Various scientific experiments are conducted to test the resilience of the lovable Easter marshmallow ducks. Check out the surgery performed to separate the conjoined peep quintuplets. picked by genkan 2 years ago

Ugh, this is terrible. picked by moe 2 years ago

This is one place where it ends up, anyway. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

Can't use that Target gift card or just need the cash? You can sell/buy gift cards at a discount. There are other sites, too, but this one seemed so comprehensive. picked by suebe 11 months ago

Researchers from Wake Forest University (WFU) in the U.S. report that they have developed flexible organic solar cells with an energy efficiency surpassing 6 percent, more than double the 3 percent efficiency they reached two years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Here's the (expected) follow-up to an earlier post about this allegedly largest diamond ever found. picked by rambler 2 years ago

When the Madison, WI health-care provider announced that it planned to “immediately” lay off 90 employees, they weren't kidding. picked by tigertony 7 months ago

Patient comes back down to earth when he gets the bill. *rimshot* picked by Wingnut 3 years ago

...veterinarian operates on dog outside while his clinic and home burn down. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

"While these locations may offer convenience, the limited training and supervision of the person performing the procedure..." picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

At 43 years old, New York chef Thomas Pallozzi-Haynes was morbidly obese and close to despair. While his initial weight gain had been triggered by type 2 diabetes, he now found himself in an endless cycle of failed diets and weight gain that ultimately caused him to balloon to 124 kilograms. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

The key is a machine that uses 1200 different frequencies within the microwave range, which act on specific hydrocarbon materials. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

Firemen and RSPCA officers were left feeling like right Twit-twoo's after spending hours trying to rescue a toy owl from a telegraph pole. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

Lots of sculptors these days use blowtorches and create their works in hard steel. Jerry Ross Barrish uses a glue gun and makes his art from discarded plastic. And the art is something to behold. picked by jpetar75 6 months ago

A team of British and German scientists has created a new type of flexible plastic film that allows objects to precisely change color. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

See the world through the eyes of miniature people. The "PLASTIC PEOPLE" Flickr set by Vincent Bousserez shows us some beautiful scenes from another point of view, where the world seems as ordinary as our very own but in a smaller scale! picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Although surgeries that involve nary a slice or a stitch have heretofore been limited to science fiction, doctors in Switzerland announced that they've successfully performed closed-skull brain surgery on 9 patients using only sound waves. picked by suebe 4 months ago

It's not your average science fair when the 16-year-old winner manages to solve a global waste crisis. But such was the case at last month's year's Canadian Science Fair in Waterloo, Ontario, where Daniel Burd, a high school student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute, presented his research on microorganisms that can rapidly biodegrade plastic. picked by sharon22 5 months ago

The internal bleeding caused his penis and testicles to turn black - and his testicles swelled to more than three times their normal size. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Environmental officers in Vietnam have found that nearly 300 tons of medical waste from a Hanoi hospital was illegally processed into household plastic utensils, including blood-filled syringes. Yuck. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago