California researchers say they have developed molecular "smart bombs" that stop pancreatic and kidney cancer from spreading in mice while causing fewer side effects and damage to healthy surrounding tissues than traditional chemotherapy. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

Rainy days will never seem as dull again thanks to a new internet umbrella. The high-tech brolly allows you to take pictures with a built-in camera. These can be uploaded to Flickr (a photo-sharing website) via a wireless internet connection and within two minutes you can watch downloaded photo-streams on your umbrella screen with a simple wrist-snapping movement. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

It's like sticky notes on the web. picked by reformist 2 years ago

You can stop me anytime.... picked by suebe 2 years ago

In the early decades of the 20th century, before the development of psychiatric medications, there were few effective treatments for mental illness. For most patients, the last stop in their anguished journey was an overcrowded state asylum.

Full PBS Series in link picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

AN Israeli politician has blamed a spate of recent earthquakes in the Middle East on gays. Shlomo Benizri of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas Party said the only way to prevent the earthquakes was for parliament to stop liberalising laws concerning homosexuals. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Since Chen Si began patrolling the Nanjing Bridge in China for suicide attempts four years ago, he has saved 144 lives. picked by Mitzuzake 2 years ago

Someone is disposing of placentas in the sewage system and authorities in central Illinois just want it to stop picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

They complain it's too noisy, causes traffic backup, yadda yadda yadda...New Jersey resident gets 25% of his electrical power from the 40 ft wind turbine in his backyard. picked by suebe 2 years ago

China have quite a complicated plan in place to stop any rain clouds from reaching the opening ceremony, this site illustrates how it works quite nicely. picked by theclansman 1 year ago

The judge's order "should stop any future destruction of e-mails, but the White House stopped archiving its e-mail in 2003 and we don't know if some backup tapes for those e-mails were already taped over before we went to court. It's a mystery," said Meredith Fuchs, a lawyer for the National Security Archive. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Fluid dynamicists have worked out how to stop teapots from dribbling, once and for all.

Teapot technology is largely ignored by mainstream media (some say unfairly). But today, scientists in France unveil a technique that should breath hi-tech life into a new generation of bespouted objects. picked by bingo 1 month ago

A local in the bar told him and his friends to stop singing and shot him in the thigh with a pistol when they carried on.

*i love the sports* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Apple no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cellphone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Information Minister Dora Akunyili has asked movie houses in the capital of Abuja to stop screening "District 9" because the South Africa-based sci-fi movie about aliens and discrimination makes Nigerians look bad. picked by proverb 2 months ago

Stop eating so much. picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Dutch TV station 101tv had an actress wearing Western clothing drop some packages on a sidewalk, then filmed as lots of people rushed to her aid and helped her pick up the groceries. Then they put the same actress in a burqa, and had her drop the groceries again. This time nobody helped her. "Islamophobia! Bigotry!" Uh... except that, unfortunately for 101tv, another crew from a differ... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Police have arrested a man suspected of brutally attacking a dozing subway passenger with a hammer while other riders did nothing to stop the assault, the city's police commissioner said Wednesday
Victim now has seven staples in his head and a broken finger. picked by merzbabe 1 year ago

We're not sure where they came from, we don't really know how to stop them, and they're eating our electronics from the inside out!

The only (and small) good news is they eat fire ants. picked by lynxears 2 years ago

"You can't stop everything from happening," Eastwood says. "But we've gotten to a point where we're certainly trying. If a car doesn't have 400 air bags in it, then it's no good."

He might just have a point there. picked by DerAlt 12 months ago