First Place, Photography: "The Glass Forest"
Tiny green diatoms create the illusion of a fernlike forest as they attach to their marine-invertebrate hosts.
more at link picked by 2manyusernames 20 hours ago

Photos from French fashion designer Pierre Cardin presentation of his entire Spring-Summer 2009 and Autumn-Winter 2009 collections. Why?
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Nor only were Damascus swords sharp and beautiful, they were also objects of mystery. The best European bladesmiths from the Middle Ages on up weren't able to make them, even though they carefully studied examples of blades made in the East. Damascus blades became even more mysterious when the art of making them actually died out. The last Damascus swords were made in the early 1800s. picked by hmtksteve 1 day ago

Fast food fan Natalie Jackson was hit with a £150 fine at KFC — for staying too long gorging on a monster-sized “family bucket”. picked by AutumnLotus 5 days ago

Want! picked by maven 1 week ago

The speech accent archive currently has 976 samples of speech from around the globe. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph. Great for people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers. picked by 2manyusernames 1 week ago

A scary new browser exploit/threat affecting all the major desktop platforms has been discovered. Details are slim while a fix is being readied, but basically a website can force you to click on a link without you actually doing so. picked by 2manyusernames 2 weeks ago

Article says this is the first salon in the Northwest to do this. I've never heard of it before. Is this more common in other parts of the country? picked by arsphidius 2 weeks ago

Does this mean we evolved from fish? picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

Works for both LCD and CRT. picked by suckersklub 2 weeks ago

Undercover animal activists have filmed horrific scenes of cruelty to farm pigs. The incidents include workers slamming piglets on floors and leaving them still wriggling to die, beating animals to death with metal rods and inserting rods into sows' hindquarters. picked by AutumnLotus 3 weeks ago

The three girls and one boy, all described as Goths and aged 16 and 17, were allegedly forced to drink alcohol by the gang before they were attacked. picked by kissmenow 3 weeks ago

Beepy, Fun, Cute - with flipflops.
This was great when it was just a little girl making faces. And then all of a sudden it became sublime. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

After she bit her boyfriend, broke a picture frame across his face and swung at him with a sword during an argument about him not doing the dishes. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

If two-ply toilet paper is good, then three-ply tissue must be better. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

Disagreement in its purest form. picked by suckersklub 3 weeks ago

By the time you notice him, it'll be too late. picked by DaftGretel 3 weeks ago

Collecting together every bacon project on the
web into some kind of ham-inspired baconpedia. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

Fragments of a Viking sword have been found on the Isle of Man, in what archaeologists are calling a "significant" discovery. picked by AutumnLotus 4 weeks ago

The water bears, known formally as tardigrades, have an ability similar to brine shrimp (also known as Sea Monkeys), which are familiar to many children for their ability to come to life after being sent to homes by mail-order. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

...Bella, a Labrador cross, was 29 years old. picked by suebe 4 weeks ago

Research states winged cats have been known to exist since 19th century but only a few people have actually seen them. So far there is no report of the little kitty taking flight. picked by suebe 1 month ago

The "extremely rare" fossilised skull of a steppe mammoth has been unearthed in southern France.

The discovery in the Auvergne region could shed much needed light on the evolution of these mighty beasts. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

How can he not know that cops like doughnuts? picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

The same gene that affects a rodent's ability to mate for life may affect human marriages. Men carrying a common variation of a gene involved in brain signaling were more likely to be in unhappy marriages than men with the other version. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago