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| Why You Never Bring a Friend On a First Date Posted: 21 Jan 2009 09:10 PM CST  |
| Maintenance Error Kills 15 Sharks at Zoo Posted: 21 Jan 2009 09:10 PM CST Deputy Zoo Director Paul Grayson says the sharks died when a cleaning system released too much ozone into their tank Monday, damaging the sharks' gills.  |
| Posted: 21 Jan 2009 09:09 PM CST According to Hitwise, last week visits to Twitter surpassed visits to Digg for the first time. This data is of last week, when visits to Twitter surged following the much-Tweeted emergency landing of a plane on the Hudson.  |
| Solar industry growth dimming with economy Posted: 21 Jan 2009 09:00 PM CST The solar industry remains a bright spot in a down economy. But while the field continues to grow, the rate of progress may be slowing as the credit crunch and technological difficulties blunt the effect of government subsidies, industry sources say.  |
| NHL To Debut New Jerseys for Referee's At All Star Game Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:40 PM CST Seems a little pointless to me, but whatever.  |
| Understanding and Avoiding Malicious Code Attacks in Linux Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:30 PM CST Linux is a very secure operating system, immune to Windows viruses and trojans. Instead, the potential security threat lies in running malicious code - by accident or voluntarily. It's easy to avoid the most common attacks by knowing what to look for. Here are a few guidelines and examples of commands that Linux beginners should treat carefully.  |
| Companies open up to Sponsoring Mixed Martial Arts Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:30 PM CST Once considered too risky, mixed martial arts is now seen by companies as a way to reach young male consumers.  |
| Sperm may be affected by marijuana Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:10 PM CST Human male fertility may be impacted by long-term exposure to marijuana, researchers in the United States and Japan suggest.  |
| Cuteness perception determined by hormones Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:50 PM CST Hormones may explain why woman are more likely to coo over babies than men, scientists said today.  |
| Vowing transparency, Obama OKs ethics guidelines Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:40 PM CST Promising "a new era of openness in our country," President Barack Obama signed executive orders Wednesday relating to ethics guidelines for staff members of his administration.  |
| Researchers Try to Cure Racism Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:30 PM CST As the first African-American president in United States history takes office, researchers have shown that it may be possible to scientifically reduce racial bias.  |
| A Front-Row Seat as a Health Care System Goes Awry Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:20 PM CST Dr. Robert L. Martensen has treated an estimated 75,000 patients and says the health care crisis is one of money, people and systems.  |
| Chinese translation cuts out parts of Obama speech Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:10 PM CST BEIJING – The official Chinese translation of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech was missing his references to communism and dissent, while a live broadcast on state television Wednesday quickly cut away to the anchor when the topic was mentioned.  |
| Enough Gold to Make Michael Phelps Envious Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:00 PM CST Have you ever wondered where you can find the largest reserves of this precious metal that is propping up the world's economies?  |
| 18 Seconds of Erotic Art With John Madden [VIDEO] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:00 PM CST What in the world did John Madden draw here? Live footage taken from Super Bowl XXI (1987).  |
| Didn’t Make It To The Inauguration? Just Pretend You Did. Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:00 PM CST Couldn't make it Washington DC yesterday for the inauguration, or didn't get hold of a front row seat? Nobody needs to know.  |
| 8-year-old found living with mom's corpse Posted: 21 Jan 2009 06:50 PM CST Police say an 8-year-old boy seen wandering around a Romulus, Mich., apartment complex was living with the corpse of his mother, a Hurricane Katrina survivor.  |
| Juan Williams: Judge Obama on Performance Alone Posted: 21 Jan 2009 06:50 PM CST If Obama's presidency is to represent the full power of the idea that black Americans are just like everyone else -- fully human and fully capable of intellect, courage and patriotism -- then Barack Obama has to be subject to the same rough and tumble of political criticism experienced by his predecessors.  |
| Chicago Cubs Economy - Forbes.com Posted: 21 Jan 2009 06:30 PM CST The Tribune Company is to announce the buyer of the Chicago Cubs baseball team this week.  |
| S.O.S Planet Earth: Bill Clinton Posted: 21 Jan 2009 06:20 PM CST "As global citizens, we all have a responsibility to work together to prevent the worst consequences of global warming and preserve our planet for future generations."..In 2006 I established the Clinton Climate Initiative, which is working with more than 40 large cities around the world to quickly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions  |
| Posted: 21 Jan 2009 06:10 PM CST ROME - One for the road? No thanks, says Rome.The Italian capital is limiting alcohol sales in neighbourhoods famous for their nightlife to tamp down on loud, all-night partying. Under new rules that took effect Friday, no alcohol "to go" can be sold in bars, restaurants, supermarkets or other outlets after 9 p.m.  |
| Bush and Cheney portraits to be taken down, then destroyed Posted: 21 Jan 2009 06:00 PM CST Portraits of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney that hang in federal buildings across the land will come down about noon Tuesday, which is when the outgoing administration officially comes to an end. "They don't want them laying around so people can use them for improper things."  |
| Hillary Clinton Confirmed as Secretary of State 94-2 Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:40 PM CST The Senate voted 94-2 to confirm Clinton -- a day later than Obama had hoped, but a lopsided vote nonetheless. The only opposition came from Republican senators who expressed concern about Bill Clinton's Foundation fundraising efforts from foreign sources, given Clinton's role as the nation's chief diplomat.  |
| Images of NASA’s Future [slide show] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:30 PM CST The next-generation system of space vehicles at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been called "Apollo on steroids" because of its resemblance to vehicles from the early days of the United States space program.  |
| Real-Life Invisibility Generator Passes Preliminary Tests! Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:20 PM CST Fiction inches closer to fact as an invisibility generator passes preliminary tests  |
| Seagate Offers Free Data Recovery, Considers Drive Recall Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:10 PM CST What can customer say? "Thank you for recovering my data off that faulty drive you sold me."  |
| 13 Greatest Old School Board Games Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:00 PM CST Board games. Do you remember these? Do you even remember what board games are?  |
| RIAA Fears 'Manipulation' of Courtroom Web Broadcast Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:00 PM CST The Recording Industry Association of America is objecting to the webcasting of pretrial arguments in an upcoming file-sharing trial.The RIAA claims that the re-runs "will be readily subject to editing and manipulation by any reasonably tech-savvy individual."  |
| Google CEO: "Renewable Energy Is Cheaper, Not Nuclear" Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:50 PM CST Google CEO Eric Schmidt says despite the political debate, we should consider renewable energy over nuclear because "it's cheaper." He goes on to highlight new innovations in wind and solar thermal production.  |
| Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over Medicine Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:40 PM CST Kara Neumann, 11, had grown so weak that she could not walk or speak. Her parents, who believe that God alone has the ability to heal the sick, prayed for her recovery but did not take her to a doctor.  |
| Ravenous Clock Runs Backward, Scares Children Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:30 PM CST "I wanted a clock that would play with you," designer John Taylor says. How steampunkeriffic.  |
| Obama Promises Science-Centric, Eco-Friendly Presidency Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:20 PM CST President Obama's Inaugural speech included a clutch of promises and observations that will have scientists, medical researchers and environmentalists in the US and around the world breathing a sigh of relief.  |
| Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:10 PM CST While Americans were watching the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as successor to the deeply unpopular conservative George W. Bush, thousands of Iceland's citizens were fighting riot police around the Icelandic parliament building Althingi to try to prevent the world's oldest parliament from meeting.  |
| APOD: A Lenticular Cloud Over New Zealand Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:10 PM CST ...........  |
| Make Your Own 3D Barack Obama Art Cube Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:10 PM CST Print out the graphic below and follow the instructions for your very own cube Barack.  |
| Ferocious Peruvian beetle picks on enemies 10 times its size Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:00 PM CST It was rooted at the rear end of the food chain, but now the humble dung beetle is biting back. A ferocious scarab species has been filmed in Peru attacking and eating millipedes 10 times its length.  |
| Obama inauguration marks new chapter for digital media Posted: 21 Jan 2009 03:50 PM CST On March 4, 1901, a lone cameraman in the employ of Thomas A. Edison was dispatched to capture the swearing in of William McKinley. To posterity he delivered a total of 44 seconds of grainy footage showing a white-haired man on the Capitol steps solemnly, if indistinctly, raising his right hand.  |
| Men Lost at Sea: "Bird Vomit Saved Our Lives" Posted: 21 Jan 2009 03:40 PM CST Two men who spent 25 days lost at sea in a giant icebox survived their extraordinary ordeal thanks to rainwater from tropical storms and fish spat out by passing birds, a report said Wednesday.  |
| Gym has 'human dumbbells' to help customers exercise Posted: 21 Jan 2009 03:40 PM CST A gym is offering its customers an unusual set of dumbbells to exercise with - including an overweight man and two dwarfs.  |
| The Ten Greatest Lost WTF-isms Posted: 21 Jan 2009 03:30 PM CST Season five of Lost premieres tonight after an eternally long wait, and I wanted to take a look back at the long road of WTF that it took to get to where we are. Some of these moments' mysteries have been resolved, while others we might be waiting until the final episode for an answer. Here are the ten most Lost-ish moments in this history of Lost.  |
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