Finger-length ratios have been related to a host of things good and bad, from fertility and disease vulnerability to test scores and personality traits. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Sharing this because I'm absolutely blown away by this guys talent. Just unreal... picked by zeflasher 1 year ago

Motoring writers praised its go-kart handling and sheer speed of turn - a well-driven Mini could easily outrun a Jag on a twisty road and made the Volkswagon Beetle look like a lumbering dinosaur. picked by tigertony 7 months ago

The folks behind Google Chrome are quick to point out the sheer speed of their Javascript engine (the part of the browser that makes these post preview boxes work, or those fly-out menus on pages animate). This site is a showcase of this Javascript engine, with a lot of really cool programs written in pure Javascript. some of which never should be able to be written in Javascript, that push th... read full post picked by sidran32 4 months ago

The Miami-based US National Hurricane Centre reported that the second full-fledged hurricane of the Atlantic storm season intensified at alarming speed today as it moved over water in the south Caribbean. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

In Denmark they have a found a new and great way I might ad to stop car's from speeding. Topless bikini clad women! Probably NSFW picked by shredtone 3 years ago

This blog makes a persuasive case that there would be fewer flights and less pollution. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

The Mars Corporation has pulled an advert depicting Mr T harassing a speed walker. This decision is in response to complaints from the US that it is offensive to gay men, even though it has never been shown on US television.

The ad itself is in the comments. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Surely the envy of any desk-bound office worker, Tommy Lynch has travelled over 27,000 miles this year, for his job testing holiday resort waterslides. Mr Lynch, 29, works for holiday giant First Choice, checking the height, speed, water quantity and landing of the flumes, as well as all safety aspects. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Here are the ten ways that might help you beat a speeding ticket, but the best way is to have Radar Love playing when the cop pulls you over. He'll have to let you go as it is impossible to drive the speed limit while listening to this song. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Galaxy 3C321's supermassive black hole is shooting a jet of particles nearly at the speed of light toward a nearby galaxy. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

The drug cartels have taken a tip from the Life Aquatic and moved below the surface to fool authorities looking for above water luxury speed boats. picked by beaplourde 8 months ago

Because German speed cameras are set up for left-hand drive vehicles, and this vehicle is right-hand drive, the cameras keep missing the driver’s face. Instead, they keep capturing clear views of a manic Muppet-like figure in the passenger seat.

Anybody know where Muppetmaker is right now? picked by tigertony 1 year ago

Three days after losing control of his yellow Toyota Supra sports car and smashing into a palm tree, critically injuring his friend, Hulk Hogan's teenage son is now under scrutiny by police in Clearwater, Florida.

Follow-up: picked by punthe 2 years ago

It takes, on average, 30% longer to lie than to tell the truth.

"I swear, the cheque's in the post."

Nah - didn't take that long. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

On Monday night, two men fled from a police convoy driving on State Route 299. According to officials, they wore body armor and fired at police cars with an AK-47 assault rifle through the windows of a gold Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Highway 299 is terrifying at normal speeds! picked by psycmoe 7 months ago

Automatic Camera situated 7 miles from blast with 10 foot lens. Shutter speed equaled 1/100,000,000 of-a-second exposure. picked by hamjachok 2 years ago

Somewhere deep below Saturn’s cloud tops, the planet rotates at a constant speed. Determining this interior period of rotation has proven extremely complicated. Now, with new Cassini results, a team of European scientists have taken an important step forward. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The 1950s was the decade of the test pilot and the experimental aircraft, as aviation technology turned to the jet engine and pushed its limits in both speed and endurance. With the world divided in Cold War, the stakes were high. Jet aircraft dominated both U.S. and Soviet arsenals and the data returned by subsonic and supersonic test flights had implications for the coming space race as well. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

What do you get when you take not one, not four, not eight, but sixteen PS3s and chain them together like some crazy video game test center configuration for extremely lucky children? Simple: The relatively affordable power to answer the question "At what speed to vibrating black holes stop vibrating?" picked by punthe 11 months ago