New exquisitely preserved fossils from Latvia cast light on a key event in our own evolutionary history, when our ancestors left the water and ventured onto land. Swedish researcher Per Ahlberg from Uppsala University and colleagues have reconstructed parts of the animal and explain the transformation. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Land Mines in Africa picked by sbalaciu 2 years ago

The new S1 mobile by Land Rover has been hailed as the world's strongest phone after it survived being dropped from a tall building, stood on by an elephant and roasted in an oven. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

WTF! Should any pilot be up there flying (on their own!) if they can't land anywhere? picked by topofall 12 months ago

...now some of them just buy the land they need.

The acquisition of farmland from the world's poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size of Europe's farmland targeted in the last six months, reports from UN officials and agriculture experts say. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A new global portrait taken from space details Earth’s land cover with a resolution never before obtained. Earth’s land cover has been charted from space before, but this map, which will be made available to the public upon its completion in July, has a resolution 10 times sharper than any of its predecessors. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A spectacular, swirling cloud forms above a mountain range in New Zealand - a country known by Maoris as The Land of the Long White Cloud. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A low-fat vegetarian diet is very efficient in terms of how much land is needed to support it. But adding some dairy products and a limited amount of meat may actually increase this efficiency. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

For the past year, a special Colombian police unit has been locking rats in cages with cats as part of a project to train the rodents to sniff out the more than 100,000 land mines planted mostly by leftist rebels across this conflict-wracked Andean country. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

“Love Land” is a theme park, about the size of two soccer fields, located in the north of Cheju Island. And it’s crammed with soft porn memorabilia.
(Children under 12 can enter the theme park for free — as long as they’re accompanied by adults) picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

The victim was found Wednesday morning by the foreman of the job site, on the parcel of land owned by Gibson. The site is less than a mile from the Holy Family Catholic Church founded by Gibson. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Where do we spread out to? My gut reaction is that we must at least consider the possibility of conquering France. There are good reasons for this. First of all, we can be assured the French will not put up much of a fight — they never do — so casualties would be small. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

The site may well be in Chinese, but still, this is what EVERYBODY would buy if they were to win the lottery.

Reminds me of Kenny's costume in the South Park Halloween special... picked by brightoncub 3 years ago

Republican U.S. Rep. Richard Renzi of Arizona, a state co-chair for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, was indicted on corruption charges stemming from land deals in his state.

The 35-count indictment stemmed from plans by Renzi and a business associate, a real estate investor, to benefit from a land-exchange deal in Arizona in return for Renzi's support for necessary federal legislation picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Swampland for your new retirement home, courtesy of slimeballs on eBay. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago

Print one out and color it the f**k in. picked by Ellz 2 years ago

Newly assembled radar images from Cassini provide the best views of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn's moon Titan. A new radar image reveals that Titan’s south polar region also has lakes. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

New research has provided the first detailed look at the internal head skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae, the 375-million-year-old fossil animal that represents an important intermediate step in the evolutionary transition from fish to animals that walked on land. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Chavez called the deployment part of a move toward a "pluri-polar world" — a reference to moving away from U.S. dominance. "The Yankee hegemony is finished," Chavez said in a televised speech. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

I'm SO thankful I'm not raising my daughter there! picked by Phildo 3 years ago