The come in all shapes, sizes, colours and designs. But just how are they made? They're not, it turns out, made out of thousands of even smaller Lego bricks, which in turn are made out of millions of even teenier Lego bricks, as I once thought! picked by brightoncub 3 years ago

While that’s the name father Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton put on documents for his baby girl’s birth certificate, it isn’t the name he and his wife originally agreed on. And it isn’t the name his wife, Layla, thought the baby was given. picked by Chez 1 year ago

It's hard to miss the celebrations this week of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, but unlike the life of Einstein, the public is remarkably ignorant of the real story of the father of evolution.
*However, here are some strange facts about Darwin* picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

You might think childbirth would be a topic too personal, too beautiful or way too graphic to write about on Twitter. But, as Sara Williams showed on Tuesday when she posted Twitter updates about giving birth to her child, online social networking has pushed its way into the delivery room picked by TraumaMamma 4 months ago

A Flash game that puts you in control of the naughty Flash creation and the struggling creator in the ultimate power play. More Plime about Animator vs Animation. And here, too! picked by TheStep 2 years ago

Its so strange how these "diseases" take control of people.

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Control: "Alpha Zulu 20, this object in the sky, did anyone have a look at it?"

Officer: "Yes, it's the moon. Over." picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

A gene that helps control muscle development makes all the difference between an elite racing dog and a freak that is put down at birth. picked by maxriter 3 years ago

Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a landscape of soft hills.

*The Handmaid's Tale? picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The idea of basic human rights is a relatively recent one. It grew in favor about the 18th century driven by a number of factors, the french and american revolution among them. Some say the birth of the novel is one of those forces that made be realize all humans has basic inalienable rights. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Woman leaves baby in field, says she wasn't sure she was pregnant until the day she gave birth. She said doctors had told her, but she thought they were wrong. She said the pregnancy was "a mystery."

i hope they don't give it back. what a freakin lunatic. picked by muppet 1 year ago

The birth of Stella Biblis on Feb. 25 was 22 years in the making. picked by suebe 8 months ago

The story starts at Saddleback Memorial Hospital in Laguna Hills. The fertility clinic there had been shuttered earlier in 1995, when an investigation found that its doctors had mixed up embryos and impregnated women with eggs that weren't theirs. As many as 300 patients were thought to have been involved, and at least three cases had surfaced in which women had unwittingly given birth to children... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 5 months ago

Media control by the usual Neo-Con suspects.

Link from a DrNothing post picked by DerAlt1 2 years ago

A robot teacher has been introduced to a classroom in Japan where she takes attendance and gives out the day's assignment. "It is planned that the first robot teachers will be used in several classrooms where they will be operated by controller teachers operating from a control centre." picked by equinox 7 months ago

Single mother Carmen Bousada, now 67, was diagnosed with cancer just months after giving birth to twins. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

An Oregon man says people usually think he's joking when he introduces himself as Rip Van Winkle. But that's the name on his birth certificate. picked by kakana 9 months ago

A case report of the agnathia holoprosencephaly complex and a review of the literature related to the complex genetic and embryologic aetiology of this group of major birth defects of face and central nervous system are informed. The present clinical case is the first reported in Colombia.*real or unreal...you've never seen anything like this* picked by bornbad 5 months ago

A drag-racing vehicle lost control during a parade and spun into a crowd of bystanders Saturday night, killing four adults and injuring up to 15 people, authorities said.

...Guess he thought he was in a race with the floats. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

A team led by an Indian researcher has developed an electronic nose coated with mouse urine, which they say, can help sniff out trace quantities of explosives or pollutants, or pick out different smells for food quality control. Yeah! picked by suebe 2 years ago