Thursday, March 31, 2011

Abuse of Britain's last circus elephant caught on camera







Camo Kitty

10 of the World's Ugliest Dogs

Stray Cat Rescued From Soup Can

The kitty-couch potatoes: Internet craze celebrates human qualities of our feline friends

I made a Tank for my cat

French Bulldog Found to Be Hermaphrodite

Iditarod Dogs on the Edge

11 Ways to Take Dogs on Bikes (Slideshow)

France and Lap Dogs Go Way Back

Young boy attempts to break into Whyalla vet to get himself a kitten

Biologist from central Russia shelters cat with five ears

Police Dog Dies The Day Before Retirement


Raccoon With Head in PB Jar Gets Stuck on Pole

Girl finds boa constrictor in toilet

Race Is on to Study Rare Costa Rican Bird

How invasive species work – their spread can be spectacular

Scientists in Galapagos Islands launch rat-bait drop to save unique species

Rare Sumatran Elephant Dies After Week-Long Standoff in Indonesia

Mongolia Rescinds Snow Leopard Hunting Proposal

The Numbat: Australia's Cuddly Termite-Eating Marsupial

The joys of spring: 20 reasons to be cheerful

Snow Leopard 'harmed' for Vladimir Putin photo opportunity

Animal pictures of the week: 25 March 2011

Abuse of Britain's last circus elephant caught on camera

Food shortages bring birds to British gardens

Panda twins enjoy brotherly rough and tumble

Froggy Fitness: Toxic Species Prove Most Athletic

India wild tiger census shows population rise

Africa rhinos face 'worst poaching crisis for decades'

Oil-soaked rockhopper penguins in rehabilitation

Stolen ostrich escapes and runs all the way home

Paw & Order: Animals on Trial

Polar Bear: An Endangered Species

PETA calls for more animal-friendly language in New International Version Bible

New Zealand man proves being hit by bird droppings is lucky

Small Signs of Hope for World's Most Endangered Cat

Top 10 Freakiest Animal Childhoods

Miniature horse fitted with prosthetic leg

Osprey 'Lady' returns to Loch of the Lowes reserve

Lions breed better if living near joining rivers

Experts unravel 'churkey' appearance mystery

Snakes on the plane: Jakarta police foil smuggling bid

Hunker Down: Hibernating Animals Live Longer

Research In Action: Petite Opossums are Two Species

Breast-Feeding Fuels Babies' Big Brains

In Photos: Rescued Pets in Japan

Spring's here: skylarks overhead, moles in the garden, moths in the bathroom

Adder abnormalities lead to UK's first genetic survey of snakes

Mother’s pride: a break from the wild life

Birdwatchers lose RSPB defamation case

Snake attacks girl on Dutch TV show

Raccoon: Bushy-tailed bandits ready to go native

New Yorkers bitten by story of escaped cobra

Animal Photos Of The Week

5 Fantastic Facts about Feathery Flamingos

Bizarre Animals on the Edge of Extinction

Dino the Facebook Bear Shot in Slovenia

Small Signs of Hope for World's Most Endangered Cat

The Week in Animal News: Saying Goodbye to Knut, a Tortoise on Wheels, and More (Slideshow)

Angry villagers burn alive captured leopard


Trees cocooned by spiders could reduce malaria risk


Government asked to investigate new pesticide link to bee decline

European tick established in UK

UK's oil beetle search under way

Angry Wasps Capture Intruding Ants, Fly Away, Airdrop Them

Unsolved Mystery: Why Are Moths Drawn to Artificial Lights?


Sea Turtle Deaths Anger Mississippi Residents

Marine camouflage: these colourful underwater creatures are masters of disguise

Research in Action: New Fishing Hook Reduces Shark Catch

Pictured: One Sea Turtle’s Worth of Plastic

Killer Whale: Biggest Badass in the Animal Kingdom [CHART]

New to Nature No 35: Brachiopsilus dianthus. These strange walking fish from Australia have been properly studied for the first time.

Anglers call on new weapon to ward otters off their fish – lion poo

300-Pound Eagle Ray Pins Woman On Boat In Florida (VIDEO)


Monkey Barfs and Re-chews Food

Monkeys and Gorillas with Startling, Human-Like Expressions (Slideshow)

Gorilla Stronghold Found, Apes Still In Danger

Cape Town's 'mugger' baboon Fred to be put down

Half of all primates threatened with extinction

Monkeys display basic numeracy

Oh My! This Monkey Acts Like a Cow

Humans Make Gorillas Sick

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

10 Accidental Inventions That Became Big Business






40 Surprising Products That Are No Longer Made in America

10 Most Destructive Tsunamis in Human History

10 Incredible Snapshots of Chimney Demolitions (via)

Seven Amazing Coral Reefs Made from Sunken Vehicles

10 Accidental Inventions That Became Big Business

10 Primetime Icons of the ’90s Who Are Now Total Nobodies

6 Things Our Kids Just Plain Won't Get

10 Celebs Who Hate Paying Taxes

The 7 Most Heroic Con Artists of All Time

Top 10 Most Mysterious Disappearances in History (via)

10 Common Plants You Didn’t Know Were Toxic

Ten Creative New Uses for Old Tennis Balls (via)

5 Science Experiments Gone Wrong

The 10 Most Socially Irresponsible Big Brands

Types Of Toast






Infographic: A Century of Meat Consumption

Subway riders brawl over passenger eating spaghetti on the train

Types Of Toast

After panic buying, Chinese seek refunds on salt

10 Everyday Fruits and Vegetables that are Poisonous

101 Pringle Flavors from Around the World (Mostly USA and Japan) (via)

10 Food Facts That Should Surprise You

Top 10 Sausages From History

10 Scary Things that Might be in Your Meat

Industrial Chemical BPA Used in Food Packaging and Kids' Toys Might Cause Cancer, Diabetes, Brain Damage

A Guide to Lunchtime Social Groups, Through Life

Coke vs. Pepsi: The Pioneers

Diet Coke and Pepsi: The Soda War That’s Killing Our Kids

Infographic: McDonald's rocks the oat

Hot dogs for better health? Actually, yes

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New PS3 "Condor" Supercomputer Now Fully Online






France Fines Google $142,000 for Privacy Violations

Google says China blocking its email services

Comprehensive Analysis: Google vs. Content Farms

25 Things I Hate About Google, Revisited 5 Years Later

U.S. Patent Office finds Google Doodle dandy

Google Limits Users’ Access to Honeycomb: Implications of The Decision

Google Now Supports Cherokee Language

Google Internally Testing Music Service (Report)

Finding Cool Places in Google Earth and Maps (via)

Internet Explorer 9: Eight Reasons to Upgrade

Microsoft Word Now Includes Squiggly Blue Line To Alert Writer When Word Is Too Advanced For Mainstream Audience

DIVpc is One Angry Drunk Computer Casemod

Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

All That Is Interesting - Computer Criminals In The World Of Tomorrow. From 1981.

40th anniversary of the computer virus

New PS3 "Condor" Supercomputer Now Fully Online

10 Interesting And Unusual Wikipedia Articles

Benchmark battle: Chrome vs. IE vs. Firefox

Pirate Bay User Database Compromised and Exploited, Again

Facebook policy chief admits site needs to improve deletion tools for a minority of users

6 Internet Memes That Will Lead to World Domination

Five Things Facebook Should Fix Immediately

Navigating the Minefield: Facebook Settings

5 years later, first P2P case to be tried still chugging along

12 Coolest Facebook Profiles

$60 Games an "Exploitative" Business Model

10 360 and PS3 games we wish never existed [Gallery]

Stop the Console Wars

Nintendo 3DS review: Is it worth $249 and $40 per game?

FiveThings You Need to Know About the Nintendo 3DS

The History of Nintendo Hardware Launches

9 Firefox Plugins for Easier Blogging

Marvel Comics and History






Before the Junk Jokes: Airport Security Cartoons

Comic book history website

The 5 Biggest Video Game Flops of All Time [COMIC]

Monsters With Issues

6 Comic Book Easter Eggs That Stuck It to The Man

10 Most Dysfunctional Comic Book Heroes

Vintage Comic Women Take Charge

Marvel Comics and History

The history of Irish comics part 1: before the 20th century (via)

50 Best Books for the Comic Book Crowd

Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited to Stream Free at Starbucks Stores

Monday, March 28, 2011

Mommy's Nose is Scary!

YouTube user mandkyeo's five-and-a-half-month old son Emerson isn't sure what to think when his mum blows her nose.




Robin Williams in 1977 Phone Ad






Before Robin Williams got his role as Mork from Ork, he starred in this TV ad for Illinois Bell.



Meanwhile in Russia...






Because Reading Slowly Sucks…

What If Every Environmentalist is Actually Wrong?

The UK home of Colonel Gaddafi’s son is in the hands of Libyan exiles. This is what it’s like from within.

Scrabble Helper

Pointing People

Earthquake map of America

American English Vs. British English

Harrow woman convicted of keeping Tanzanian as slave

Why People Are Afraid of Clowns (other than the fact that they're all evil)

Why is there no looting in Japan?

Ancient Human Trash Heaps Gave Rise to Everglades Tree Islands, Research Suggests

L.A. Marathon: It's official, Kelly Gneiting sets Guinness World Record as heaviest man to finish

Map: See Japan Get Battered By 572 Earthquakes in Eight Days

Meet Dalton Stevens – The Button King

World in 2000 as Predicted in 1910 (via)

Facts and Myths about the Japanese Nuclear Disaster

Looking inside the San Andreas

Louisiana Student Suspended for Having Long Hair

A brief history of time zones

Meanwhile in Russia...

Friday, March 25, 2011

Friday Games






Lurking Title. Film quiz. (via)

Football quiz: England captains. I got 4/10.

Arctic Drift

Must Escape the Subway

The Slugs!

Sky Island

Color Cleaner

Run 2

Sneak Thief

Cardboard Box Assembler

Not Your War

Waste in Space






NASA spacecraft now circling Mercury -- a first

Saturn's Odd, Baffling Moon, Pan

Cocaine Found at Kennedy Space Center, Again

'Supermoon' Photos from Around the World: March 19, 2011

Waste in Space

9 NASA Facts Every American Should Know

Tarantula Nebula's Cosmic Web a Thing of Beauty

Once Upon a Time, the Universe Was Really Weird

Saturn Cassini Photographic Animation

Are you a Martian?

The United States Of Music






The United States Of Music

Collectors Frenzy Online Record Price Guide For Rare Vinyl Records Prices

Phil Collins: I quit music but no one will miss me

The Legacy Of The CD: Innovation That Ate Itself

Diddy is world’s richest rapper

Reggae star Smiley Culture dies during police drugs raid on Surrey home

The Secret Day Jobs of Indie Musicians

U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal on Eminem's music royalty dispute

8 Musicians That Used Technology to Redefine Music

Addicted to excess: From reverence for the Nazis to an insatiable appetite for drugs and sex, a new biography of David Bowie portrays a man even more outrageous than his reputation

10 More Geeky Love Songs

The Replacement Musicians