Ever whacked your thumb with a hammer, or wrenched your back after lifting a heavy box, and blamed the full moon? It's a popular notion, but there's no cosmic connection, Austrian government researchers said Tuesday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Whether you plan on having a heavy or a light data flow, this tampon drive should have you covered. Apparently a light flow means that you need the 1GB. I shudder to think what the 16GB model means. picked by suebe 9 months ago

More coming this weekend! picked by cactushair 11 months ago

A real-time news "translation machine" representing appearing & disappearing information about our times. The news content is reduced to the most frequent headlines & their according keywords. The reduced news headlines are then visually translated in a dynamic pictogram language that is considered to be universal & instantly understandable. online users can add keywords to ... read full post picked by Turtle 2 years ago

A heavy thunder breaks the deep lethargy within your head.... picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A stellar nursery tucked away in a distant cloud of interstellar gas has given astronomers a glimpse of a new way that galaxies can form. Hints of the star birth were spotted in an ancient gas cloud known as the Leo Ring, which appears to lack the vital heavy elements and dark matter that astronomers normally expect to see in growing galaxies. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

New research suggests that 25% of people in the UK suffer from some form of paranoia.
Will paranoia worsen as we move towards complex personal surveillance, the result of the heavy use of social networking sites such as Facebook? picked by ThirDeye 2 months ago

People who snore heavily or have sleep apnea burn more calories when resting when the condition is more severe, researchers have found. picked by muppet 12 months ago

No doubt, searching in the deepest, darkest crevasses of the internet gets tiring, especially if it’s for a measly $1 off coupon. This site does the heavy lifting for you. Enter the Web site you are shopping, then coupon codes will pop out that other people are using. Next to the coupon code is a “success” meter that lets you know if it’s working for other shoppers and if i... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 5 months ago

Is this effect mass hypnosis? What's the deal exactly? picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

Modern medicine ranks as one of the greatest achievements of mankind. But there are drawbacks in the form of side effects, some of which are far more off-putting than the inability to operate heavy machinery. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Assuming your brow is troubled that is.

A video by a chap named Joel Di Giacomo set to Brian Eno's Deep Blue Day.

May cause drowsiness. Do not drive or operate heavy machinery. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

We all know them as small things, that crawl around, and for most of the time, we can not see them, because of their size. But there are some of them, that can easily be in heavy weight class. Because they are not that small. They are really big, and usualy have "giant" or "goliath" in their name. picked by cgmiki 2 years ago

Renee Williams became the largest person ever to have gastric bypass surgery earlier this year after ballooning to nearly seventy stone – but died 12 days later.

(british plimers, how heavy is a "stone" again?) picked by muppet 2 years ago

The poutine is a very versatile dish that can be served as a side dish to hot dogs and hamburgers, or can be eaten as a main dish. It is also a very popular choice to set your stomach right after a night of heavy drinking. picked by sandman2 2 years ago

Jet pilots undergo G force testing up to a maximum of seven Gs. (video) picked by ogri2003 3 years ago

Its early in the morning for the heavy stuff... but this is something everyone should read... picked by shep182 2 years ago

It's happened to all of us at one time or another - you're walking home from work, you see a hoofing great digger and you realise it is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen in your life. Your mind begins to wander, and all of a sudden you're fantasising about dancing with it in a riverside meadow.

Well, I say all of us. Probably only the bloke in this Lucky Kazoo video. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

"While a pen always falls when you drop it on Earth, it would just float away if you let go of it on the Moon." My jaw dropped a little. I blurted "What?! A pen would fall if you dropped it on the Moon, just more slowly." I protested. "No it wouldn't." the TA explained calmly, "because you're too far away from the Earth's gravity." picked by nikneven 7 months ago

Gives size comparison for everything from 2001: A Space Odyssey's USS Discovery to a Heavy Cruiser from Babylon 5. TONS of Trekkie stuff, and neat even for non-nerds to peek at, as it includes real Earth space ships, like the State's shuttle. picked by deepchill 2 years ago