Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an Iron Age chiseled stone slab that provides the first written evidence in the region that people believed the soul was separate from the body. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron “snow” forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth’s atmosphere and fall to the ground. The movement of this iron snow could be responsible for Mercury’s mysterious magnetic field. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy superhero fans a part in the next Iron Man movie - if you have a spare $20,000. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

A 2,000-year-old mine has been discovered high in mountains in Peru. The find offers proof that an ancient people in the Andes mined hematite iron ore centuries before the Inca Empire, archaeologists say. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An Australian woman who spent more than 60 years in an iron lung to treat polio has died at the age of 83. June Middleton entered the Guinness World Book of Records in 2006 as the person who has spent the longest time in an iron lung. An American woman hs also been in an irong lung for 60 years. picked by suebe 4 weeks ago

this beetle's been pimped out with wrought iron picked by Rogue 3 years ago

Thoughts from the first generation after the fall of the Iron Curtain. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Ilyas Ahmed, the artist who creates art from discarded nuts, bolts, springs, vehicle spare parts and domestic waste is giving the final touches to the arrangement before his first ever solo show in Bangalore Chitrakala Parishat. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Abstinence-only coolness for girls. See also Sex is for Fags...what the cool dudes do instead of being lame and queer and having sex. picked by Ellz 2 years ago

... one evening in 1907 at the National Sporting Club in London, Morgan and Lonsdale were arguing whether a man could walk around the world without being identified. Bensley, a notorious "playboy" and womaniser with a substantial private income, overheard the conversation and offered to test the proposition on their behalf...
(the rules of the wager are in the comments.) picked by Bingo 5 months ago

In a hilly island city like Hong Kong, living space is limited. Here you only see the laboriously constructed huts made of corrugated iron and planks of wood in which the poorest of the poor live if you look upwards – they occupy, to put it in cynical terms, a penthouse location. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

He apparently got confused and thought he was signing on to play with some super heroin. picked by afeldman 3 years ago

The food, called tempe, is moreover a whole-grain product with high folate content. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Marvel Entertainment has released its Q3 2006 Earnings which includes an updated list of upcoming projects for Marvel Studios. picked by icepigs 3 years ago

It seems life can take hold just about anywhere. Case in point a iron rich salty lake 1300 feet beneath Antarctica's ice. It is so iron rich that the water rusts and turns red, staining the glacier. Stuck with no sunlight or other energy sources bacteria has thrived for over a million years by using energy from the minerals reaction with each other. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

A group of 72 scuba divers have ironed their way to a Guinness World Record for the most people ironing underwater at the same time. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

METHUEN, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good." picked by iamamaniac 2 days ago

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered metal-rich sedimentary deposits in a New Hampshire lake that grow faster than any other deposits found in the United States. Understanding the environmental conditions that aid in the creation of the structures, which contain copper, iron and other heavy metals, could be helpful in discovering new metal sources. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A Robotic Suit That Magnifies Human Strength

There was a similar article in my local newpaper today. I thought it was interesting technology although I was a little concrened that the name of the company was Cyberdyne. Terminator fans I suppose. picked by Fizz71 2 years ago

It has long been known that the inner core of the earth, a sphere consisting of a solid mass with a radius of about 1,200 km, is mainly made up of iron. However, seismic observations have shown that elastic waves pass more rapidly through this core in directions that are parallel to the earth's axis of rotation than in directions parallel to the equator - a phenomenon that has not been previously ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago