density. Except for Libya, Oman and Iceland, these are among the poorest countries in... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• 17 Spectacular Pictures Of Siberia's Altai Mountains

  

  image credit The Altai region of southern Siberia is a place of geological wonders and rare biological diversity. The name Altai comes from the Mongolian word... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 OUTDOORS, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Five Things You Buy That Don't Actually Work The Way You Think

  

  image credit We've learned to be skeptical of product packaging and not always trust the claims it makes, but our hopefulness sometimes gets the best of us.... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 LIFESTYLE

• They're, Like, Way Ahead Of The Linguistic Currrrve

  From Valley Girls to the Kardashians, young women have long been mocked for the way they talk. Whether it be uptalk (pronouncing statements as if they were... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 SOCIETY

• What Is A Leap Year?

  Today is February 29. Which means 2012 is a leap year. But what exactly is a leap year? YouTube link (via Neatorama)The Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 SCIENCE

• Google's Frog Doodle

  

  Today Google Search shows a doodle that celebrates two events. Since leap years and leap days are usually associated with frogs, the leaping amphibians, the... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 RANDOM

• How To Put The Hen Holster On Your Chicken

  The Hen Holster/Chicken Diaper is a two-in-one product that allows a chicken to walk around freely without leaving a mess on the ground. Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 HOME, PETS

• 9 Ways Geeks Have Inherited the Earth

  

  image credit It's safe to say that we now live in a geek's world. One only has to look at the way gadgets and the Internet dominate every aspect of modern... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 SOCIETY, TECH

• 20 Must-See Places Before The World Ends

  

  image credit It's 2012. Our last year here on Earth. There are a range of eschatological beliefs according to which cataclysmic or transformative events will... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• The Bad Piper Plays We Will Rock You

  The bad piper was one of the finalist at Australian Got Talent. YouTube link (via Everlasting Blort)The Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, MUSIC, RANDOM, TV & VIDEO

• The Impact Of Bad Bosses

  

  The psychological climate in which you work has a lot to do with your health and happiness. Recent research has found, perhaps not surprisingly, that bad... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Cool Trick: The Artistifier Website

  

  The Artist is a silent black and white romantic comedy drama film that won the Oscar for best picture. Now you can make your own historic black and white... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, RANDOM, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• 8 Oddly Colored Creatures

  

  image credit You may be familiar with these animals, but maybe not their range of colors. No need get your eyes checked. Nature's just messing with you. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT