A Traverse City, Mich., woman received a curious piece of mail -- an issue of Life magazine meant for delivery in July 1966. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Fresh on the heels of the news that InfoWorld was abandoning its 29-year-old print magazine in favor of a purely online life comes news that LIFE is moving in the same direction. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Scientists have known for some time that most major groups of complex animals appeared in the fossils record during the Cambrian Explosion, a seemingly rapid evolutionary event that occurred 542 million years ago. Now paleontologists have identified another explosive evolutionary event that occurred about 33 million years earlier among macroscopic life forms unrelated to the Cambrian animals. They... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Back in July it was announced and now it has happened. The current issue of Esquire magazine features a cover using "E-Ink" giving a moving banner on the cover of the magazine. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

This is a industry magazine for Forensic specialists. Each issue features valuable trade tips, invigorating articles and more. There are web-only articles and you can also view or download the entire print magazine. This and more can be found at the link above picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. The newly discovered area is also far more abundant in marine life than the previously known Abrolhos reef system, one of the world's most unique and important reefs. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

update to this...
It seemed unbelievable when bids to buy a heartbroken man's life in Australia reached A$2.2 million (US$2.1 million) -- and it was, with the bemused seller aware his life was only worth a quarter of that amount. picked by bevissimo 4 months ago

A collection of the best photographs ever captured which reflected the joyous, appalling and sad moments of human life around the world. picked by humanlink 9 months ago

Apparently each episode of Half Life 2 will be longer then the previous one. picked by whi73rav3n 2 years ago

In 1961 Weekend Magazine said:
"What sort of life will you be living 39 years from now? Scientists have looked into the future and they can tell you." picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Life on mars, captured on film by the mars rover!!!

Video version of AutumnLotus' post here for those of you who don't feel like reading. picked by ash0283 9 months ago

It's Friday, and a time honoured tradition on Fridays is to have a drink. I've had one. And then I had some more.

Have you? Are you ready for another? I'm just off to the bar now.

Modern Drunkard Magazine. The magazine for the modern drunkard.

Do you want a bag of nuts as well? picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of the chemical elements that make life possible. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Ms. Magazine is a magazine allegedly all about female empowerment. However, they refused to run an ad touting the political power of women. Their reason was incredibly lame, perhaps the fact that they were women in political power in Israel was the problem.
[wasn't sure if this should go in politics or wtf] picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

The rise of oxygen and the oxidation of deep oceans between 635 and 551 million years ago may have had an impact on the increase and spread of the earliest complex life, including animals, according to a study. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Extract from the BBC series The Life of Mammals focusing on a certain type of mole rat not famed for wearing things.

Fun fact - the naked mole rat is Sir David Attenborough's absolute least favourite animal. He thinks they are very ugly indeed. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

TheAtlantic.com is making its site free. In addition to the blogs, author dispatches, slideshows, interviews, and videos, readers can also browse issues going back to 1995, along with hundreds of articles dating as far back as 1857, the year The Atlantic was founded. The NYT did the same thing last year. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

For the first time, satellite imagery reveals thick Martian salt deposits scattered across the planet's southern surface, which one planetary scientist claims could be sites of ancient life. The mats of sodium chloride — the same taste-enhancing mineral found on your kitchen table — serve as more evidence of Mars' watery past, and researchers think the briney pools that made them could... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

EVERYBODY VIRTUALLY PANIC picked by MaskedWriter 2 years ago

Enter by November 1. Prize-winning photos will be published in LIFE magazine. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago