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• Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Identified

  

  image credit: Wally Gobetz cc Scientists have used plant samples collected in the mid-19th Century to identify the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Skywhale Rises Over Australia

  

  image credit: Aaron Maras cc The Australian state of Canberra is 100 years old this year. As part of the on-going celebrations the Skywhale - a 34 meter long ho... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 RANDOM

• 7 Signs We Are Heading For A Mass Extinction

  

  image credit: gnuckx cc Today, many scientists believe we are on the cusp of a sixth mass extinction which could wipe out most life on Earth as we know it.... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Vintage Wartime STD Ads

  

  image credit During World War I, 18,000 US servicemen were out of action every single day thanks to venereal diseases. Military hospitals took in more men for V... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 50 Stunning Ice Formations From Around The World

  

  image credit: Mike Beauregard cc Ice that is found at sea may be in the form of sea ice, pack ice, or icebergs. The term that collectively describes all of the... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 OUTDOORS

• 10 Worst Civilian Nuclear Accidents In History

  

  image credit In 1945, towards the end of World War Two, two different atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 SCIENCE

• Ancient Discovery Set To Rewrite Australian History

  

  image credit: Rupert Gerritsen cc Our history books teach us that Australia was discovered in 1606 by a Dutch explorer named Willem Janszoon when he reached... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Ruins Of Super Science

  

  image credit If science and research run into a problem too large or too difficult to solve in the lab, the next logical step is often to build a bigger, or... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 SCIENCE

• (S)he's Right Behind Me, Isn't (S)he?

  A collection of moments when someone is talking trash about someone else, and that person appears behind them. Vimeo link (via Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Facial Reconstructions Of Famous Historical Figures

  

  image credit Why look at a painting of a historical figure when you can come face to face with one? Forensic facial reconstruction using scans of skeletal... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Lonesomeness Of Mazinger Z

  

  image credit: elprimerpaso cc When Professor Juzo Kabuto built the super robot Mazinger Z he envisioned a world protected from the forces of Dr Hell and his... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Springbok Pronking

  When excited or disturbed, the springbok, a small antelope that lives in southern Africa, often bounces into a leaping trot with back arched, legs straight,... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• The Explosive Potential Of Methane Frozen Beneath Abraham Lake

  

  image credit: 生活童話 cc Something menacing - and explosive - lurks beneath the surface of the frozen Abraham Lake in Alberta,... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Beardvertising

  

  A Kentucky-based ad agency came up with a high-concept platform that will take native advertising to the next level, putting ads in untapped real estate that... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 BUSINESS, HUMOR, MARKETING & ADVERTISING

• The Truth About Why We Laugh

  

  image credit Plato and Aristotle saw it as a tool to topple the mighty. It often accompanies gruesome acts of cruelty. Most of us will use it more routinely - t... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 15 Wonderful Hilltop Towns And Villages

  

  image credit: Peter Forster cc Hilltop towns and villages are picturesque settlements nestled into the hillsides or on top of hills. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Bright Explosion On The Moon

  For the past 8 years, NASA astronomers have been monitoring the Moon for signs of explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. And they've just... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How Much Would It Cost To Build The Starship Enterprise?

  

  image credit: Tram Painter cc So you want to build the Enterprise? Well good news: according to some quick, messy, napkin math, it's possible. Kind of. The bad... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• What People Eat For Breakfast Around The World

  

  image credit: CeresB cc Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, keeping us healthy and sharp. But breakfast foods vary wildly from place to place. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• What Is It About Bees And Hexagons?

  

  image credit: Christopher Severn cc Solved! A bee-buzzing, honey-licking 2,000-year-old mystery that begins with a beehive. Look at the honeycomb in a beehive... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM