A four-foot alligator rescued in an abandoned school on fire in western Pennsylvania may have also started the blaze... the building's owner believes the alligator started the fire by knocking over a portable heater. picked by unstablefiend 9 months ago

The infamous sedative GHB provides a cure for unstoppable sleepiness. Researchers found that a sedative drug called Xyrem (also known as the pharmaceutical form of GHB) seemed to help people with cataplexy. Cataplexy most commonly occurs among people with narcolepsy, and it has to do with entering REM sleep. picked by unstablefiend 2 years ago

A cat helped find a stash of child porn and now Austin police say they've found the owner. KXAN's Robert Garcia reports for CNN. picked by unstablefiend 2 years ago

A Fox News report about the sexual content for the popular game, Mass Effect; presented at wired.com. picked by unstablefiend 2 years ago

As the title says. It's a very interesting short. Paraphrasing it here wouldn't do it justice. picked by unstablefiend 2 years ago

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have used a monkey's brain activity to control a robot on the other side of the globe. In what researchers tout as a first-of-its-kind experiment, monkeys' thoughts controlled the walking patterns of a robot in Japan. picked by unstablefiend 2 years ago

Human-animal embryos(created by transferring the nuclei of human cells, such as skin cells, into animal eggs from which almost all the genetic information has been removed) are to be created in the UK after scientists today won approval for the practice from the fertility and embryo research watchdog... The government published the human tissue and embryos bill, which includes a regulation-making ... read full post picked by unstablefiend 2 years ago

You may have seen the original video (since it was posted here), but here it is with a "translation" that makes it even worse/funnier depending on your tastes. picked by unstablefiend 2 years ago

A Yale School of Medicine study shows for the first time that a high level of testosterone, such as that caused by the use of steroids to increase muscle mass or for replacement therapy, can lead to a catastrophic loss of brain cells. picked by unstablefiend 3 years ago