As kids, we couldn’t hack at our friends with a real sword, so we used cardboard tubes to fence. Who knew that it was an actual sport? The Cardboard Tube Fighting League has competitions all over the world where people come together to play and show off their homemade cardboard armor.
Official Site picked by Bingo 3 months ago

After announcing plans to share revenues with film makers and other special contributors to YouTube, one of the site's biggest traffic drivers 'Chad Vader' may have a chance to cash in. picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

A London Underground station has been closed for the filming of JK Rowling's Harry Potter. picked by XXXXXPP 3 years ago

Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.

This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous supply of blood for transfusions. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

No more inconvenient can or glass bottle that spoils the moment when you actually need your hands for something else at a hot party or in the nightclub. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Interesting article on how sites like eBay and, as the article uses as the main example, You Tube, follow the mechanics of computer games to draw people in and keep them there. picked by BrightonCub 3 years ago

The man confronted the guard and sprayed him with pepper spray. A witness says the robber then "grabbed the money and ran on foot to the river. He got into an inner tube and floated westbound." picked by arsphidius 1 year ago

A series of photos of a man, who cannot use his hands, patching, repairing and reseating a bicycle inner tube. Why? Apparently its his job.
I bet your little problems don't seem all that bad now. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A Florida woman put on a feeding tube after she had a stroke is at the center of a court case that is eerily similar to the lengthy legal dispute over whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive.
Image not related. picked by DerAlt 1 year ago

The classic physics experiment involving sound, a tube of propane, and fire. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

A cost-effective option is a vacuum erection device or penis pump. It works like this: you place a tube on the penis and then pump the air out of the tube, which pulls blood into the penis. When the penis is erect, you then put a snug ring around the base to maintain the erection, which lasts long enough to have sex. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

If you have some music that you want to see instead of hear, and if you have some bbq gas and plumbing supplies too. Well why not build a Rubens' Tube? If you're lucky you'll be treated to an amazing representation of the music in flames.

*If you're unlucky something will explode picked by bingo 8 months ago

As Brazilian authorities retrieved 16 more bodies from the Air France Flight 447 crash this morning, investigators were focusing on airspeed indicators called pitot tubes as the cause of the disaster. So, what is it?
Also responsible for this plane picked by bingo 6 months ago

Louise Brown, who was the world's first "test-tube" baby, has given birth to her first child.

Mum and baby doing fine! picked by suebe 3 years ago

The new RealPlayer is badass for one reason: It can rip net videos, even those on YouTube and from video streams, with a single click. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

YouTube.com, Google's popular video site, is threatening to launch a lawsuit to gain control over YouTube.cl, a domain that currently hosts a website developed for Chilean audiences, aggregating online videos from YouTube.com. picked by murphyz 3 years ago

After a court ruled that YouTube should be banned in Turkey because of insults to the founder of modern Turkey, the court decided to say "hang on, we're wrong". picked by TheStep 3 years ago

"Ecology is a nice word," says Oded Alon, project manager for the new village, "but you have to turn it into details."

And they are doing so on a grand scale in this new development in Israel. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Please prune this if it has already been posted. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago

6) Mrs. Irene Graham of Boscombe, delighted the audience with her reminiscence of the German prisoner of war who was sent each week to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He'd always seemed a nice friendly chap, but when the crocuses came up in the middle of our lawn in February 1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.'" (Bournemouth Evening Echo) picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago