A team led by two Texas A&M University anthropologists now believes the first Americans came to this country 1,000 to 2,000 years earlier than the 13,500 years ago previously thought, which could shift historic timelines. picked by DemureArt 9 months ago

In one day this former soldier:
1) single-handedly saved a policeman from a rioting mob
2) helped a water rescue team pull a man from a canal
3) carried an unconscious man more than 150 yards to get medical attention
4) chased away two men that were looting a police van
5) found time to polish huge brass balls. picked by tigertony 7 months ago

A dedicated team of pub goers have drunk themselves into the record books by carrying out the longest ever pub crawl. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

A team of scientists from Maryland and Moscow say they'e used unfertilized eggs to produce stem cells. picked by osiris12 1 year ago

An intergalactic particle beam stretching for more than a million light years is the longest ever seen. According to the team that discovered this record breaker, it could help reveal how such jets of matter bind themselves together. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Planet formation is a story with a well-known beginning and end, but how its middle plays out has been an enigma to scientists-until now. A new computer-modeled theory shows how rocky boulders around infant stars team up to form planets without falling into stars. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

While waiting for a heart transplant, 13-year-old Andrew Madden and his surgeon talked a lot about the World Series prospects for their favorite team, the Boston Red Sox. picked by wags273 1 year ago

He claims they made a good faith agreement to keep the Sonics in Seattle. They've recently requested permission to move the team to OK. He doesn't want to sue for money, he wants the team back so he can keep it in Seattle. picked by coldbladed 8 months ago

An international team, led by astronomers at the MIT Haystack Observatory, has obtained the closest views ever of what is believed to be a super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Egypt sent an archaeological team to France on Thursday to retrieve 3,200-year-old strands of hair from the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II... picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

A classic sketch from the monty python team, but enough of this gay banter picked by fallona 2 years ago

A team of Australian researchers has isolated one of the most effective natural mosquito repellents yet from an unlikely source: smelly frog skin.

I can hear the researchers now: "Ok! Who squeezed the frog?" picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

So Bill Gates's company, Microsoft, is giving you the chance to fight against the team behind Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. picked by whi73rav3n 2 years ago

Lemieux gets a case of Blackberrys for rights to the team. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Chris Simms had his spleen removed in an emergency surgery immediately following his team's 26-24 loss to the Carolina Panthers. It is believed that Simms' spleen ruptured after a hard hit in the 2nd quarter, but he still played in the 2nd half of the game. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

Keifer Sutherland was a two-time national team roping competition winner in the late 90s. No word if Jack Bauer will trade in his gun for a lasso. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

A hazmat team tested the house's air quality and the ammonia level was at 31 parts per million, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. The lethal level is 20 parts per million. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

An excavation team found remnants of a liquor distillery from the Qing Dynasty and another from the Ming Dynasty below that. An unusual round object was found at the Qing Dynasty site which archeologists concluded was used to produce tequila in China and that the old technology is very similar to the new. picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

Jerry Porter returned to the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday after the NFL Players Association dropped its appeal of the receiver's four-game suspension and the team reduced the punishment to two games. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

Jason is autistic, and for years he helped coach his high school basketball team. The last game of the season, the coach let him play. picked by super 2 years ago