Really neat superconducting magnets demonstration. picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

This bear wants to be friends.

(Or it's very hungry - if you're ever in that circumstance, best not to wait to find out)

NB - Butler Polar Bear pictured not bear from story, picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Police Chief Steve Caraway said Fong was caught on video surveillance approaching Young's on Oct. 2 after 3 a.m., about the time a liquid accelerant was used to start the fire.
The video was "extremely valuable" in solving the crime, Caraway said. "It's hard to refute that type of evidence." picked by cecilberman 1 month ago

A machine presses down on the plunger of a syringe, injecting a billion harmless viruses into a clear liquid. Instead of diffusing into the solution, the viruses cling together, forming a wispy white fiber that's several centimeters long and about as strong as a strand of nylon. A gradu­ate student, Chung-Yi Chiang, holds it up to an ultra­violet light, and the fiber begins to glow red. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

It's a classic image from every youngster's science textbook: a cutaway image of Earth's interior. The brown crust is paper-thin; the warm mantle orange, the seething liquid of the outer core yellow, and at the center the core, a ball of solid, red-hot iron. Now a new theory aims to rewrite it all by proposing the seemingly impossible: Earth has not one but two inner cores. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Water, good ol' H2O, seems like a pretty simple substance to you and me. But in reality, water - the foundation of life and most common of liquid - is really weird and scientists actually don't completely understand how water works. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

The lotus flower is nature’s “slip n’ slide,” where water beads skate along each petal’s surface like liquid metal. Now, chemists reveal the ying to the lotus’ frictionless yang: rose petals. Chemists have found the physical basis for the rose’s ability to grip water droplets in place, even when the flower is upside down. This newly described “petal ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

If that ain't the kiss of death, what is? Can McCain tell him to please not do that? picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Wanted: rich older women interested in hot younger guys. Applicants must be over 35, earn at least $500,000 a year or have a minimum of $4 million in liquid assets, entrusted assets or divorce settlement. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Officials said two boys were playing in a tree house when they filled a balloon with flammable liquid. The balloon broke, and a 13-year-old got soaked with fluid. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Extreme dancing skillz by a dancer called"Elsewhere"....I think its called Liquid Dancing picked by jovawell 2 years ago

Clos du Bois has launched a fun promotion with a compelling altruistic twist - for each "kiss" people send via email, the winery is donating a dollar to WomenHeart, an organization dedicated to the research of heart disease in women. Clos du Bois will donate a minimum of $50K and as much as $75K, depending on the number of electronic kisses sent. picked by nunzi 2 years ago

Using concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion, a research team from Sandia National Laboratories is building a prototype device intended to chemically “reenergize” carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using concentrated solar power. The carbon monoxide could then be used to make hydrogen or serve as a building block to synthesize a liquid combustible fuel, such as methanol or ev... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The stunning metallic green sheen of the "jewelled beetle" is produced by microscopic cells in its exoskeleton. These cells, they said, were almost identical to hi-tech liquid crystals. picked by kakana 4 months ago

A woman fears she has been scarred for life after a vegetarian kiev exploded in her face. Jessica Morgan, 28, was about to tuck into the £1.68 kiev when it blew up, spraying boiling hot liquid over her face and shoulder. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Late one night in a small Alabama cemetery, Vance Vanders had a run-in with the local witch doctor, who wafted a bottle of unpleasant-smelling liquid in front of his face, and told him he was about to die and that no one could save him...read more inside.Bwahahaha! picked by bornbad 7 months ago

You see, Fabien and LaLuz both teach abstinence courses to Chicago Public Schools teens. And they say they practice what they preach. picked by nesbyniccolo 12 months ago

"During the sleepover the girls took pictures of themselves pretending to kiss or lick a large multi-colored novelty phallus-shaped lollipop that they had purchased as well as pictures of themselves in lingerie with dollar bills stuck in their clothes as well as other pictures." picked by gravyy 4 weeks ago

A German medical student got some unexpected practical experience at the zoo when she gave the kiss of life to a baby tiger choking on a piece of meat, the zoo director said Friday. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Geologic investigations around the globe guarantee a sizeable space rock is bound to kiss our fragile blue marble within the next few centuries years. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago