Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to dissect one of the largest structures in the Universe as part of a quest to understand the violent lives of galaxies. Hubble is providing indirect evidence of unseen dark matter tugging on galaxies in the crowded, rough-and-tumble environment of a massive supercluster of hundreds of galaxies. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Sorry, Cleopatra. You probably just have a bad memory. Research pokes holes into the myth of reincarnation. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

A MAN who bet £100 ($240) a decade ago that he would live to be 100 is preparing to pick up his £25,000 ($60,000) winnings. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The proverbial curiosity doesn't usually kill cats. The inquisitive feline has a knack of dodging death by a whisker. Cats are intrepid explorers and fearless acrobats. After all, a creature with nine lives can afford to take risks. According to Brewer's Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable, a cat is said to have nine lives because it is "more tenacious of life than many animals." picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

One in 30 foetuses aborted for medical reasons is born alive, a 10-year study at 20 UK hospitals has found. Most of these babies with disabilities were born between 20 and 24 weeks of pregnancy and all lived for no more than a few hours. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A wild bird is little worse for wear after being hit by a car while crossing a road, then spending two days trapped behind the car's grille. Connie Ankli said she unknowingly drove around with the bird, believed to be a quail, inside her vehicle's front end. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The European Commission has ditched its attempt to impose the metric system on Ireland and Britain, where a grocer was once convicted of selling bananas by the pound rather than by the kilo. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

A pickup truck hit a boulder and tumbled over a 150-foot cliff, but the 71-year-old driver survived picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Crotchy has:
- Puffy crotch panel
- Pink button anus
- Long lady legs
- Awesome 'Mom' tattoo picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

An online game recounting the adventures of Blackbeard. picked by AutumnLotus 4 weeks ago

A pill which can reverse the symptoms of muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis and other fatal genetic diseases has been hailed as a "potential lifesaver" by Scottish experts. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Great-grandmother from Weston has defied fate by dying 11 times in 18 months. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

With all surviving odds against him, Peng Shulin’s body was cut in half by a large transport truck in 1995, leaving his doctors shocked and amazed by his survival. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Psychiatrists discover new mental illness: patients who believe their lives are on TV. picked by deEPCHIll 3 months ago

Most of us at some point in our lives have been jealous of some celebrity's good looks...and no matter how popular they may be, how much people want to pry into their lives, how gorgeous they are, it's no secret that we all loathe them. Have you ever wished they weren't so thin, didn't seem to have such perfect proportions, weren't so hot? Well, now they don't have to be. Oh, and politicians may... read full post picked by Ellz 1 year ago

Two cats are credited with saving lives for alerting residents to a fire on Monday.

*Image is of Scarlett. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Sometimes, we just don't have enough spam in our lives. Therefore we must write super spam submitting robots so we can have more spam in our lives than the Hormel meat company. picked by nishitha 1 year ago

3 years and more than 4-thousand dollars later, a teenager is changing the lives of children all over these Cambodian villages with her One Toilet at a Time program. picked by suebe 5 months ago

A cat is said to have 9 lives. Here's how a good beer
can give you 4......or more. Happy Halloween everyone:) picked by jovawell 12 months ago

A film chronicling the sex lives of a Washington state group of zoophiles -- people attracted to animals -- is headed for the Cannes Film Festival. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago