Scientists say the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would have such profound effects it would shift the planet's rotation, sending a bulge of water into the Northern Hemisphere. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Neat slideshow video comparing the present to the past and future.
'We Are Living in Exponential Times' picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

A really addicting puzzle/login game with new gameplay mechanics picked by Archbob 2 years ago

Scientists in the US have come up with a new method to search for oceans on “exoplanets” — planets outside our Solar System. The method, which involves studying how colours shift with an exoplanet’s rotation, could help in the quest for discovering extraterrestrial life. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A waiter in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who left his shift to rescue a woman being attacked by an armed carjacker was fired after the heroic effort. picked by DaftGretel 2 years ago

Rule number 1: If you can't drive a manual, don't steal one. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago

Tilt-shift video by Erik West for Codebreaker featuring Kathy Diamond.
"None of the snow in this piece is simulated. I went out and show on the snowiest days of winter. The last scenes in the video were shot during a blizzard." picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Tilt-shifting is a technique that makes images of full sized things look like models. A couple of weeks ago I posted a series of tilt-shift videos and now here's a quick and easy way to do your own stills. Upload the photo, adjust the sliders and there it is. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Tilt-shift is a technique that makes photographs of real life objects appear as miniature models. Keith Loutit has applied this technique to stop-motion photography of scenes around his native Sydney.

More details in the comments. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

As the title says. (By the way, I'm horrible at describing things) picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

Even if you're not that fussed about the date it's worth checking. The accompanying footage from around the world is mesmerising.

And if that weren't enough it will tell you a summary of your local weather too.

What more could you want? If the answer to that is jazz with an up-tempo beat then that's covered too. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

Out of 30 tuna fish sandwiches bound for the trash, a Whole Foods employee set aside one for himself, to be eaten at the end of his shift. A supervisor noticed the sandwich sitting on the deli counter and demanded to know why it wasn't on its way to a landfill. After he explained that he intended to eat it, the supervisor threw it out, and the employee was fired two days later. picked by suebe 9 months ago

An abrupt release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from ice sheets that extended to Earth's low latitudes some 635 million years ago caused a dramatic shift in climate. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Completely unbiased and totally honest list From a former shift manager. I always wondered what was up with these people. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

A team led by two Texas A&M University anthropologists now believes the first Americans came to this country 1,000 to 2,000 years earlier than the 13,500 years ago previously thought, which could shift historic timelines. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Northwest Airlines has excluded spoons from its cutlery pack if the in-flight meal does not require one.
Another carrier, JAL of Japan shaved a fraction of a centimetre off all its cutlery to cut weight.

Other carriers have come up with all sorts of ingenious initiatives to shift the flab off their aircraft. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Fathers who have daughters will shift their political views left while those who have sons will become more right-wing, a British study has found.

Researchers from the Warwick and York Universities found that the more daughters there were in a household, the more likely their father was to vote Labour or the centre-left Liberal Democrat. picked by bingo 6 months ago

A dramatic shift in how we gather information and communicate with one another has touched off an era of rapid evolution that may ultimately change the human brain as we know it picked by stinkobinko 1 year ago

For instance, in weightlessness, fluids shift upward, causing nasal congestion and a puffy face; bones lose calcium, forming kidney stones; and muscles atrophy, slowing the bowels and shrinking the heart. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

"You don't really live with the partner in your home. You live with the partner in your head," explains Van Epp. Gradually, you begin looking for evidence that your partner is self-absorbed—and of course you find it. Your perceptions shift over time: The idealized partner you started out with becomes, well, less ideal.But if you want to stay in a relationship, something needs to c... read full post picked by dollyllama 8 months ago