source: CBS News

No. 1: Your Penis Does Have a Mind of Its Own picked by zzz 4 months ago

A German pensioner is taking a hospital to court after she turned up for a leg operation - and got a new anus instead.

*Picture not the same ass as the one in the story picked by doggylives 4 months ago

If true, and that is a big if, this would absolutely revolutionize life.

Instead of super-cooling the material, as is necessary for conventional superconductors, the new material is instead super-compressed. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

A mathematical puzzle that baffled the top minds in the esoteric field of symbolic dynamics for nearly four decades has been cracked, by a 63-year-old immigrant who once worked as a security guard. picked by MandolinOrange 4 months ago

"The tail of an alligator protruding from the ruptured gut of a python, which had swallowed its foe alive, bore witness to a fierce and unusual battle between two of the deadliest predators in Florida's swamps."

I hope it's not a dupe, but it's too good to have been missed! picked by tdiggity 4 months ago

Oops. picked by MelgEsevad 4 months ago

One of Saturn's moons may once have harboured a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface. Tethys is a mid-sized satellite with a density close to that of pure ice. But a large valley system visible today must have formed when the crust was being heated and under great strain. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

News of politicians' extramarital affairs seems to be in no short supply lately, but if humans were cut from exactly the same cloth as other mammals, a faithful spouse would be an unusual phenomenon. Only 3 percent to 5 percent of the roughly 5,000 species of mammals (including humans) are known to form lifelong, monogamous bonds, with the loyal superstars including beavers, wolves and some bats. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Astrophysicists are having a heated debate over the wave structure of the Sun’s Corona - a debate which may one day influence solar weather forecasting and the theory behind fusion reactors. The Sun’s core is about 6000 degrees C, but its outer layer, the Corona, which is filled with a strong magnetic field, is 200 to 300 times hotter. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

If participants in the Dark Ages Lunar Interferometer study have their way, a telescope on the moon will allow astronomers to see 'back in time' and study the young Universe during the first 100 million years of its existence. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The tell-tale signature of the molecule methane in the atmosphere of the Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet HD 189733b has been found with the Hubble Space Telescope. Under the right circumstances methane can play a key role in prebiotic chemistry – the chemical reactions considered necessary to form life as we know it. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Centralia was once a small mining community. In 1962 the seam of coal that runs under the town was accidentally ignited and still burns to this day.

Inspired by Wildminou's post about Darvaza, this was also posted 10 months ago by Kyot.

Whatever Turkmenistan can do, Pennsylvania can do better (although perhaps not as impressive to look at). picked by Pocksucket 4 months ago

Progress on the road to regenerating major body parts, salamander-style, could transform the treatment of amputations and major wounds picked by karenben 4 months ago

Rising sea levels are already forcing salt water into aquifers beneath megadeltas that are home to tens of millions, and changing weather patterns are set to intensify droughts in large swathes of Africa, southern Europe and Asia picked by doggylives 4 months ago

In honor of National Poop for Peace day I give you The Bristol Stool Scale or Bristol Stool Chart, it is a medical aid designed to classify the form of human feces into seven groups.

Mine is almost always Type 3 picked by doggylives 4 months ago

There was a dramatic rescue Tuesday afternoon in Marion County as people worked frantically to save a small horse that was trapped underground. The horse was pulled to safety in the small town of Citra and the rescue was caught on camera. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago

20 ft. shipping container completely filled with 150mm color shells is detonated by a safety research group.

To grasp the size of the bang use the container for scale (it's the tiny box in the lower center of the screen). picked by tigertony 4 months ago

Petra met a real swan this winter.

Follow-up to gnikgnok's post, here. picked by cb__ 4 months ago

A pet macaw named Danny Boy flew the coop in Carpinteria and was found 15 months later some 80 miles away in Pasadena. Greg and Susan Vasilakos, who have moved from Carpinteria to Colorado, learned days ago that Danny Boy has been found. The bird flew away on Dec. 6, 2006, leaving the couple heartbroken. picked by maven 4 months ago

Goodbye Goldendoodle. Designer dogs are so last season. Now animal lovers are clamoring for cat crossbreeds - and they are sparing no expense on the latest "it" pet picked by Nunkii 4 months ago

The UK’s national computing grid, along with their counterparts in the US (TeraGrid) and Europe have helped UCL (University College London) scientists shed light on how life on earth may have originated. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A man was surprised to come home and find a baby sea lion bleating on his doorstep. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago

Scientists hope to create a quark-gluon plasma, a fundamental state of matter that probably has not existed naturally in the Universe since the Big Bang. picked by ted 4 months ago

Rare and beautiful picked by tigertony 4 months ago

An unusual electrical disturbance has been spotted in space, travelling unchanged through the ionised gas surrounding Earth. A European space mission called Cluster detected a "soliton" wave, a phenomenon similar to the self-contained solitons that can travel along optical fibres and channels of water on Earth. This is the first known soliton in space. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago