After 40 years of planning and hundreds of millions of dollars, NASA announced last week the first results from the Gravity Probe B experiment, which was designed to measure how Earth warps the fabric of space-time. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Zimbabwe's main opposition party (The Movement For Democratic Change or MDC) are claiming they have all but wiped out Ronert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party in yesterday's election.

Mugabe's spokesman, George Charamba, made barely disguised threats in response. picked by pocksucket 7 months ago

A bloggish webcomic thing about a girl and her stuffed cat. -- The result of a Worth1000 Forum challenge from the end of 2005 to post a comic a day that lasted for nearly 9 months. Start at Day 1, 11/21/05 and work your way from there. picked by johnnytitan 12 months ago

Some experts hope that the perfect condition in which the body of the mammoth was found could allow extricate intact DNA from his cells, and, as a result, clone the animal in future. picked by JDRucker 6 months ago

What if Stephen Hawking, the renowned quantum theorist proclaimed by some to be the most brilliant man in the world, decided to take up gangsta rap? Well, the result might be something like this...
Make sure to check out the free MP3 samples. picked by TheAnt314 3 weeks ago

A Japanese fan club for wasps has added the insects to rice crackers, saying the result adds a waspish scent to the traditional fare. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

"To reduce the severity of his seizures, Joe had the bridge between his left and right cerebral hemisphers (the corpus callosum) severed. As a result, his left and right brains no longer communicate through that pathway. Here's what happens as a result:" picked by TheJehosephat 8 months ago

Kenny is a white tiger, the result of selective inbreeding that produces tigers with an 80% stillbirth rate. picked by dAvBOb 9 months ago

An unusual series of slow-moving magnitude-7 ice-quakes have been occurring twice a day in Western Antarctica. Generally such a strong earthquake would level towns, but these aren't even noticeable due to their slowness. Discovering the cause for such quakes would result in a better understanding of glaciers and they way they'll react to climate change.

We at plime already know the cause. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

A couple of artists go around Helsinki, asking people about their complaints. Then they compose a song with those complaints and start a choir. The result? Listen for yourself :) picked by Kevertje 10 months ago

Rising global temperatures may stall for the next decade, with some scientists now believing the natural response of ocean currents will temporarily offset the effects of climate change. German climate scientists say the temperature pause is the result of the slowing of the global currents that transport heat around the planet. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

As planetary mass increases, more heat is trapped and convection increases. As a result the shear stress within the crust increases too and plate thickness decreases. That means the plates are weaker and plate tectonics becomes "inevitable". picked by DrNothing 12 months ago

Psychologists reckon that happier marriages result from attractive women who wed uglier men.

And women who marry handsome men had better watch out. Men who saw themselves as better looking than their wives were more likely to be disgruntled and have negative feelings about their marriage, experts found. picked by extc68 7 months ago

By looking at sun-like stars in their infancy, researchers have used a powerful telescope and a new bag of tricks to peer at planet-formation under way. The result: Three wildly different setups, suggesting our solar system is perhaps neither unique nor all that strange. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

Mark Voegel kept snakes, spiders, lizards and insects. As a result, he's dead. And a lot of him has been eaten.

Anyone surprised? picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

“The idea of sliced bread may be startling to some people." Reported contemporary local paper The Constitution-Tribune, “There is no crumbling and no crushing of the loaf and the result is such that the housewife can well experience a thrill of pleasure when she first sees a loaf of this bread with each slice the exact counterpart of its fellows.” picked by Moogle 3 months ago

Origami (literally meaning 'folding paper') is the art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns. Origami refers to all types of paper folding, even those of non-Chinese origin. picked by bluemax 1 year ago

One of the tricks used by some photographers who wish to make surprising "portraits" of clients is to digitally manipulate the portraits by vertically inverting a mouth and eyes on the portrait, while the rest of the face stays intact. The result can be quite surprising - some people look almost the same while others are hardly recognizable - it also depends a great deal on the facial ex... read full post picked by leopoldogolba 9 months ago

The new restroom dragnet has led to the arrests of more than 30 people in three months for indecent exposure and public sex acts at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Many of us, no doubt, have found ourselves kneeling down before the porcelain god reflecting on the events that brought us there. Usually, these moments result in some sort of vow that our lives will be different if we can just get through the unfortunate experience at hand. For many, however, kneeling is not an option. picked by deepcleanfun 11 months ago