Please don't hurt me for saying that! Just when you're not using it. Over 30 billion kilowatt-hours are wasted in a year because so many people don't shut off thier computers when they're not using them. Don't have time to press that button, you say? Get a program to shut down for you! picked by streetlight22 3 years ago

The new bird, Eoconfuciusornis is the oldest known confuciusornithid, a group unique to China. It therefore represents an early stage in bird evolution. Confuciusornithids lived from 120-131 million years ago and include the oldest birds with horny beaks. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the LHC particle accelerator has shut down the whole operation. With freak accidents piling up at CERN, the idea of time traveling particles returning from the future to prevent their own discovery seems less like a sci-fi joke today. *Of course it could just be Zaphod Beeblebrox refueling the infinite improbability drive of the Heart of Gold. picked by equinox 3 weeks ago

Found this website from a vid on youtube. 2nd post here. picked by loinsees 3 years ago

See a bird and have no clue what it is? This website is a fantastic search engine for wild birds and guides you through choosing its shape, colour, habitat and call and helps you identify the bird!

I find this site super useful and always refer to it when I venture out of my province.

"That Bird is a Liar!" picked by chinook 2 years ago

A BRAZILIAN court has ordered the popular video sharing service YouTube be shut down until it removes a celebrity sex video from its site. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

Bird watching might not seem the kind of hobby to attract the Indiana Jones type, but Gerry Nicholls is what you might call an extreme bird watcher. This year he and his friends set out on an international treasure hunt for a very mysterious bird. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A Maori legend about a giant, man-eating bird has been confirmed by scientists.

Scientists now think the stories handed down by word of mouth and depicted in rock drawings refer to Haast's eagle, a raptor that became extinct just 500 years ago, shows their study in The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

eBay has a running auction for a real 'live' FemBot from the Austin Powers movie. Groovy Baby! picked by c1010010 3 years ago

Bird of prey found dead along road had claw sticking through its chest. picked by arsphidius 2 years ago

Early reports suggest that a bird strike caused a jet plane to crash in the Hudson River near Manhattan today, leaving questions about how a little flying animal could down a big airliner.

*complement piece to this story* picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

South by Southwest (SXSW) is an interactive, film and music festival and conference that has taken place every spring in Austin, Texas since 1987. The music festival is one of the biggest in the United States, with over a thousand performers playing in dozens of venues around downtown Austin for a week in March. Can't make it? No worries, they are seeding a torrent of 739 MP3s by 739 a... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Dozens of walrus carcasses have washed up on beaches this summer, many missing their heads and ivory tusks. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Cherry Currin, a member of the The Dazzle Dancers who goes by the stage-name Cherry Dazzle, has had trouble with Facebook in the past over risque photos; she's previously received warnings about a photo of herself backflipping out of the vagina of a giant female statue, and then again for an image of her breasts covered in flame-shaped pasties. But it wasn't until Cherry got pregnant that Facebook... read full post picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

You ever wanted to tape someone's mouth shut to make them shut up? Don't use inferior generic all-purpose tape. Use this specialized "Shut-Up Tape" instead picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

In an effort to raise money to haul her family to Disneyland, 8-year-old Daniela Earnest and her stepmother decided to build a lemonade stand at an intersection in Tulare, where they would sell freshly-squeezed lemonade to passersby. A cop had another idea. picked by suebe 4 months ago

The species of bird had a wing span of 19.7 feet and fed mostly on fish from the Pacific Ocean. The cranium of the bird, from the Pelagornithidae family, is the most complete find of its kind in the world. picked by bingo 9 months ago

The brownsnout spookfish has two sets of eyes. One regular pair looks up and the second mirrored pair look down. The mirrors focus what little light there is from below more efficiently than a regular ocular lens.

But that doesn't explain it's name - did it get those eyes by sucking up to more important fish. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide, a move the industry says could throw a third of a million people out of work. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Fears of bird flu thwarted the flight, and the vulture was freed in northern Thailand on Thursday, thousands of miles from home. China and South Korea refused to let the bird be flown through their capitals, despite tests showing it did not have bird flu. picked by suebe 3 years ago