Holding the lifeless body of her dead child like a rag doll, this female gorilla stares at the corpse in shock and bewilderment, unable to accept that her baby is dead. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Is there life after death? Maybe, if you're wired. After all, death is just a failure of storage media. Science fiction is full of people who've died in meatspace, only to live on in cyberspace. Here's our inventory of cyber-Heaven. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

There has always been an air of mystery surrounding Margaret Thatcher's famous boast that she only needed four hours sleep a night.

But now scientists have discovered a gene that determines the amount of sleep we need - and which allows some people to survive on fewer hours. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

That's what happens when photographers forget to tell people to say "cheeeeeeese". picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Five children between the ages of three and nine were found dead in a house in the northern German village of Darry on Wednesday, police said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Omaha, Nebraska, police found a mother and her toddler dead in their apartment.

*this is terribly sad and tragic. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

40 years since the group got its start and 12 years after the death of lead guitarist Jerry Garcia silenced their music, some people who didn’t get the message then are revisiting the Grateful Dead and finding a lyrical connection to religion and spirituality. picked by kissmenow 3 years ago

A Spanish driver who collided with a cyclist is suing the dead youth's family $29,300 for the damage the impact of his body did to his luxury car, a Spanish newspaper reported on Friday. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Some people collect stamps or coins, but for some reason, that's just not enough to keep them interested. So they do what any reasonable person would do: collect the most disgusting, creepiest things imaginable.

#1 is NSFW. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

The dead monkeys found in the forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) might be behind the outbreak of the Ebola virus in DR Congo's southwestern Kassi province, Angola's official news agency ANGOP reported on Tuesday. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

An exhibition called "Dialogue in the Dark 2007 Tokyo" is the place where sighted people are guided by blind people through several specially constructed darkened rooms to help dicover the unseen. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

More than 120 people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food festival last week became ill, at least nine of them with salmonella poisoning and 10 who were hospitalized. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

For nerds who like dead things picked by latueofstiberty 2 years ago

Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their Fayette County home Monday. picked by punthe 2 years ago

An 8-year-old boy lived for more than a week with the body of his dead mother before telling a concerned shopkeeper his mom was “in a better place,” police said. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

Frank Ahern is a "Skip Tracer" - someone who tracks down people who go into hiding and helps others cover their tracks. Sometimes you just want to disappear and start your life over (themepic is not Frank). picked by BrownTrout 10 months ago

Parents of a 2-year-old boy found their son dead inside a hope chest used to store linens in his bedroom, in what Brevard County sheriff's deputies said appears to be a tragic accident.

*Yes. Florida. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

This video is a compilation of people getting owned.

Get a good laugh out of this. picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago

Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead today by his housekeeper in his Manhattan apartment. picked by unzercharlie 2 years ago

More than 1,000 people are either dead or missing after rivers of mud and volcanic ash triggered by a typhoon swamped villages in the Philippines, authorities say. picked by teaya21 3 years ago