Monday, January 31, 2011

The Future of NASA






A moon in the ring shadows of Saturn and a Martian sunset: The coolest pictures of our solar system taken from space

Amazing Pictures from Space: A Hero Comes Home

Jupiter May Hold Clue to the Mystery of Dark Energy

Space Pictures This Week: Ring of Fire, Rare Moon, More

NASA: Going Supernova

How Astronauts Prank Each Other

NASA reveals strange, bomberlike planes of 2025

The Angry Red Galaxy

Bringing a celestial object to life: Amateur astronomer constructs video tour of the Orion Nebula

Feast Your Eyes: Your Chance to Try NASA's Beef Pot Roast (via)

Hubble Reveals Identity of Mysterious Green Blob : Big Pic

Space Pictures This Week: Ring of Fire, Rare Moon, More

Massive New Supernova Shrouded in Shell of Gas & Dust

Pictures: Best Amateur Astronomy Images Announced

I took pictures of Milky Way stars 25,000 light years from Earth... with a High Street digital camera

Earth may soon have a second sun

Betelgeuse 'not likely to explode in 2012'

Space photos reveal the weird optical illusion of the squished Moon

New Aurora Pictures: First Big Show of 2011

Mars Express close flybys of martian moon Phobos

Astrophotography: Searching Data For Hidden Treasures

Squashed moon on the horizon: Astronaut's photos reveal a lunar optical illusion

Getting up close with a Martian moon: The amazing images taken by a space probe just 60 MILES away

7 myths about the Challenger shuttle disaster

The Future of NASA

Asteroids Ahoy! Jupiter Scar Likely from Rocky Body

The Evolution of The Batmobile






10 Funniest DUI Videos on the Internet

Bus Stop Art (via)

Laser cannons to defend ships from pirates

Infographic: The Evolution of The Batmobile

No driver required: The future electric wonder car that beats traffic congestion and parks itself

Super Cars of the Future: Inspiring Future thinking in Car Design (via)

Research shocker! Keyless car entry systems can be hacked easily, elegantly

World's fastest solar car

Man tattooes 'Mini' on his penis to win free Cooper

Bandits using cover of snowstorm drive vehicle through Jersey Gardens Mall entrance

A Collection of Awesome Stretched Cars

Insane Russian Street Bike Rider is Insane

Tampa suspends pilot who used police chopper to run errand

Drunk pilot didn't know where he was meant to be flying his plane

Chinese 'used Top Gun footage' in broadcast on real air force exercise

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Friday, January 28, 2011

Friday Games






Drake And The Wizards

Cuboy Quest

Cube'o Logic

Lab 2

Patchworkz

TG Motocross 2

Rings

Zombie Trailer Park

Football quiz: Second comings. 4/10 for me.

Pierre

Let it Slide

Ornament Key

Monty Python’s Flying Circus Quiz. 10/12 for me.

Cool Nintendo facts






100 Google Search Tricks for the Savviest of Students

Google ready for action against content farms

Google to Launch Groupon Competitor

Five Interesting HTML5 Based Apps For Chrome Lovers

Google Suggest on Social Media

Google Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and More

The Secrets Hidden Inside Apple's Most Famous Icons

Why Apple Keeps Covering Up Jobs' Illness

Visual tour: Apple's greatest hits under Steve Jobs

10 Useful (and Innovative) Windows 7 Productivity Tips (via)

Hacked: Minecraft + Kinect: Building Worlds

How To Teach Math Using A Nintendo Wii

3D Gaming, without the Glasses

Cool Nintendo facts

Xbox Live Labels 11-Year-Old Autistic Boy a "Cheater" and Strips Him of Online Achievements

10 Tech Warnings You Missed

The evolution of computer displays

Five Things to Do with Your Old Laptop

This is the web right now - The Oatmeal

I know what you did online last summer ...

Best BitTorrent Clients 2011

State of the Internet: Summing up 2010

The end of the net as we know it

The Great Facebook Reply Dilemma

Why Facebook wants your phone number

P2P study finds around 100 users responsible for majority of BitTorrent content

The Facebook Setting You Should Change as Quickly as Possible

What new privacy features in Chrome, Firefox and IE9 really do

Take A Trip Through The History of Gaming

8 Less Ambitious Game Boxes

The Return of The Classic: 15 Classic Downloadable Games

10 Superheroes and Supervillains Who Need a Solo Video Game

Five Kick Ass Suits of Armor in Video Games

Star Wars: The Old Republic – Not as good as Rift?

Shortcuts On Everyday Activities






Thursday, January 27, 2011

20 Famous Film Star Dogs






The Absolute Best of the Business Cat Meme

Dogs 'share their owners' emotions'

Man skins Golden Retriever in public

Man's dog worst friend in E. Oregon police stop

ca$hcats.biz

Cats demonstrate for us various artistic and stylish sleeping positions

Why Chocolate is Bad for Dogs

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Catnip

Ugly Lord Voldemort cat finally finds home

Cat Living in Tree Explained

Dogs Probably Feel Sorry For Us

Scottish Deerhound Wins 'Best in Show': Slide Show

World's Loudest Cat? Smokey Purrs At 92 Decibels (AUDIO)

Could Sniffer Dogs Save Endangered Species?

Plane in dog hunt to keep deathbed promise to mum

Annandale civic association elects dog as president

Rebuilt Cat

Egyptian Animal Shelters Struggling Amid Unrest

Cats Drink Differently Than Dogs

Woman returned rescue dog 'because it clashed with curtains'

Dogs for the disabled: With a little help from my friend

From the archive, 4 February 1967: Dogs may now get tinned elephant

Stray dog saves boy in Siberia

Pocket Cat

Deaf dog adopted by deaf kids after learning sign language

20 Most Heroic Dogs On Earth

‘Voldemort Cat’ Awaits Release from Southampton Shelter

Jack Russell in the dog house for his drinking

California man's dogs chew off three of his toes

The Dog Chapel

10 Downing Street Gets a New Pet: Big Pic

Down Boy: Investigating the Domestication of Dogs through DNA

Westminster Dog Show 2011: New Breeds Welcomed As Other Dogs Euthanized (VIDEO)

The status dog flooding into our dogs homes

You Want Me To Go All Catzilla On You?

Yo, check out my new ride

Your dog's head size can reveal how strong, fast it is

Cancer-Sniffing Dog Trained By Scientists

Stacey Champion, Minnesota Woman, Tries To Mail Puppy In Box

Jailed Pascoe will sniff out diabetes

Chihuahua named Bandit Rubio wins pet look-a-like contest dressed as Donald Trump

100 Sled Dogs Killed In British Columbia Due To Slump In Tourism

Dog-tired

Michael Vick's Dogs: Pit Bulls Make Slow And Painful Recovery (PHOTOS)

Dog leads police to missing Dickson Co boy

Dog Gets Prosthetic Paw

6 Reasons Kittens Suck (Learned While Raising Them)

Fish & Wildlife Plan Threatens Cats' Lives

I'll just leave a snack here in case you wake up hungry

Owl-attacked cat a hit at auto shop

Downing Street to get new cat

Here's looking at you, pooch! The award-winning portraits that capture man's best friend

Rescue Dogs Lend Their Sense of Smell to Wildlife Research

Study: Dogs Domesticated in Americas 9,400 Years Ago

Open Mouth, Insert Dog

Smile

Dogs Guided Remotely by Stealth System

One Dog Year Isn’t Equal to Seven Human Years

Missing Dog Finds Owner After Five Years

Sleeping next to pets could be harmful, study says

Missing cat Thomas back after four years

Homeless hound needs an energetic family to love

Almond the cat never leaves his tree, but he has a true friend who watches over him

Sacramento firefighters rescued a beloved pet who was stuck in a drain pipe

New home for abandoned car-chasing dog

Narcoleptic dog drops unconscious at arrival of postman

My cats aren't a danger to wildlife... but the power-crazed RSPB is

Woman hanged nephew's 'devil dog' from tree before burning it after it chewed her Bible

20 Famous Film Star Dogs

Chin Rest Cat

Polar Bear Observed to Swim Continuously for 9 Days Over 426 Miles






Chain-eating deer at Nara temple amuse tourists, puzzle experts

Chevron's dirty fight in Ecuador

Koalas bellow to attract a mate

Animal pictures of the week: 18 February 2011

Bears take three weeks to wake up from hibernation

Not in Vain: Roadkill Yields Valuable Clues

Black Bear Hibernation Mystery

The 8 Most Successful Politicians (Who Weren't Human)

Huge Sydney bat colony to be evicted

Man-Eating Elephants in India?

How a Dead Elephant Is Consumed In Under Two Minutes

Life at the North Pole and Life at the South Pole slideshows.

Owls Change Color to Cope With a Changing Climate

Wolverine Ditches Idaho, Ends Up Lonely in California

The Week in Animal News: Top Chefs Eat Endangered, Baby Gorilla Walks, and More (Slideshow)

Island's Invasive "Killing Machine" Finally Captured

Moloch Horridus: The Thorny Mountain Devil

10 Incredible Animal Hybrids

The Fossa: Madagascar's Strangest Predator

Tiger SOS: three steps to saving the Sumatran tiger

Sydney Botanic Garden bats to be forced out

Solving the mystery of the bizarre deformed frogs

Badger cull decision delayed

Waves of sleep wash over seagulls

Snake-bites: a growing, global threat

Night time hunt of ghostly gecko

Labord's chameleons of Madagascar live fast, die young

Penguins: The luckiest birds alive

Wild swans under threat as numbers begin to decline

'Perfumed' parasitic plant lures in pollinating mammals

The 'weird' predatory fossa of Madagascar is threatened

Deer... can't live with them, can't live without them

Bird kills man at cockfight

The week in wildlife - in pictures

Pole to pole: Daniel J Cox photographs Arctic polar bears and penguins in Antarctica

Nature's strangest seduction techniques revealed

Nepal Successfully Relocates Wild Tiger For First Time

13 Snapshots of the World's Rarest Birds

Adorable Piggies Rescued From Factory Farm Celebrate Four Months Of Freedom In Chile (Photos)

Hibernating Bear Chased Off With Country Music

7 Shocking Snake Stories

Pulling Out Feathers: Group Living Stresses Ravens

Wild Bald Eagle Obsessed with Zoo Female

How Snakes Lost Their Legs

Mice trained for airport security

Parasailing donkey dies of heart attack

Elephants, dolphins, primates and now bats have been shown to form human-life friendships

Dapper Blue Penguin: Tux Is a Feathery First

Adorable Rockhopper Penguins Shower Just Like Us (Slideshow)

Amateur Wildlife Photo Saves an Injured Tiger's Life

The Week in Animal News: Chimp Mourns Child, Sled Dogs Slaughtered, and More (Slideshow)

10 Most Beautiful National Birds on Earth

Parrots 'are left handed'

Animal pictures of the week: 4 February 2011

Wildlife and pets check in at the Heathrow Animal Reception Centre

Hundreds of Yellowstone buffalo face slaughter

Crows surprise researchers with advanced tool use

Chernobyl birds are small brained

Alien invaders: American mink removed from Scotland

Six tiger reserve helpers kidnapped

Flying tonight? Bats under threat

Horse and carriage

That’ll Teach You to Mess With the Birds

Bizarre mammals filmed calling using their quills

Pioneering surgery for moon bear by Edinburgh vet

Week in wildlife – in pictures

Warming Arctic brings invasion of southern species

How to fight off a crocodile

Starling flocks: how they form into incredible wildlife spectacles

The Oriental Turtle Dove, or Strettopelia orientalis

Four-hour operation to help polar bear with a sore tooth

Big Squirreltail Evolves to Fight Off Fiery, Invasive Cheatgrass

Biologists Help Endangered Penguins Find True Love

Lions Freed From Circuses Bound For a Better Life

Pulling Out Feathers: Group Living Stresses Ravens

How Dinosaurs Handed Down Their Fingers to Birds

Zoo officials team up for lion's root canal

Everything You Wanted to Know About Dinosaur Sex

Cheetah Cubs Get Their Own Webcam

Can a moose be used as a "beast of burden" ??

7 Animals Humans Brought to Extinction

8 Animals Believed to Predict the Weather


It's not only the humans who have lost their homes in the Australian floods


Gwinnett teen -- and bird -- credited with saving family from fire

Tiger Mom? Teen Girl Sleeps With Pet Tiger

Wounded goose still on the loose

The 8 Most Romantic Creatures In The Animal Kingdom

Would-be wildlife smuggler gets three bags full

Horsewhipping Study Whips Up Controversy

55-Year-Old Woman Saves Husband From Tiger Attack With Soup Ladle

Judge Charles Lovell Permits Bison Slaughter In Yellowstone

White-Nose Syndrome Bat Disease: An Unprecedented Epidemic

10 Hibernating Animals Climate Change Could Wake Up (Slideshow)

The Week in Animal News: Penguins Showering, 82 Whales Stranded, Baby Gorillas, and More (Slideshow)

8 Amazing Ways Sheep Are Smarter Than You Thought

Chinese bear-bile backlash

Animal Asbos: from fighting bees to runaway pigs

Night time hunt of ghostly gecko

In pictures: Malaysian wildlife caught on camera

The boar war: Barcelona aims to control its wildlife

Unlucky python ends up in tug-of-war between two leopards

Is an Owl Really Wise? Four Animal Myths Debunked

Lost flutter: Abandoned budgie found at bookmakers

Tiny Chameleons Use a Different Kind of Camouflage

Black Rhino Calf Born at the Saint Louis Zoo (Photos)

New Baby Penguin Is a Big-footed Fuzzball

A bird or two at hand

Rare and enigmatic fishing rat soon becomes nuisance

Week in wildlife - in pictures

The Week in Animal News: A Baby Black Rhino, Beavers Helping Bats, and More (Slideshow)

200 Dead Cows Mystery Solved In Wisconsin: Toxic Moldy Potatoes To Blame

Life at the North Pole

Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat?

Twitter in the city: The urban life of birds

Pigeons Use Right Nostril to Sniff Their Way Home

Monogamous Animals Often Have Unattractive Partners

Alien invaders: American mink removed from Scotland

Bird watchers flock to dump to see rare bird

Studying Nature in the Middle of Manhattan

Crows surprise researchers with advanced tool use

Taiwan endangered species focus of new awareness

Animal Photos Of The Week

13 nations agree on program to double tiger population

Jumping rabbits in Harrogate for 'grand national' event

Mama Bird Skips Out on Chicks for Sex

Tiger, tiger, moving right: Pioneering hip operation gives Girl a new start


Robin becomes surprise addition to the flock at historic castle church


Last refuges of England’s rarest species revealed

Asian Tiger Population Could Triple by Expanding and Linking Preserves

Standing at 11 Feet: World's Largest Known Bear Unearthed

Castration could save reindeer in warming Arctic

Some Zoo Animals Enjoying Recent Winter Storms

Frogs re-evolved lost lower teeth

Hand Preference in Humans, Animals Explained

Nature reserve's gamekeeper accused of killing wild bird

Tough Conditions Favor Giants

Wild Bald Eagle Falls For Zoo-Kept Female, Visits Her Twice a Day

RSPB Birdwatch: Europe's big freeze brings flocks of rare birds to Britain

Remarkable animal journeys

9 People Who Have Lived with Animals, Changing Our View Forever (Slideshow)

Cuban Frogs Hitched Rides to Florida

Study shows canid is 'wolf in jackal's clothing'

Groundhog Alternates Step Up to Predict Spring

New to Nature No 30: Pycnonotus hualon

Carnivorous Plant Lures Bats to Feed on Their Guano

Elephant Underpass Created In Mt. Kenya Succeeds

Light pollution disrupting sleep and wildlife, says rural body

Eyewitness: Mongolia's pony express

A new exhibition shows what a beastly business animal reproduction can be

Bats in Borneo roost in carnivorous pitcher plants

Wild Tiger Found in Hotel Becomes First Translocated in Nepal (Slideshow)

Triceraaatooops, I Am Your Faaather

Why this crane is dancing

Africa's Lone Wolf: New Species Found in Ethiopia

Yellowstone's roaming buffalo stray into trouble

Surprising Truths About Santa's Reindeer

Tennessee man dies from poisonous copperhead snake bite

Opposites may attract, but they aren't better parents

Grief of the penguins: Scores of birds bowed in mourning after the deaths of their chicks

Top 20 Insane Pet Products for Crazy Owners

Letting pets sleep in your bed makes you ill

Know your garden bird song

The world's rarest birds photo competition

Beach Babe: The happy pigs that love to swim in the Caribbean (and we're not telling porkies)

Why do they fancy pigeons?

Bats in Borneo roost in carnivorous pitcher plants

Snow takes heavy toll on barn owls

Meet the World's Newest Cat, the Sunda Clouded Leopard

Nepal Successfully Relocates Wild Tiger For First Time

Polar Bear Observed to Swim Continuously for 9 Days Over 426 Miles

Man hunted after sex attack on lamb

Out in the open: The baby wallaby who hid in his mother's pouch surprises safari staff

Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies

Eyewitness: Natural born killer. Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series.

The Tasmanian Devil in the Wastewater

There's life in the old donkey yet: At 54 Eeyore is the world's longest lived ass

Plastic adorns the nests of birds fit for a fight

UK wild bird numbers continue to fall

Remarkable animal journeys

11 intriguing transparent animals

Biological Clock Ticks Slower for Female Birds Who Choose Good Mates

Call of the wild: crocodile swallows mobile phone

Toad road signs in Burry Port and Ammanford

Birds in mid-flight photographed by Roy Hancliff

Catch of the day: Dramatic close-up pictures of wild bears fishing for survival

Lion cub triplets born in German zoo

25 Ex-Circus Lions to Be Air Lifted from Bolivia to Colorado

Extinct Woolly Mammoth May Be Resurrected by Scientists

A twist in the tale of the squirrel and the RSPCA

European Beavers Build Better Bat Habitats

3 Awww-Inspiring Animal Friendships

Feeding garden birds such as tits delays dawn chorus

Scheme to reintroduce the world's heaviest flying bird to the UK has received £1.8m from the European Union

World's rarest bird pictures: A dance in search of a partner

Finally Baby-Making Time For One of a Kind Tortoise?

Bears in the wild photographed by Sergey Gorshkov at Kurile Lake in Kamchatka, Russia

For Sale Cheap: House infested with slithering snakes

France warned by EU court over rare hamsters

First Known One-Fingered Dinosaur Found in Mongolia

Will Lonesome George finally find a mate?

Curious crows use tools to explore dangerous objects

Complexity of Polar Bears Revealed in 10 Rare Videos (Slideshow)

Meet 'Mrs. T': Ancient Flying Reptile Found with Egg

Kingfisher dive captured on camera

Two forms of world's 'newest' cat, the Sunda leopard

Liberia has Lost 95 Percent of its Elephants to Poachers

The Polyamorous Mating Habits of the Red Squirrel

Bird Sound Database Contains 67,000 Songs and Calls

Brilliant feathers of white snowy owls dazzle rivals

Big Garden Birdwatch: Look out for unusal visitors

7 Sleepiest Animals on Earth

Turkey's Scientist of the Year on Butterflies, Banding Birds, and Eco Tourism (Interview)

Hyenas 'greet friends' to ask for their help

Animal Aid: Shocking Images from Inside Britain's Slaughterhouses

Big Garden Birdwatch: More than 60 prisoners to take part this year

Hedgehog 'rescue plan' unveiled

The week in wildlife – in pictures

Builders stumble across ice age 'graveyard' filled with fossilised remains of dozens of huge animals

Secret of the Sea Horse: How Creature Got its Curve






Dolphin, Manatee Deaths Baffle Scientists

Dolphins Save Doberman From Drowning in Florida Canal

Asian Carp Almost Migrate from U.S. to Canada, in a Big Truck

David Place Sentenced To Prison For Trafficking Sperm Whale Teeth, Narwhal Tusks

Endangered Sea Turtles To Be Killed After Experiments At UBC

New 'Jaguar' Catfish Found in Amazon

Whale found dead off UK coast

Whale Shark Feeding Frenzies Mystify, Enlighten Scientists

Marine Shutterbugs Take Note: Underwater Photography Contest Nears

Critically endangered monk seal pup rescued

Hunt widens for 'killer shrimp' in Wales

How my family and I hatched a plan to keep lobsters alive

Dead Anchovies Wash Up On Redondo Beach

Who Knew Sea Slugs Were This Gorgeous!

Calif. Great White Shark Count Down to 219

Rescuers try to capture Hanoi's sacred turtle

New to Nature No 33: Keuppia levante

Sea Lion Silhouetted Against the Waves

Slideshow: Stunning Sea Slugs

First Census of Great White Sharks Counts Only 219 Individuals -- A Species In Peril? (Video)

Well-Endowed Frog Bounces Back in California Forest

Endangered Hawaiian Sea Turtles Surfing, in Stunning Underwater Photos (Slideshow)

Moby Dick More Than A Book? Sperm Whales Might Have Individual Names

Sea Lion Silhouetted Against the Waves

Costa Rica's Cocos Island Protects Marine Life (PHOTOS)

Two-headed turtle discovered in Slovakia

Wind farms blamed for stranding of whales

Millions of sardines die in Californian marina

Vietnam fears for life of 'sacred' national turtle

Beaked whales 'scared' by navy sonar

Ancient Swimmers

5 New Species of Fish Discovered

Whale shark feeding frenzies mystify, enlighten scientists

Two new species of stingray discovered in Amazon

New shrimp named after University of Aberdeen scientist

Giant Jellyfish Jam the Sea of Japan

Baby turtles tagged, charting 4,500 mile journey

How my family and I hatched a plan to keep lobsters alive

How the Cleaner Fish Shows it Pays to be Selfless

Ocean Film Fest 2011: Great White Sharks Disappearing Into Soup Bowls? (Video)

SeaWorld Releases Its 1,000th Rescued Turtle (Video)

Can Whale Strandings Help Predict Earthquakes?

Top 25 Most Endangered Turtles Named

Hudson River Fish Evolve Toxic PCB Immunity

Fewer Big Fish in the Sea

Dolphin Deaths In Gulf Region Spike, Probably Because Of That Massive Oil Spill That Happened

Years After Mating, Stingrays Finally Give Birth (Video)

Japan recalls whaling fleet from Antarctic

Australia: Great white sharks kill deep-sea diver

Whale sharks: Biggest fish could be even bigger

EU urged to overhaul fishing policy

Whaling in Japan is on the verge of collapse

Sharks Up Close: 'shark shepherd' Jim Abernethy photographs the fearsome predators

Fears for tourists as Florida invaded by Portuguese Man-of-War

The Strange Beauty of the Glaucus Atlanticus Sea Slug

Oysters May Be Functionally Extinct Throughout Much of the World

Hawaii Breeding Sea Urchins to Gobble Up Invasive Seaweed

How squid hear: It's all in the motion of the ocean

King Crabs Invade Antarctic Waters

U.S. Tops Worldwide Shark Attack List

82 Pilot Whales Stranded in New Zealand

Volunteers Arrive in Droves to Save Stranded Whales

Ready to acquire a taste for the 'vacuum cleaners of the sea'?

New to nature No 31: Chlamydoselachus africana

The sperm whale works in extraordinary ways

Popular Hamelin Bay stingray slaughtered in front of screaming kids

Scientists discover how to make squids go completely berserk

Shark Attacks Hit 10-Year High

Turning the Tide to Protect the World's Sharks

Shark fishing in Japan – a messy, blood-spattered business

Climate change forces UK rare fish reintroduction further north

Weymouth welcomes giant Japanese spider crab

Fish that regrows cardiac tissue could mend human hearts

Are Shark Bites Killing California Sea Otters?

Most Shark-Catching Nations Are Failing On Their Promises for Sustainable Catches

Seashells Get Their Strength from Interlocking 'Bricks'

Artificial Reefs: Sunken Ships, Tanks And Other Underwater Paradises From National Geographic

Klamath Chinook Salmon Groups Seek Endangered Species Act Protection

Whales Burp Plastic in the Great Lakes

Sharks Do Their Hunting Without Sense of Color

The Strange Beauty of the Glaucus Atlanticus Sea Slug

Oil exploration runs into a whale of a problem off Russia

Last refuge of rare fish threatened by Yangtze dam plans

Inuit's risky mussel harvest under sea ice

Fish threatened by global warming to be moved north

Secret of the Sea Horse: How Creature Got its Curve

Having a whale of a time: The British underwater cameraman who got more than he bargained for when encountering a playful calf

Endangered Baby Monk Seals Recuperating in Turkey

Tiny Floating Animals 'Grab Lunch' from Land

Peter Tyack on Marine Mammals' Struggle with Human Noise Pollution

Do you want fries with that? Australian spots a 6ft bull shark swimming in McDonald's takeaway