The middle ages (5th - 15th Centuries AD), often termed The Dark Ages, were actually a time of great discovery and invention. The Middle ages also saw major advances in technologies that already existed, and the adoption of many Eastern technologies in the West. This is a list of the ten greatest inventions of the Middle Ages (excluding military inventions). picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have uncovered the first clues about the ancient origins of a mother's intricate lifeline to her unborn baby, the placenta, which delivers oxygen and nutrients critical to the baby's health. The evidence suggests the placenta of humans and other mammals evolved from the much simpler tissue that attached to the inside of eggshells. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Most folks think of a photo as a two-dimensional representation of a scene. Stanford University researchers, however, have created an image sensor that also can judge the distance of subjects within a snapshot. picked by mutil8or 10 months ago

Interview with psychologist Philip Zimbardo, the principal investigator for the Stanford Prison Experiment and also an expert witness at the court martial hearings of the soldiers tried for their actions at Abu Graib. Inspired by doggylives post.

* there is a video on the page with the story that has VERY graphic images. You may want to not click to play or keep some eye bleach nearby. picked by PulsisX 9 months ago

New discoveries at dig sites in Middle Asia are rocking the archeological world and redefining the origins of modern civilization. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Obama can't make up his mind!

This is actually a legitimate question, watch the video. picked by JoshSF49 1 month ago

The heart of London's financial district has gone wireless. The Square Mile, Europe's premier financial center, has been turned into an oversized WiFi "hot zone," turning broadband-speed Internet into radio signals that can accessed through browsers on laptops, handheld game consoles, WiFi-enabled mobile phones and personal digital assistants. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Many have tried. All have failed. But with a new computer game, you can make peace in the Middle East. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

he most arbitrary and distorted borders in the world are in Africa and the Middle East. Drawn by self-interested Europeans. The unjust borders in the Middle East — to borrow from Churchill — generate more trouble than can be consumed locally.

What if new borders were drawn in the Middle East, ones that cut along cultural/religious boundaries? picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Crude historical depictions of African Americans as ape-like may have disappeared from mainstream U.S. culture, but research presented in a new paper by psychologists at Stanford, Pennsylvania State University and the University of California-Berkeley reveals that many Americans subconsciously associate blacks with apes. picked by doggylives 7 months ago

A California woman is demanding an apology from her son's Alameda, Calif., middle school after the boy's teacher offered lessons on cussing. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph?

Anyone that knows psychology will have heard of this but it's a really interesting site with slideshow and videos. picked by doggylives 9 months ago

Servicemen and women may be able to go to college or university without paying tuition fees when they leave the army, navy or air force under a wide-ranging package of measures announced today.
Unveiling the proposals in the Commons the defense secretary, Des Browne, also confirmed that he would double the compensation paid to troops seriously injured in military operations. picked by bingo 3 months ago

...Please read the story before downvoting. picked by gratheo 4 months ago

Surreal/Hysterical/Stupid/Genius/Python... picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Philip Wong, Abbas El Gamal and Keith Fife are developing a digital camera that sees the world through thousands of tiny lenses, providing an electronic "depth map" containing the distance from the camera to every object in the picture. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Harvard researchers have discovered half a dozen new genes involved in autism that suggest the disorder strikes in a brain that can't properly form new connections. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

...the answer is yes, a very definite and resounding yes. We mostly have Pope Gregory IX, (13th Century), to thank for most of our perceptions and laws regarding sex. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Of all five fingers, to choose that one. And to keep it in the manner of a saintly medieval relic… Today it seems a loud gesture. Galileo Galilei’s middle finger is preserved in the History of Science Museum in Florence, Italy. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Conference on medieval times brings to light middle ages' concerns on climate changes and natural disasters, and featured an entire session on farts. picked by suebe 5 months ago