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| Research study reveals origin of volcano's carbon-based lava Posted: 06 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT Scientists studying the world's most unusual volcano have discovered the reason behind its unique carbon-based lavas. The new geochemical analyses reveals that an extremely small degree of partial melting of typical minerals in the earth's upper mantle is the source of the rare carbon-derived lava erupting from Tanzania's Oldoinyo Lengai volcano.
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| How David beats Goliath: When underdogs break the rules Posted: 06 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT When Vivek decided to coach his daughter's basketball team, he was often baffled by the way Americans played it. He thought it was mindless. Team A would score and then immediately retreat to its own end of the court. Team B would inbound the ball and dribble it back to where Team A was patiently waiting, and the process would perverse itself...
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| Zach Galifianakis Between Two Ferns With Natalie Portman Posted: 06 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT Zach interviews Natalie Portman and her dog, Whiz.
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| Dinosaurs 'Were Wiped Out By Volcanoes In India' Posted: 06 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT For the last thirty years scientists have believed a giant meteorite that struck Chicxulub in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula was responsible for the mass extinction of species, including T Rex and its cousins.
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| Finding 1 atom in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Posted: 06 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT Physicists are used to dealing with rare events and very small quantities, but rarely do they tackle a challenge of the kind facing the Enriched Xenon Observatory, or EXO.
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| Picower team pinpoints gene key to Alzheimer's-like reversal Posted: 06 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT Success in restoring memories in mice could lead to human treatments. A team led by researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has now pinpointed the exact gene responsible for a 2007 breakthrough in which mice with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease regained long-term memories and the ability to learn.
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| Military Involved in Production Of Christian Reality TV Show Posted: 06 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT The Pentagon was involved in the production of a reality cable program called "Travel the Road" that featured two so-called "extreme" missionaries embedded with a U.S. Army unit in Afghanistan trying to convert Muslims to Christianity. Another cable program green-lit by the Pentagon is "God's Soldier," which aired on the Military Channel.
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| Posted: 06 May 2009 04:10 PM PDT Here is a list of some of the strangest beer names out their right now.
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| McDonald’s commits $100 million to coffee war Posted: 06 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT McDonald's Corp. on Tuesday began a more than $100 million marketing campaign including TV, radio, print, online and outdoor ads for its McCafe line of espresso drinks. The drinks are now being rolled out to the chain's 14,000 U.S. locations.
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| BioShock 2 Multiplayer Won’t “Compromise” Single Player Posted: 06 May 2009 03:50 PM PDT There isn't a gamer out there that didn't express a bit of concern when it was announced that BioShock 2 would have a Multiplayer mode. But, luckily, it seems that 2K Games doesn't want you to worry about it.
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| Linux : A Peek at DeviceKit in Fedora 11 and Beyond. Posted: 06 May 2009 03:50 PM PDT In my travels, I discovered David Zeuthen's informative peek at DeviceKit (and its use with and in lieu of HAL) in the upcoming release of Fedora 11.
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| What Homer Simpson Can Teach You about Your Money Posted: 06 May 2009 03:40 PM PDT In his twenty years on television, Homer Simpson has pursued some interesting business endeavors. But most famously he has made a name for himself as a hapless, but big-hearted, man who always seems to stumble through life by a combination of good luck and compassion from others.
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| Mindy Kaling, aka Kelly of The Office, gets big NBC deal Posted: 06 May 2009 03:30 PM PDT NBC has Tina Fey-style plans for The Office's Mindy Kaling, signing the multihyphenate to an overall deal with the Peacock and Universal Media Studios. Under terms of the two-year, seven-figure deal, Kaling will continue to write for and appear on "The Office" next season while simultaneously developing a comedy in which she would also star.
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| Afghanistan's only pig quarantined in flu fear Posted: 06 May 2009 03:30 PM PDT (NOT the Onion, sadly) Afghanistan's only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu.
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| Posted: 06 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT Apparently science is subject to opinion in Texas.
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| The 10 Most Famous Geek Arguments Posted: 06 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT We're not trying to solve them. We're just reminding you of them. So that you all can fight about it in the comments. Would sex with Superman kill Lois Lane?
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| Wave-Powered Electricity Could Help Regenerate Coral Reefs Posted: 06 May 2009 03:10 PM PDT An unlikely savior may be coming to the rescue of the planet's beleaguered coral reefs: small-scale floatable energy converters that may prove ideal providers of the the low-voltage charge that seems to help coral reefs regenerate.
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| The Most Trippy and Hypnotic Thing You Will See Today [Whoa] Posted: 06 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT Uhhh uhhhh uhhhhhh just watch it. For a while. Heh.
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| Details on Jackie Chan and Will Smith's Karate Kid Posted: 06 May 2009 02:40 PM PDT In case you've repressed the memory, Will Smith is producing a Karate Kid remake in China, to be partially financed by China's state-run China Film Group Corps, starring Jaden Smith as Daniel-san and Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi.
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| No Joke: Even MORE Worst Albums! Posted: 06 May 2009 02:40 PM PDT Don't miss these winners!
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| 1000 Ill in Aussie Dengue Fever Epidemic: Worst in 50 Years Posted: 06 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT One person has died and nearly 1000 have fallen ill with the mosquito-borne infection since December, surpassing the previous records of an outbreak in Townsville in 1953, which lasted two years
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| 40 Stunning and Creative Graffiti Artworks Posted: 06 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT Graffiti represents an art form that is unrestricted, one that rebels against conventional forms of artwork. Graffiti is intertwined into human history, dating back to the Roman Empires where they were plastered onto walls to make political statements and satirize current events. Modern graffiti achieves many of the same things - to state a message
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| Solar storms ahead: Is Earth prepared? Posted: 06 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT With the sun entering a period of increased activity, more frequent solar flares could be headed our way. This has many astronomers and companies asking if satellites and power grids are ready. Because of atmospheric padding, the burst poses little risk to people on the ground. However, airplanes at cruising altitude and spacecraft are much more
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| The Quest for Clean Energy: Wind vs. Coal Posted: 06 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT Coal-fired power plants are the largest U.S. emitters of CO2 and human-generated mercury, yet our nation is poised to build many new coal plants in the future. Is America ready for wind power? If so... how can we fund it?
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| Lawmakers pass resolution claiming Oklahoma's sovereignty... Posted: 06 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT Key said many federal laws violate the 10th Amendment, which says powers not delegated to the U.S. government "are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." The Constitution lists about 20 duties required of the U.S.
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| Economix: When Will Women Become a Work-Force Majority? Posted: 06 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT The jobs report coming out this Friday will likely show that the female percentage of employment in March was greater than ever, after increasing sixteen consecutive months. It is possible that, for the first time in American history, women will make up a majority of the labor force late this summer, an economist writes.
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| Beautiful Close-up of Lionfish Posted: 06 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT Off coast of Fiji. [Enlarageable, wallpaper]
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| IFPI Goes After Torrent Site Hosting Providers Posted: 06 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT In the aftermath of the Pirate Bay verdict, Sweden has witnessed the demise of many other BitTorrent trackers. But not quite enough according to music industry lobby group IFPI, who are now threatening the hosting providers of torrent sites. The private BitTorrent tracker TorrentBytes appears to be one of the first victims.
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| How do you beat a guy who throws righty and lefty? You don't Posted: 06 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT "...And switch-hitters will switch batter's boxes, making Venditte switch the glove, starting a cat-and-mouse game that can go on for 10 minutes."
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| The Truth Behind MMS on the Original iPhone Posted: 06 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT Since the announcement of iPhone software 3.0, the Internet has been busy picking away at its many builds finding new and exciting features. Once feature the OS spelunkers don't have to root around for is MMS. Apple is finally bringing the sought after feature to the iPhone.
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| Posted: 06 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT They say love can find you anywhere. And it's absolutely true as two lonely hearts from the Russian city of Samara have discovered. They met each other thanks to a….. spam message.
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| Pfft, Who Needs Ears?: Pierced Glasses [PIC] Posted: 06 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT Pierced glasses are a pair of prescription eyeglasses that stay affixed to your ugly mug via a piercing through the nose. Pretty clever.
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| How Social Insects Recognize Dead Nestmates Posted: 06 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT When an ant dies in an ant nest or near one, its body is quickly picked up by living ants and removed from the colony, thus limiting the risk of colony infection by pathogens from the corpse.
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| The Most Intense Commercials You'll Ever See Posted: 06 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT :'(
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| Sin City 2 is Finally a Go! Starts Filming Next Year Posted: 06 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT Rodriguez has begun talks with his creative team and the movie could start filming starting of next year.
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| One millionth English word could be 'defriend' or 'noob' Posted: 06 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT The English language will celebrate its one millionth word next month, with "defriend", "noob" and "chiconomics" among the candidates, linguistic experts have predicted.
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| Posted: 06 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT Maine Governor John Baldacci signed Wednesday into law a bill legalizing gay marriage in the state.
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| Maybe Newton was indeed wrong? Posted: 06 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT Study plunges standard theory of cosmology into crisis. New insights into Milky Way satellite galaxies raise awkward questions for cosmologists. As modern cosmologists rely more and more on the ominous "dark matter" to explain otherwise inexplicable observations, much effort has gone into the detection of this mysterious substance ....
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| Posted: 06 May 2009 01:10 PM PDT A UK blogger launches a political protest made entirely out of LEGO.
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| Viral “Missing Link” Caught on Film Posted: 06 May 2009 01:10 PM PDT A virus so large and strange that it's redefined the very concept of a virus has been photographed for the first time. It's even weirder than expected.
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