 | Nazi doctor Josef Mengele was likely behind the astonishing number of blonde twins in a remote Brazilian town, recent reports said. But a new study says it was just genetics… |
Dolphins aren’t the only aquatic mammals fighting human battles. The US Navy has long been training sea lions as equipment retrievers and underwater sentries. Now they plan to outfit a naval…
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Our friends at Autoblog discovered a pretty neat airport tug under development by auto parts maker Ricardo. Airplane tugs are normally only used to…
(AP) — A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
The second funniest guy on The Daily Show named John is finally getting his own corner of Comedy Central’s airspace.
John Oliver has been tapped by the network to do a six part stand-up…
We have a pretty decent respect for Aussie airline Qantas, with its better-than-average safety record and generally trouble-free flights (of course, we’re not impressed by the recent beer ban on some flights, but it probably was in the name of safety, so who are we to complain). And now we can feel a little better about last year’s
Almost exactly a year ago we noted DARPA pouring nearly $5 million into an IBM project to develop a computer capable of emulating the brain of a living creature. Having already…
Even though they didn’t make the final cut, the salt vampire and Gorn were still in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. Take a look at these revamped versions of classic aliens.
Trek Movie has an…
Is there anything Neil Patrick Harris can’t do? Tonight, the singer/dancer/actor/magician/Internet video sweetheart has proved himself to be a master Twitter-er as well. Quick, somebody…
destinyland writes “A science writer discovered it’s possible to finance your cryogenic preservation using life insurance — and then leave a huge death benefit to your future thawed self. From the…
