Billions of years ago cyanobacteria gained photosynthesis to generate their own food from the sun. This released a lot of oxygen in the atmosphere, which should have poisoned the bacteria. Somehow, they gained the ability to resist oxygen damage.

The "Catch-22" problem is how did they evolve the ability before there was a need? Scientist feel they may have discovered the reason. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A class of "failed" star called a brown dwarf emits beams of radiation that are thousands of times brighter than any released by the Sun. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Firefox 2.0 was spotted on Mozilla's FTP servers. Download it now and do battle with the recently released IE 7. picked by iZ 2 years ago

To make Google Maps (even) better, Google have released a new API that means everyone on the Internet can make a contribution to Google Maps with text, shapes, photos and other stuff too. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

Britain's Royal Mail released a first-ever series of stamps featuring The Beatles today, and immediately forecast they would break global records for sales of a single issue. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

A new survey released by The Barna Group, which has been tracking America’s religious behavior and beliefs since 1984, reveals that one out of every three adults (33%) is classified as unchurched - meaning they have not attended a religious service of any type during the past six months. While that figure is considerably higher than the one out of five who qualified as unchurched in the earl... read full post picked by sholom22 1 year ago

Apperantly the old movie link I posted has been torn down, likely due to copyright violations. I can't seem to find it anywhere else on the net. The link above leads to a webpage dedicated to the wiz/darkside phenomenon. And further delves into the theory that the whole albulm was dedicated to Judy Garland, who had died just a few years before the albulm was released. And if that doens't interest... read full post picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

Sen. Hillary Clinton has released a list of her prominent gay supporters to the Washington Blade. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Filmmaker Eric Steel has released a documentary called "The Bridge" that shows some of the jumps, all filmed in 2004. The film is, understandably, controversial. "The strange part about that is, almost everyone who made [negative] comments made them before they'd seen a single frame of footage," Steel said. "I think the film is incredibly sensitive. And I think people wer... read full post picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

Investigators searching for a newborn girl who was reportedly snatched by a knife-wielding woman asked the public Monday to watch their neighbors for new infants. Missouri police released a composite sketch of an unidentified female suspect Monday, a picked by Ziaphra 2 years ago

Targeting Israel and the Gulf coast, a new tape was released to the public today by Al Qaeda. This tape was brought out on the 5th Anniversary of 9/11. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Iraqi authorities have arrested one of the guards at Saddam Hussein's execution as part of a probe into how a video of his hanging was released on the internet. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

MICROSOFT has released its next-generation Windows Server software for public testing and said the product is on track for a debut in the second half of 2007. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

First five seasons of Sesame Street to be released on DVD. picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

Spurred by rising rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, the Canadian government has released a version of its food guide aimed at providing healthy eating tips for First Nations, Inuit and Metis people. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn accidentally elbowed the multimillion-dollar Picasso 'Le Reve' canvas, leaving a small hole. He had just finalized a $139 million sale, but has released the buyer from the agreement and plans to have the painting repaired. picked by ybne1else 2 years ago

NASA released some absolutely amazing new images of the surface of the Sun today, taken by the Japanese Hinode spacecraft. The photograph is beautiful, but the part that will really blow your mind is the video. (image is not the new photo) picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

This range of cameras from Polaroid have been released to raise money for the BCRF (Breast Cancer Research Foundation.) A blummin good cause if ever there was one. picked by Milkshake 2 years ago

In any given year 300 or so movies will be released into theaters. And on average, roughly 47 of them will star Nicolas Cage. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Another case of "no good deed shall go unpunished". A woman who took in a recently released convict was startled when he announced that he was in fact a werewolf with super powers (and a penchant for drinking, assault, and robbery). picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago