Tirrell Davis and Brandon Richmond were today each given a life sentence today for murdering schoolboy Kodjo Yenga by stabbing him through the heart.

There accomplices Yemoh Kurtis, Jamel Bridgeman and Michel Williams were each given 10 years. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

Launched today by the Smithsonian Institute, the EOL will attempt to document and catalogue all life on earth.

(Shame they've spelt it wrong) picked by pocksucket 8 months 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

Seliethia Parker always saw her role as protector for her 7-year-old daughter, Alexis Goggins. But it was Alexis who ended up saving her mother's life by using her little body to shield her mom from a fusillade of bullets. picked by karenben 6 months ago

A team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Milan has discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA molecules immersed in water, providing a new scenario for a key step in the emergence of life on Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Now, a team of researchers working in New Mexico has found traces of life inside salty halite crystals. The discovery is "an invaluable resource for understanding the evolutionary record [of Earth] over a geological time frame." picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution have found the first indications of highly complex organic molecules in the disk of red dust surrounding a distant star. The eight-million-year-old star, known as HR 4796A, is inferred to be in the late stages of planet formation, suggesting that the basic building blocks of life may be common in planetary systems. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

You know creationists and how they "prove" that life could not exist at random ? Well, this guy explains in detail pretty much everything about the origins of life. picked by DoggySpew 2 years 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

A dog that attacked a neighbor's child in April has been spared the death penalty, with a sentence of life behind bars without chance of parole. picked by DrNothing 1 year 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

Titan joins the growing list of places in this solar system which could theoretically support life. Mars and Europa - even our moon are some of the other possibilities. When you look at some of the places on Earth, places that are more inhospitable than these places you have to wonder... picked by BernardBlack 2 months ago

A self replicating object is causing havoc in virtual environment Second Life. picked by sparky 2 years ago

The Encyclopedia of Life project aims to detail all 1.8 million known plant and animal species in a net archive.

Individual species pages will include photographs, video, sound and maps, collected and written by experts. picked by KingKoopa 1 year ago

What happens when a person can't feel pain? A Life Without Pain is an exploration into the day-to-day lives of three children who literally feel no pain. As we follow these families coping with this enormous challenge, we learn that pain is really a gift that no one wants, but none of us can do without. picked by Maiden 2 years ago

Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman installs a technology that lets avatars have intercourse, and it may be altering the course of fidelity. You can't even cheat in the video game world. picked by pvisi111 1 month ago

"Second Life is being investigated by German police following allegations that some members are trading child abuse images in the online world."
"Under Germany law possession of "virtual" child pornography is punishable by up to three years in jail."

It keeps amazing me to find out what a sick world this is... picked by Nicky666 1 year ago

Tongue-in-cheek view on how to get nowhere in life. picked by ranroc 2 years ago

Great video of the next episode in the Half Life series picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

It's also the first Fortune 500 company that apparently can't get real life dates. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago