Titanosaurs were among the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth, with some gargantuan examples believed to have weighed more than 100 tons. Analysis of titanosaur embryos suggests the dotted bony scales helped protect the giants during their vulnerable youth, guarding them against predators. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

On Sunday, a week after the Times story broke, Fox was still airing -- without disclosure -- exposed pundit Thomas McInerney. Last Wednesday, they aired another pundit, Robert H. Scales. See them for yourself: picked by JDRucker 4 months ago

An eight-month-old baby boy in Jilin, Northeast China has tipped the scales at over three stone. Weighing 18.8 kg (41 pounds) and measuring 78 centimeters in height, he was born with a normal birth weight of 3.3 kg (7 pounds 4 oz). picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The most massive black hole in the universe tips the cosmic scales at 18 billion times more massive than the sun, astronomers suggest today at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Even though researchers suggested black holes up to this mass might exist in quasars, this is the first direct confirmation of such a behemoth. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Dr. Clifford Pickover attempts to construct a list of the ten most evil and the ten most good human beings ever to exist. A fascinating discussion continues in the comments section. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

NSFW for racism, language, sexuality... well, everything, really. Funny as hell.

Bonus link, to keep the scales balanced: Canadia (redirected from Canada)

Warning. If E.D. is new to you, prepare for an assault on all you hold holy. picked by Galoot 1 year ago

A 20kg cat has been found, and officials at a New Jersey animal shelter hope she gets a nice - hopefully, diet-friendly - home. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Fresh out of the shell, it tipped the scales at 0.94 grams, about the same as a paper clip. That makes the rare baby 'akepa the smallest songbird ever reared by hand picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

"If you haven't heard the news, I'm afraid your Army is broken, a victim of too many missions for too few soldiers for too long. ... Today, anecdotal evidence of collapse is all around."

But now, one year later, Scales has done an about-face. He says that he was wrong. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

With its powerful detectors, Integral has performed the most-sensitive all-sky survey ever, finding expected clumpy areas at large scales in our local universe. Scientists working with ground-based telescopes have found the same local clumps, while looking for sources of cosmic showers. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

At least four witnesses were there when, held underwater, the male salmon was measured at nearly 5ft (1.5m) in length and the best part of 50 inches in girth. The anglers posed for photographs using their mobile telephones and it was released into the river. Crucially, it appeared that no scales had been on hand to weigh it. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Cute factor is off the scales, be careful! picked by effektz 1 year ago

The scales encountered in our everyday lives, light is so fast that we perceive our surroundings in real time. Look up into the night sky and this illusion begins to falter. "Because light takes time to get here from there, the farther away 'there' is, the further in the past light left there, and so we see all objects at some time in the past." picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

This ninja cat thinks nobody is looking so he just scales the wall! picked by AmosWolfe 1 year ago

French Spiderman" Alain Robert, who has become famous for illegally climbing buildings across the world, scaled a top Hong Kong hotel on Tuesday to highlight the fight against global warming. picked by topofall 4 months ago

A new map reveals dense pools of invisible matter tipping the scales at 10 trillion times the mass of the sun and housing a cosmic city of ancient galaxies. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

With the conventional theory of gravitation, based on Newton’s ideas and refined by Einstein 92 years ago, dark matter helps to explain the motion of galaxies, and clusters of galaxies, on the largest scales. Now two Canadian researchers suggest that the motion of galaxies in a distant cluster is more easily explained by a Modified Gravity (MOG) theory than by the presence of dark matter. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Fractal is a term to refer to a structure bearing statistically similar details over a wide range of scales.(but you knew that) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Said to rival the great wall itself - the 13 mile long dragon will be covered in 5.6 million scales of jade or gold-coated bronze. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago