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Cadillac One: The Car that Thinks it's a Tank [Infographic]

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 08:50 PM CST

A breakdown of the Cadillac One and it's many hidden surprises.

The North Wind Blew South (tilt shift video)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 08:30 PM CST

Forty Years Since the First Picture of Earth From Space

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 08:20 PM CST

Earthrise, December 1968 - the first picture of our world taken from space was published 40 years ago this week and still retains its haunting power. Here's the fascinating story behind the image that changed our view of space.

Official Final Fantasy XIII site opens, screenshots inside

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 08:10 PM CST

Square Enix has launched the official site for Final Fantasy XIII, featuring new, high-resolution, non scanned screenshots including those of main characters Lightning, Snow and Vanille. A greyed out Trailers section indicates that we may see some footage soon fromt he highly anticipated sequel.

Antarctica Condition 1 Weather

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 08:00 PM CST

"It's a little blowey out there"

7x7x7 Rubik's Cube Assembly [VIDEO]

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 07:40 PM CST

Spirituality, Not Religion, Makes Kids Happy

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 07:20 PM CST

The researchers, Dr. Michael Yi and Sian Cotton at the University of Cincinnati, defined spirituality as one's sense of meaning or purpose in life or one's sense of connectedness to the sacred or divine. Again, they weren't talking about religion, church, temple or mosque. "Enhancing personal meaning may be a key factor

To Ban or Not to Ban: Bisphenol-A

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 06:31 PM CST

Over the years, the rise in obesity, heart disease and some cancers have been attributed to our food and drink intake. Not enough exercise and too many Little Debbies round out our tummies. But the use of Bisphenol-A, a chemical found in hard plastics and metal food cans, makes people think, it's not what you eat... It's what you eat out of.

5 Reasons Megatron Should Have Fired Starscream Years Ago

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 06:10 PM CST

No wonder why Megatron always failed.

Supertanker crew 'safe and well'

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 06:00 PM CST

The crew of the supertanker Sirius Star are on their way home after their ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates was ended, the ship's owners say.

Ex-wife sued for spying through teddy bear

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 05:50 PM CST

An Omaha man has filed a lawsuit accusing his ex-wife and former father-in-law of hiding a recording device inside his daughter's teddy bear in order to spy on him.

Gotz Teh Cute? Check!

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 05:30 PM CST

You nerds thing you're so good at Digg — but do you have cuter claws than my Red Panda friend? Nope didn't think so!

Why a Tiny Town Wants $375 Million Chunk of the Bailout

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 05:20 PM CST

At first glance, the town of Edwardsville, Ala., with a population of 194 people, might raise a few eyebrows with its bid to receive $375 million from the economic stimulus package being assembled by Barack Obama and lawmakers in Congress.

7 Anti-Social Facebook Apps

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 04:50 PM CST

Social networks are about maintaining friendships and fostering new ones, but some of the apps made for them seem bent on doing the opposite. Here are 7 anti-social Facebook apps, and why you might want them anyway.

The End of the Christmas Season - The Big Picture [PICS]

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 04:40 PM CST

In places around the world where people observe Christmas, they do so with a wide variety of religious, secular and folk traditions. Here is a collection of people around the world observing traditions and ceremonies of the Christmas Season

When Kids Watch Too Much Discovery Channel

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 04:20 PM CST

Smart kids know how to play, too.

Neanderthals: Made Extinct By Competition...Not Climate.

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 04:10 PM CST

Climate change has become the default scapegoat for nearly every extinction on Earth lately. But a new study lets climate off the hook for at least one dramatic event: The disappearance of the Neanderthals from Europe about 35,000 years ago.

Fresh Tracks in Iowa

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:50 PM CST

A Canadian National Railway locomotive busts through an Iowa snowdrift.

Windows 7 beta now available

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:40 PM CST

Microsoft has apparently decided that it has enough server capacity and has made the code for the Windows 7 beta available.

Warner Music adding social networking to websites

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:40 PM CST

After years of watching music fans flood online social networks to interact with their favorite recording artists, the music industry is starting to get serious about adding community features to its own...

The CNN strategy - Hamas' Most Powerful Weapon!

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:30 PM CST

...Hamas itself has a name for this. They call it "the CNN strategy".

Where Am I? How Our Brain Works As A GPS Device

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:10 PM CST

We've all experienced the feeling of not knowing where we are. Being disoriented is not pleasant, and it can even be scary, but luckily for most of us, this sensation is temporary. The brain employs a number of tricks to reorient us, keeping our confusion to a minimum and quickly pointing us in the right direction.

The Amazing Faceplanting Acrobats

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:00 PM CST

Cirque du Soleil could learn a thing or two from these performers. Granted, they were horrible, but still very entertaining.

The 44 "Must Go" Places For 2009

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 02:50 PM CST

From the Aegean Sea to Zambia, this year's most compelling destinations are awash in sublime landscapes, cutting-edge art, gala music festivals, and stylish new resorts.

Quick Study: A Look at the Lottery

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 02:30 PM CST

$8.50: Amount a college-educated player spends on the lottery each month in Texas --- $16: Amount spent each month by the typical player without a high school degree...

Search Begins for the New 'Air Force One'

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 02:20 PM CST

After a couple years of speculation, yesterday the air branch officially announced its search for a new high-tech jumbo jet to haul around the President and his peeps. And like the bitter, now-canceled tanker contest, AF1 2.0 will pit a Boeing product (a new 747) against a plane from a European firm (the Airbus A380).

Beijing Ancient Observatory [PIC]

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 02:10 PM CST

Did observatories exist before telescopes? One example that still stands today is the Beijing Ancient Observatory in China. Starting in the 1400s astronomers erected large instruments here to enable them to measure star and planet positions with increasing accuracy.

Record # of Fatal Avalanches Rattle Ski Country in U.S.

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 02:00 PM CST

Weather patterns have created widespread conditions of instability, wreaking havoc on the start of the ski season.

You know it's cold when...

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 01:50 PM CST

Breaking: Patrick Swayze Hospitalized

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 01:40 PM CST

Moments before taking the stage in support of his new A&E series "The Beast", Swayze was Hospitalized. James Hibberd, senior writer for the Hollywood Reporter is currently at the TCA and will bring real-time updates.

Federal Reserve Stress Dolls Help Ease Economic Frustrations

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 01:30 PM CST

The good folks at Squeeze the Banker have just released a panacea for relieving all that pent up stress: Alan, Ben, and Henry, those money-grubbing feds who managed to drain your savings, have been fashioned into dolls designed specifically for squeezing out your Dow frustrations. Go ahead: Crush 'em till their eyeballs bulge! Feels good, right?

The Five Least Straight Moments in "Bromance"

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 01:20 PM CST

MTV's new reality show stars a guy searching for a friend, through a process that achieves a level of unintentional homoeroticism not reached since the Grecian Olympic era of girded loins.

Firefox Dumps Google in russia

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 01:10 PM CST

Russian-language Firefox users will see a new default search provider soon: Google rival Yandex.Mozilla currently has Google set to be the default search engine in Russian Firefox, but concluded Yandex was the better choice, according to a blog p

Canada’s jobless rate jumps to 6.6 per cent

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 01:00 PM CST

The deepening recession took another bite out of Canada's labour market in December as the country shed 34,400 jobs — 70,700 full-time losses party offset by part-time gains — and the unemployment rate jumped three-tenths of a point to 6.6 per cent.

Light Fog with 20% Chance of ... WTF ... Raining Pelicans?!

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 12:50 PM CST

Hundreds of sick pelicans have fallen to the ground from Mexico to Oregon, smashing into cars, boats and beaches, and experts are baffled. Authorities have ruled out domoic acid poisoning, which has affected wildlife before. It's nothing short of a mystery. Surviving pelicans have been found in yards and on roads, disoriented and weak.

Video: A Guitar Hero-ic Game for Real Guitar

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 12:30 PM CST

This year's Consumer Electronics Show saw the unveiling of the first ready-for-primetime music game that involves real instruments, rather than plastic ones. We captured some footage so you can see how the game is played.

Windows 7 Beta Rollout Fails Without BitTorrent

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 12:20 PM CST

Microsoft ran into major bandwidth problems when they released the latest Beta of Windows 7 to the public. The company decided to delay the release while they added some more servers, citing "very heavy traffic". If they had only used BitTorrent, this heavy traffic would have actually speeded up distribution, instead of slowing it down.

Latest Chrome a Step Closer to Linux, Mac

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 12:00 PM CST

Some technologies move fast, while others blaze at lightning speed such as Google's latest Chrome browser, now at version 2.0.156.1.The latest release includes a major new version of the WebKit rendering engine, security and speed enhancements as well as a new HTTP (define) engine that could herald the introduction of Chrome for Linux and Mac.

The Truth About Electronics Companies and Recycling

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 11:50 AM CST

Which companies have the worst recycling programs?Quite a few TV companies are doing exactly nothing, but Sony was the first TV company to launch a takeback program. LG and Samsung are the only other two with national programs. Panasonic, Sharp, and Toshiba own a recycling company together called MSM that was created to comply with state laws...

Watchmen May Not Be SCREWED Afterall! Fans Rejoice!

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 11:40 AM CST

It's seems that Fox and Warner Bros. are in the "talking" phase and are settling a agreement, by cash, so that Warner Bros. can release this movie! This is really great news to hear as a Watchmen fan. We may be able to see this movie on a March release after all!

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