Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.
*this is great* picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of the chemical elements that make life possible. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Have Mars landers been destroying signs of life? Instead of identifying chemicals that could point to life, NASA's robot explorers may have been toasting them by mistake. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Apparently each episode of Half Life 2 will be longer then the previous one. picked by whi73rav3n 3 years ago

A funny movie with Carlos Mencia. This is from a great website; well worth a visit: picked by spocksmyhomeboy 3 years ago

EVERYBODY VIRTUALLY PANIC picked by MaskedWriter 3 years ago

Every day, for almost 7,000 days, starting in 1979, Jamie Livingston took a Polaroid. In 1997 he died, and his friends and family gathered together the photos and made them into an exhibit. This is some pretty awesome stuff. The real website just recently got huge hits on it causing it to shut down, but here is a blog with some sample photos and a summary of this man's life. I will update the po... read full post picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago

Life's collection of 10 million images will be available online, with "the most important collection of imagery covering the events and people of the 20th century" available for free for personal use. picked by suebe 3 years ago

It's always a matter of opinion what is funny, but I thought a lot of them were pretty funny. The site is called VERY funny ads. I don't know if I would go that far. I just thought they were amusing, and a time waster. Hehehe. picked by eLJay 2 years ago

The purpose of the A-PRIZE is to put development of artificial life forms in the open where it should be. Today, many efforts at developing artificial life are not well publicized. The A-PRIZE will serve as a clearing house for information about the race to "Break the Carbon Barrier". With mega-universities and companies racing to create nonbiological life, now is the time for such a cle... read full post picked by michelleroberts 3 years ago

Extract from the BBC series The Life of Mammals focusing on a certain type of mole rat not famed for wearing things.

Fun fact - the naked mole rat is Sir David Attenborough's absolute least favourite animal. He thinks they are very ugly indeed. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution have found the first indications of highly complex organic molecules in the disk of red dust surrounding a distant star. The eight-million-year-old star, known as HR 4796A, is inferred to be in the late stages of planet formation, suggesting that the basic building blocks of life may be common in planetary systems. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Sometimes life has surprises in store that can alter the very core of our existence; bring modifications that we never thought were possible. One such great surprise or better to call it a gift that life offers us is to create and nurture a new life. picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago

These collection of funny photos are made to make smile from your face and to make your day a lite bit better, enjoy. picked by disljenko 6 months ago

If death can be a funny sort of philosophical thing when you think about it -- and it can, would that mean it gets funnier the more you think about it? And if you were a philosopher who spent most of your life thinking about its meaning, would that make your death funny?

Well, sure! picked by bingo 8 months ago

Famous for its cuteness and comic gait on land, the penguin also has an enigmatic life at sea, sometimes spending months foraging in the ocean before returning to its breeding grounds.

Zoologists have long wondered where the flightless seabird goes during these long spells away from land - and now French scientists believe they can supply the answer. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Unique marine life in Antarctica will be at risk from an invasion of sharks, crabs and other predators if global warming continues, scientists warn. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. The newly discovered area is also far more abundant in marine life than the previously known Abrolhos reef system, one of the world's most unique and important reefs. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Living the dorm life myself at the moment, I found this Office-ish mockumentary to be pretty funny. picked by chelcho 2 years ago

On July 1, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod plan to begin a 40-day expedition of a ridge encased under the frozen Arctic Ocean. They plan to use robots to navigate and map its terrain and sample any life found near a series of underwater hot springs. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago