Did you hear the sounds of silence are nearly behind us? According to audio ecologist Gordon Hempton, quiet spaces world-wide are being taken over by noise. picked by suebe 6 days ago

16-year old Alexander Kendrick sent a message from 1,000 feet below sea level, which was successfully received by his father, perched directly above ground. The feat marked the deepest known digital communication ever achieved in the US. picked by cb__ 6 days ago

A nine-year-old Chinese schoolgirl has become one of the world's youngest mothers after giving birth to a healthy boy.
The unnamed girl was brought to a hospital in Changchun, which lies in the north-east of the country, when she was eight and a half months pregnant.
Two days later, she gave birth to the 6lb boy by Caesarean section, a Chinese newspaper has reported. picked by cecilberman 6 days ago

“You can't blame the locals; they have never seen such women. Foreign tourists must maintain a certain degree of modesty in their clothing. Walking on the beaches half-naked is bound to titillate the senses,” New Delhi's Mail Today newspaper quoted Pamela Mascarhenas, Goa's deputy director of tourism, as saying Friday. picked by cecilberman 6 days ago

Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections. The coating is also flexible and breathable, which makes it suitable for use on an endless variety of every day items. picked by tigertony 6 days ago

MONTPELIER, Vt. - Radioactive tritium, a carcinogen discovered in potentially dangerous levels in groundwater at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, now taints at least 27 of the nation's 104 nuclear reactors — raising concerns about how it is escaping from the aging nuclear plants. picked by midnightbliss10 6 days ago

An ultrasound didn't predict the astonishing birth defect for Taylor Garrison's baby. In October when Taylor gave birth and the doctors whisked her baby away before she could see it, she knew something was terribly wrong. picked by madhatteraggie 6 days ago

The Bump is a new, faux-reality Web-based docudrama featuring actors trying to decide whether to have an abortion. Think Jerry Springer meets Oprah meets "American Idol" meets Dr. Oz meets . . . America's conscience, for the decision to abort or not to abort is up to you. picked by tigertony 6 days ago

One theory on why we perceive time as moving faster as we age has to do with novel experiences.

Do you feel that time is accelerating for you? picked by lynxears 7 days ago

A study finds that "location efficient" areas that offer public transport are more resistant to foreclosure than those that require a car to get around. picked by lynxears 7 days ago

Virgin unveiled the latest addition to Richard Branson's luxury fleet on Friday: an underwater plane that will fly riders into the depths of the Caribbean Sea. picked by ThePoint 7 days ago

World famous groundhog, Staten Island Chuck, behaved himself today and emerged from hibernation to predict... picked by suebe 7 days ago

The resurgent GOP wants a Gipper purity test. Does the party faithful know he raised taxes, grew the federal government, and granted amnesty to illegal immigrants? picked by dollyllama 7 days ago

Several security experts weigh in on the coveted debate, long held between fanboys from either side: Which computing platform is more secure: PC or Mac? Most of them seem to hold the same opinion. picked by sidran32 7 days ago

Fat Tom...Ram-as-Lam-a-Ding dong picked by Bornbad 7 days ago

An atheist organization is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp, saying it violates postal regulations against honoring "individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings." picked by 2manyusernames 7 days ago

Centuries of distrust for their own government combined with a long history of aid from the US as well as the increasingly prominent role of U.S. troops and civilians in the Haiti earthquake relief has led some Hatians to call for the US to take over their country. Some remember what has been called a "golden age" when the US occupied Haiti even if it wasn't all golden. picked by 2manyusernames 7 days ago

Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book investigates how a poor black tobacco farmer had a groundbreaking impact on modern medicine. picked by KerOBeroS32 1 week ago

Steven Strogatz is writing on mathematics for adults. His articles are for anyone out there who'd like to have a second chance at the subject. It's not intended to be remedial. The goal is to give you a better feeling for what math is all about and why it's so enthralling to those who get it. picked by 2manyusernames 1 week ago

Aaron and Christine Boring claim that Google's street-level images of their house violated their privacy, devalued their property and caused them mental suffering. The judge threw out all claims except trespassing and informed the Borings that they may only win $1.00 in damages. picked by 2manyusernames 1 week ago

For $250 you can learn how at the Battery Park City Ice Rink in NYC. picked by suebe 1 week ago

When deputies arrived, they found more than 140 fighting cocks, three boxes of short knives and thousands of dollars in cash.

More info here. picked by maven 1 week ago

A 10-year-old boy was killed by a pack of dogs on a northern Saskatchewan reserve, his relatives said Sunday. picked by chinook 1 week ago

A German woman has hired a lawyer after being shocked to discover that not only did police deliberately run over her beloved dog, they have now sent her a hefty bill, it emerged on Monday. picked by ThePoint 1 week ago