Altered Euro banknotes embellished with images of prostitutes are being used to discourage Ukrainian women from getting caught up in the sex trade. picked by AutumnLotus 4 days ago

Solid features such as dashboard and doors can conceal road hazards such as other vehicles and pedestrians. Now a team of engineers has come up with a way to make those solid features "disappear", at least from the driver's point of view, without modifying them in any way. Video included. picked by AutumnLotus 4 days ago

A Parafield Gardens man who shot a woman in the crotch after she refused his demand for oral sex will be sentenced in the District Court later this month. picked by AutumnLotus 4 days ago

Iran has announced plans for a new car designed specially for women.

Its features will include automatic transmission, parking and navigation aids and a jack for changing tyres without getting grease on your chador. picked by AutumnLotus 4 days ago

The US state of Texas has banned fish, pedicures over health and safety concerns, denying salon customers the opportunity to enjoy the sensation of hundreds of small fish nibbling away the dead skin from their feet. picked by AutumnLotus 4 days ago

Scientists filming in one of the world’s deepest ocean trenches have found groups of highly sociable snailfish swarming over their bait, nearly five miles (7700 metres) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Video included. picked by AutumnLotus 4 days ago

...for your b***ing bathroom action.

[Possibly NSFW] picked by suckersklub 5 days ago

The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Squeamish men look away now. A Serbian chef is bringing out a no-holds-barred guide to cuisine with a twist: The Testicle Cookbook - Cooking With Balls. Download the e-book here. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Development of an "artificial nose" is a step closer after US scientists reported finding a way to mass-produce smell receptors in a laboratory. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Human friends and relatives keep tabs on their loved ones by phone when they’re apart, and now new research shows elephants do nearly the same thing with rumble vocalizations that can transmit over one and a half miles. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

A bowl, dating to between the late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D., is engraved with what may be the world's first known reference to Christ. The engraving reads, "DIA CHRSTOU O GOISTAIS," which has been interpreted to mean either, "by Christ the magician" or, "the magician by Christ." picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

A row has broken out at the University of Manchester after its student union lavatories were stripped of their genders so as not to offend transgendered people. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

"Twinkle, twinkle little star" goes the nursery rhyme. Now, astronomers are reporting on a strange case where one of the littlest of stars "twinkled" with gamma rays, X-rays, and light -- and then vanished. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

The drama occurred after Stipe and Mirna Cavlovic, both 37, got caught up in a row between two men. One of the men fired at the couple but the bullet ricocheted off Mirna's cheek and got stuck in Stipe's false teeth. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

He is growing up without a mother's love. But this tiny muntjac fawn appears to have a lucky streak nonetheless. He was born three weeks early after his mother was hit by a car. Vets battled to save her but she died soon afterwards. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

The challenge of finding the largest prime number ever known seems like an impossible task, however, when you put mathematicians and 100,000 computers together, you get an amazing result, which could qualify for the $100,000 prize offered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for the first individual or group who discovers a prime number with at least 10,000,000 decimal digits. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Every night, the Brazilian ant Forelius pusillus takes self-sacrifice to a whole new level. At sunset, the colony protects its nest by sealing off the entrances with sand, and a few ants remain outside to complete the job. Unable to reenter, they die by the next morning--making them the first known example of a suicidal defense that is preemptive rather than a response to immediate danger. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Claims of biology-based oil and plastic usually bear the caveat "in five years." But a San Diego-based company claims they will have a pilot plant for production of E. coli-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO), the base chemical for plastic products ranging from Spandex to car bumpers, next year. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

After a call from the RSPCA, alerted by members of the public, fire officers dispatched an animal rescue expert and an aerial platform to the scene at Cove. It wasn’t until their expert was 25ft up that they realised they were victims of an illusion of nature. The ‘iguana’ was no more than a broken algae-covered branch. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

A boundary of air, wrapped like a belt around the earth's equator, is keeping the polluted atmosphere of the Northern Hemisphere separate from the relatively pristine south, say UK researchers. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble of space-time that is particularly void of matter. Scientists say this condition could account for the apparent acceleration of the universe's expansion, for which dark energy currently is the leading explanation. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

A girl who spontaneously bleeds from her pores has baffled doctors.

Twinkle Dwivedi, 13, has a disorder which means she loses blood through her skin without being cut or scratched. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Adobe's insane pricing policy means that it would be cheaper to fly from London to New York, grab a copy of the software, spend the night in a hotel, and fly back to London the next day! picked by BernardBlack 2 weeks ago