The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the Beijing Games could not be a cure for all the country's ills as pressure continued to mount on Olympic organisers about human rights issues in China. picked by ConeOfSilence 2 weeks ago

Here's an interesting concept:

"Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth's biosphere to return to good health." picked by pandorarin 1 year ago

Yet another human foot found. This is the 6th to wash up on the shore of a Canadian island. picked by princess2408 3 months ago

What if you could have a touchscreen with an infinite number of points of contact? What would that do for computing as we know it? How would that change life as we know it? Minority-Report now reality. picked by dorijan 2 years ago

A follow-up to this. picked by DaftGretel 1 year ago

It amazes me what passes for a "good idea at the time", especially among scientists. I offer this in response to this post. Be sure to watch all the way to the end - the last few minutes will boggle your mind. picked by Moe 1 year ago

The victims of human sacrifice by Mexico's ancient Mayans, who threw children into water-filled caverns, were likely boys and young men not virgin girls as previously believed. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

This guy is absolutely insane but the view must have been amazing! picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

The fossilized footprints, which Italian scientists say are among the oldest anywhere, extend along six trails at the edge of the Roccamonfina volcano in southern Italy. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago

In a scheme condemned as an "absurd" waste of time, nurseries are teaching 3-year olds that people across the world live different lives but everyone has a right to food, water and shelter. Instead of playing and singing they are learning that the Giant from Jack & The Beanstalk had a right to be bad and therefor was a victim of Jack. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

These finds of handmade beads, in a limestone cave in Morocco, suggest that humans were fashioning purely symbolic objects in Africa 40,000 years before they did it in Europe. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A line is formed by every of your parents behind you. How many miles behind you to find Homo sapiens ?
Nice Video Illustrating the time scale of human evolution picked by wildminou 8 months ago

Chilean-born artist Marco Evaristti mixed fat removed from his body by liposuction with ground beef to make meatballs. Now he plans to climb Mont Blanc, paint it pink , declare it an independent state, with himself as president. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

This site gives you all the necessary key-presses on your phone to actually speak to a human instead of listening to prompts. Over 1,000 different companies. picked by JoshSF49 3 months ago

French fossil hunters have pinned down the age of Toumai, which they contend is the remains of the earliest human ever found, at between 6.8 and 7.2 million years old. The fossil was discovered in the Chadian desert in 2001 and an intense debate ensued over whether the nearly complete cranium, pieces of jawbone and teeth belonged to one of our earliest ancestors. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

NEAT VIDEO picked by trushafty38 1 year ago

... including this one: "There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here." picked by maxriter 10 months ago

"When avian flu is around and human flu appears, this will raise the chances of avian flu turning into a human flu." picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

What will your descendants look like in five million years?
There are a lot of variables in the equation, including whether or not humans beings will survive at all. This site looks at a bunch of alternate views of a possible future. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

When most parents have a baby, they spend months dreaming about what their bundle of joy will look like. Will she look like mom? Will he have dad's eyes... picked by DrNothing 1 year ago