Discusses the value of keeping a journal, both from a workplace standpoint and at home. Short, but useful and thoughtful. picked by yugosakimi 4 months ago

What did people in 1900 think today would be like? Well, we'd be eating strawberries the size of apples, Grand Opera will be telephoned into our homes, college will be free for everyone, the only wild animals will be in zoos, and wars will be fought by forts on wheels! picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago

"I approach people who look interesting - like they have a story to tell - and ask them if they, knowing they’ll most likely never see me again, will write in my journal."

Neat idea, even neater stories. picked by barwench 12 months ago

The Journal News, a newspaper in Westchester County, New York, told nearly 300 editorial and advertising employees that they'd have to reapply for their own jobs at the paper and hope to be rehired, ABCNews.com reports. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Its hidden in your attic, or under your bed, behind that bag of halloween decorations in your crawl space... Its that box of poems, pictures, and trinkets from your youth. This is the place to share them, and discovers other's.

My favorite quote: "She wanted it, I wanted to give it to her. I just didn't know what it was." picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

American women have fought and served in every U.S. war, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Today, there are over 198,000 women in the active duty military, constituting 14.5% of the active force. Women are integral members of the armed forces and they are here to stay. Yet despite women's accomplishments throughout history, and most recently in the War on Terror, DoD policy still prohibits wom... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

It's a different article... Not only is there a disturbing lack of data about the phenomenon, there has been negligible assessment about surgical after-effects -- and almost zero reflexion as to whether a labial "problem" exists in the first place, the BMJ says angrily. picked by pulsisx 2 years ago

Advice from a GI who never came home. picked by suebe 10 months ago

Photographer Cody Smart hitchhikes from New York to Alaska and back. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Trials showing a positive treatment effect, or those with important or striking findings, are much more likely to be published in scientific journals than those with negative findings. picked by karenben 10 months ago

How giving away product can be quite profitable for companies. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Every day, for almost 7,000 days, starting in 1979, Jamie Livingston took a Polaroid. In 1997 he died, and his friends and family gathered together the photos and made them into an exhibit. This is some pretty awesome stuff. The real website just recently got huge hits on it causing it to shut down, but here is a blog with some sample photos and a summary of this man's life. I will update the po... read full post picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

An account of two studies published in the prestigious journal Science pointing to the conclusion that almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse-gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these "green" fuels are taken into account.

Update to Mahler's post here. picked by pluman 2 years ago

Nine fossilised teeth found in Ethiopia are from a previously unknown species of great ape, Nature journal reports. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

A Maori legend about a giant, man-eating bird has been confirmed by scientists.

Scientists now think the stories handed down by word of mouth and depicted in rock drawings refer to Haast's eagle, a raptor that became extinct just 500 years ago, shows their study in The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

You'd better eat your blueberries: Men who don't get enough antioxidants can have problems with infertility.

A study published online recently in the journal Fertility and Sterility discovered that men who ate antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables have better rates of sperm movement, ejaculate volume, and sperm concentration than those who ate diets heavy in meat and full-fat dairy foods. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Roman Catholics are being encouraged by a Vatican-approved journal to preach the word of Jesus in the virtual world of Second Life. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The stalwart Swiss have been traumatized by a veritable army of naked German hikers entering Switzerland after a nudist journal exposed their lack of law prohibiting it. Swiss legislators are now ready to act. Germany, where freikörperkultur —free body culture— is a respectable pastime, is aghast. picked by equinox 9 months ago

Nature magazine, the world's leading scientific journal, has featured a powerful image of John McCain and Barack Obama on its front cover. Then, however, you see the back cover... picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

A new rice plant has been developed which grows "snorkels" when exposed to floods.

A paper in the journal Nature, describes how the plant elongates rapidly in response to being submerged. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago