A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and lived about 190 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

US astronomers have discovered the biggest black hole orbiting a star 1.8 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, with a record-setting mass of 24 to 33 times that of our Sun. The massive newcomer beats the previous stellar-mass black hole discovered October 17 in the M33 galaxy that has 16 times the mass of our Sun. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A massive fire erupted at a natural gas pumping station in a rural area, spreading to houses and killing an undetermined number of people, authorities said. picked by muppet 8 months ago

Some of the most massive stars might not explode as supernovae, a new study suggests. Rather, researchers speculate, they simply collapse into black holes or if they do generate explosions, they're not as intense as the deaths of less massive stars. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Scientists in Indonesia's central Java are celebrating the discovery of a massive fossilised crocodile skull, believed to be up to 700,000 years old. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Without its beak, a woodpecker would be up a gumtree. But as the well-endowed fellow shows, it's possible to have too much of a good thing. The great spotted male, a regular visitor to a garden in North Yorkshire, has a bill more than twice the normal size. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Like a cosmic Grim Reaper, a blast of ultraviolet light signals the violent death of the universe's most massive stars. Now astronomers have viewed this heavenly harbinger for the first time. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Astronomers with the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey today announce the discovery of their third planet, TrES-3 in the constellation Hercules about 10 degrees west of Vega. The new planet was identified by astronomers looking for transiting planets — that is, planets that pass in front of their home star. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A University of Colorado at Boulder-led research team tracing the origin of a large carbon dioxide increase in Earth's atmosphere at the end of the last ice age has detected two ancient "burps" that originated from the deepest parts of the oceans. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A squid as long as a bus has washed up on a beach on the west coast of Tasmania. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Geologists estimate that plate tectonics began during the Archean period, between 2.5 and 3.8 billion years ago - but they don't know what triggered it. Ancient Earth was too hot for the crust to solidify completely, and the lightest minerals would have floated to the surface over the entire planet, making the subduction of denser plate material unlikely. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The two most massive stars ever discovered are circling each other 20,000 light years away near the centre of the Milky Way. The heavier of the two is 114 times as massive as the Sun – so big that according to some astronomers it should have blown itself to pieces. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

A period of intense global warming 55 million years ago was caused by massive volcanic eruptions that split apart Greenland and north-west Europe, scientists believe. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing up to 5,000 people in a single county and trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school

80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Beichuan county in Sichuan province picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

12 arachnophobia sufferers dead.....


Not really but it'd make a hell of a story picked by DoggyLives 1 month ago

Following on from Moe's comment in Suebe's forum thread Herman Makkink's sculpter, Rocking Machine was the giant phallus used to beat the cat lady to death.

NSFW if giant phalli are not the done thing. You decide. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

Concertgoers at a festival in the Dutch city of Lichtenvoorde were treated to an unusual sight Friday: A pink hot air balloon 127 feet high, shaped exactly like a condom, drifting lazily across the sky. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Chicago police say it took cleanup workers more than nine hours to get all the cheese off the Chicago Skyway after a weekend truck accident. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A U.K. man survived a massive heart attack after he was given electric shock treatment 12 times and a clot-busting injection. picked by kospa 12 months ago

A war on gophers waged by two Canadian men went awry this weekend when a device used to blast the rodents in their holes sparked a massive grass fire in a rural area near Calgary, Alberta, causing more than C$200,000 ($197,000) in damages. picked by mutil8or 7 months ago