The infamous Tunguska explosion, which mysteriously leveled an area of Siberian forest nearly the size of Tokyo a century ago, might have been caused by an impacting asteroid far smaller than previously thought. The fact that a relatively small asteroid could still cause such a massive explosion suggests "we should be making more efforts at detecting the smaller ones than we have till now.&qu... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The camera maker feted the photographers who made the top 20 "photomicrographs" in Nikon's annual Small World competition at New York's Explorer's Club. The winners were drawn from a pool of 1,709 submissions. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Small, rocky planets that could resemble the Earth or Mars may be forming around a star in the Pleiades star cluster. One of the stars in the cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters, is surrounded by an extraordinary number of hot dust particles that could be the "building blocks of planets". picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Obama tried to explain what he actually meant to say in his infamous speech about small towns. His explanation may have made sense and showed what he meant to say wasn't "elitist", but it was wrong. Small town America are not fixated on cultural issues. Rather, it is affluent, college-educated people living in cities and suburbs who are most exercised by guns and religion. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Pictures with really small animals that easily fit on a finger. Really cute picked by kamaloo 11 months ago

Now that's small :p picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

Two feet, 9 inches tall, Christianne Ray found love and gave birth to a daughter. picked by DemureArt 8 months ago

A new interpretation of data from NASA's Viking landers indicates that 0.1% of the Martian soil tested could have a biological origin. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Loans made under the Small Business Administration's flagship credit program have fallen dramatically in the first six months of fiscal 2008 -- and none of the interested parties can agree on the cause. picked by vyoma999 5 months ago

She was living in a 1,500-square foot home in Portland, but decided the house wasn't small enough - yes, small enough!

It takes her four steps to go across her house- sometimes five. picked by streetlight22be 1 year ago

This Australian road safety video has a small point to make about young men who drive irresponsibly. picked by pocksucket 12 months ago

Don't know if id trust having a computer in my wall picked by TomorrowAgain 1 year ago

Small, ultrafaint "hobbit" galaxies recently found hovering around our Milky Way are comprised almost entirely of dark matter, a new study confirms. Dark matter is a mysterious substance scientists think accounts for most of the mass in the universe but that is invisible to current instruments. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Though the explosion was small, it blew out some of the ceiling tiles and singed the girl's hair.

small explosions blow out ceiling tiles??? picked by smarty1052 2 years ago

I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires. picked by civicracer18c1 2 years ago

He's paid off a 335-dollar small claims court judgement in pennies. That's more than 33-thousand pennies. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Five people, including the husband of a top NASCAR executive, were killed Tuesday when a small plane crashed into two homes in Sanford, Florida, near Orlando. picked by mandirio 1 year ago

The Small Dog With Hitler's Head (Canis hitlercephalus) has the body of a small dog, but the head of a mass murdering dictator, and a funny little moustache. Approach with caution. Might bite or gas. The Small Dog With Hitler's Head also has an uncontrollable aggression towards Jews, cats, and Jewish cats. picked by muppet 9 months ago

A shining beacon of light about to be extinguished by "Darth Walmart"?? At 17 years old, this kid bucks the odds by spending his savings to buy a failing grocery store and revive the economy of a small town. picked by Browntrout 2 years ago

So I just got two 21.6 inch Samsung beauties (upgrade from a shoddy 17 inch), and I found it annoying as hell that Windows Explorer kept opening up small every single time. I mean come on, I have real estate to take advantage of now! Anyways, I ended up finding this blog post: "holding down the shift key and clicking on the close button [X]"...

Am I the only geek that didn't know this? picked by mongeau 1 year ago