A "novel" virus, XMRV, had been discovered in people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome. For sufferers of this disease, the news has offered enormous hope. These patients have been the targets of ridicule that stem from the perception that it is all in their heads. picked by stinkobinko 1 month ago

I He-O that twain-a-comin...
It's wollin wound the bend
..I'm stuck in Folsom Pwison...
and time keeps dwaggin on
but that twain keeps a wollin
on down to San Antone

SO cute! picked by stinkobinko 1 month ago

Kiss drummer wants men to quit ignoring symptoms, drop the macho stuff and go to the doctor. "Lots of men die: They wait, they don't go in, they put it off."" picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Bar owner hopes seance will rid her bar of a sneaky ghost who generously tops off customer's pints. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Wait for the eyebrows. Precious. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Gifted 11-year old activist, in this award-winning and eloquent speech, calls out to his community for the immediate deletion of one stigmatizing 6-letter word from accepted vocabulary. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Old SPARCstation makes a fitting casket for one Trekkie computer geek's sendoff to the great beyond. Memorial attendees left condolences on Post-its. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

High above the dirt and the dust, the heat and the haze of congested Kabul, thousands of brilliantly coloured kites hovered and swooped in the sky like so many exotic birds of prey. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

A man who slipped and broke his neck while walking his dogs was kept alive overnight after his two pets cuddled up to him to keep him warm. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Man taking bids for computers worth hundreds of dollars, but he's not accepting money — the only bids accepted are acts of kindness. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

The body charged with attracting more visitors to the mid western state will now be known as the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin (TFW), in an attempt to put a stop to the jokes. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Listening to sounds with our eyes closed seems to wire together a direct connection to the regions of our brains that process emotions picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

fake video evidence can dramatically alter people's perceptions of events, even convincing them to testify as an eyewitness to an event that never happened. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

The smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid disease or predators, biologists have discovered. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

While daily bathroom showers provide invigorating relief and a good cleansing for millions of Americans, they also can deliver a face full of potentially pathogenic bacteria picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

Blame your brain for sabotaging your efforts to get back on track after splurging on an extra scoop of ice cream or that second burger during Friday night’s football game. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

"This was a critical invention for early humans. They might have used this fiber to create parts of clothing, ropes, or baskets—for items that were mainly used for domestic activities," says Bar-Yosef. "We know that this is wild flax that grew in the vicinity of the cave and was exploited intensively or extensively by modern humans." picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave in Jerusalem by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

Researchers in Stockholm have managed to prove that fossils from animals and plants are not necessary for crude oil and natural gas to be generated. This means, on the one hand, that it will be much easier to find these sources of energy and, on the other hand, that they can be found all over the globe picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

The word poverty implies significant physical hardship — i.e., the lack of a warm, adequate home, nutritious food, or reasonable clothing for one’s children. By that measure, very few of the 30 million plus individuals defined as “living in poverty” by the government are actually poor. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

The Y chromosome can talk to itself and can actually maintain a genetic conversation with the X chromosome. Now Scientists are predicting the decline of the Y Chromosome. It's not going away quietly and may be bent on revenge. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

Stanford scientists may revolutionize digital photography with the aid of an open-source digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create software that will teach cameras new tricks. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago

Bolivian pilgrims ask the Virgin Mary for money and revenge. Bolivian pilgrims come to her in huge numbers to complain about their poor financial position and the neoliberal system which they blame for this. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago