The star, called HIP 56948, lies a little more than 200 light years from Earth. Its size, mass, temperature, and chemical makeup are all so similar to the Sun's that no measurable differences could be found in high-resolution observations made by the 2.7-metre telescope at the McDonald Observatory in Texas, US. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said. The vast expanse of debris – in effect the world's largest rubbish dump – is held in place by swirling underwater currents. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

A man in Germany who was embarrassed about his penis size is facing charges, after asking his girlfriend to have sex in the dark – and getting his brother to stand in. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The collision that formed our moon may have defined the length of our planet's day and set the direction in which it spins.

The moon is widely thought to have formed after an object roughly the size of Mars crashed into the Earth 4.5 billion years ago, throwing up a cloud of debris that eventually coalesced into a rocky sphere. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Maybe the dress wasn't the right size, or perhaps it was the grey and gloomy weather - but these two monkeys don't seem over-the-moon after being married in China. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

...when your flip-flops JUST WON'T CUT IT anymore.

I want to know what size they are. Just curious. picked by julea 1 year ago

A teenager was left with cuts and bruises after a man attacked her for having big breasts. It is not the first time Sherri Razavi, 17, has been the target of abuse because of the size of her JJ-cup breasts. picked by mitzuzake 12 months ago

Computers the size of blood cells will create fully immersive virtual realities by 2033, leading inventor Ray Kurzweil has predicted.

In other news, sexually frustrated nerds everywhere rejoice. picked by mahler87 8 months ago

Once sea-turtle hatchlings hit the surf, they vanish for up to five years. Where the half-dollar-size tots spend these "lost years" while ballooning to the size of dinner plates has been a mystery, until now. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

…and you thought the Super Scope was obscure? Meet the MACS Multipurpose Arcade Combat Simulator for the Super Nintendo - perhaps the rarest video game and accessory in existence. Developed for the U.S. Army to increase the firing accuracy of recruits, the game uses an M16 replica of authentic size and weight for an input device, rather than a plastic approximation. picked by cloudboy 9 months ago

A "mummified" dinosaur unearthed in North Dakota, a baby mammoth found frozen in Russia, or remains of penguins the size of people excavated in Peru: which discovery was the biggest hit with National Geographic News readers in 2007? picked by mitzuzake 10 months ago

Move over google earth, Hello NASA Visible Earth.

Download PNG's up to 2GBS in file size! (that's for one picture).. These look awesome to zoom into.. picked by jakeclemo 1 year ago

Do you have any nostalgia about the days when computers were big and slow? Now the size, appearance and speed of first computers seem to be lame but it was not always the case! picked by misswinkle 11 months ago

President George Bush said he will increase the number of Americans in the military to deal with terrorism worldwide. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

The image is made with over 210.000 tiny photographs and a total size of over 1.500.000.000 points in other words it is a 1.5 Gigapixel Image. picked by LatueOfStiberty 1 year ago

Ulrich Kortz, Professor of Chemistry at Jacobs University, and his team successfully synthesized a polyoxometalate with 100 Tungsten and 20 Cerium atoms that has a molar mass of about 30 kilo Dalton. With a maximum diameter of 4.2 nm the inorganic molecule is comparable in size to large complex bio-molecules or even small viruses. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Select size, trajectory and other factors then select a place on the map for the meteor to hit and then see the destructive results. picked by doggylives 4 months ago

A man who probably could barely walk due to the size of his cajones, waltzed into a bank, said he was the armored car man. The bank gives him a bag with $350,000. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Swollen to ten times their normal size and weighing more than an average man, these giant pumpkins would not look out of place in a science fiction film. picked by topofall 5 months ago

And his name is Leonid Stadnik.

The page in the link does not have pictures, so I will put some of him here instead
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(A woman of average size holding his fist...) 4 picked by Ellz 1 year ago