A woman leaped to her death from the third floor of the Queens Center Mall around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, landing on and injuring a high school student on the lower level of the shopping center in NYC four stories below. Shoppers screamed and ran.

Eyewitness accounts in comments

*I used to shop there*
And another earlier close call near me
*stops shopping in malls picked by suebe 8 months ago

"This page plots the number of results obtained from google for words of the form a{n}h{m}. For example aaahh would be represented by 3,2 and is found on the grid below at 3 down and 2 across. Hover over the square to see the number of google results, you can also click to see the results in google for yourself. The actual numbers that you will see will vary from what I found over time. This ... read full post picked by turtleface 2 years ago

The carpenter ant in the picture on the right (genus Campanotus), and the bullet ant in the first film clip below (Paraponera clavata), have fallen victim to parasitic fungi of the genus Cordyceps, which manipulate the behaviour of their host in order to increase their own chances of reproducing. picked by bingo 1 year ago

Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, lies the valley of Valchiusella. Peppered with medieval villages, the hillside scenery is certainly picturesque. But it is deep underground, buried into the ancient rock, that the region's greatest wonders are concealed. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Though quadruple the levels of 2002, the price of oil when adjusted for inflation is below the $90-a-barrel peaks of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the start of the Iran-Iraq War the following year. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Center pivot irrigation is basically a method of agricultural irrigation which results in a circular field of crops. A huge column of sprinklers, fixed to the ground at one end, slowly travels around in a circle whilst spraying the crops below. You can see the sprinkler arms, some of which can reach a kilometre in length. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The Mayans didn't predict the end of the world in 2012, and they clearly didn't predict whatever catastrophe submerged their sacred city thousands of years ago. Now divers are exploring Samabaj, an ancient paradise now sunk below the surface of a secret Guatemalan lake. picked by equinox 1 month ago

Below is a complete listing of responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming. There are four separate taxonomies; arguments are divided by:
Stages of Denial, Scientific Topics, Types of Argument, and Levels of Sophistication. BBC has similar site with less info. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

he world needs help. Power demands are rising, bridges are collapsing, cancer is still cancer. These are sweeping, global challenges, but the solutions may well end up coming from the garages and basements next door. As the winners of PopSci’s second annual Invention Awards demonstrate, invention—even world-changing invention—can happen anywhere there’s an idea and an endle... read full post picked by sandossu 2 years ago

Mars was wet in its early history, but today it appears bone dry other than ice below the surface and at the poles. Astronomers have long wondered where all the water went. The water might have been blown into space long ago by strong gusts of solar winds, new satellite observations suggest. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Learn of the deranged world below our own world of the strange naked-mole-rat-like people known enigmatically as "The Mole-men". picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A 15-year-old honors student died early Saturday after she and a friend fell through a rooftop skylight and onto a gymnasium floor more than 33 feet below at an elementary school in this Orange County community, police said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Imagine you are returning to the base ship on the sunlit side of the moon after carrying out a 72-hour exploration trip. Your small spacecraft has crash-landed about 200 miles from the base ship. You need to reach the base ship, in addition to your spacesuit, you were able to salvage the items listed below. Using what you know about the moon, rate each item in the above list according to how impor... read full post picked by ZebraHDH 1 year ago

A vast physics experiment built in a tunnel below the French-Swiss border is fast becoming one of the coolest places in the Universe. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

Clicking the play button below will produce a tone that is generally only heard by people under the age of 25. It has been used as a deterrent device to keep teenagers from loitering in malls and shops, and sounds similar to a buzzing mosquito. Typically the longer you listen to it, the more annoying it gets.

I can't hear it :( picked by DoggyLives 9 months ago

In a turn of events that could shake the very pillars of the gaming community, NBA star Gilbert Arenas has admitted to cheating... while playing Halo 3 multiplayer.

The link above it is to Gilbert's actual admittance, the link below has more info and more links and even ACTUAL proof (it has the Halo 3 'box scores' from his accounts)!

picked by tdiggity 2 years ago

You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them. picked by sharon22 7 months ago

Nasa is to launch a spacecraft on a nine-month journey to Mars, where it will dig below the surface for clues to the existence of past or present life. picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

NASA's AIM satellite has provided the first global-scale, full-season view of iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth’s surface. They are called "night shining" clouds by observers on the ground because their high altitude allows them to continue reflecting sunlight after the sun has set below the horizon. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A mineral that acts like a sponge beneath Earth's surface stores more oxygen than expected, keeping our planet from becoming dry and inhospitable like Mars. The key to the abundant oxygen storage is the mineral majorite, which exists deep below Earth's surface in the mantle. Without the oxygen stockpile, Earth would probably be a barren planet hostile to life. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago