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Generator Land has this Homespun Analogy Generator, which will spit out funny analogies as funny as Dave Chappelle before he went nuts.

A self-tuning guitar said to be the first that uses robotic technology is being launched later this week

The Aqua Toto Gifu aquarium in Japan is using an electric eel to power lights on a Christmas tree.

Going six feet under is just so passé. A new underwater memorial reef set to open off the coast of Florida is part of an emerging trend for offbeat burials, sending people to new frontiers after they die, from outer space down to the ocean floor.

The Lamborghini Reventon is among the rarest and most exotic cars on Earth, and it’s 650-hp V12 and lightweight components make it one of the best performers, too. Unfortunately, the Italian automaker has decided to produce only 20 examples of the $1 million supercar, and the closest we’ll likely ever get to the stealth-inspired rocket [...]

ROME – An ancient Roman wood and ivory throne has been unearthed at a dig in Herculaneum, Italian archaeologists said on Tuesday, hailing it as the most significant piece of wooden furniture ever discovered there.

ARLINGTON, Va. – D.C.-region named most ‘walkable’.  Caitlin Jones and her fiance, Evan Oxfeld, grew up in suburbs where getting anywhere worth going required a car. When the couple started looking for their first home together, they wanted something different: walkability.

Mountaineering and wildlife officials in Nepal said on Monday they doubted whether footprints found by a United States team from a science fiction programme were those of a Yeti.

Those lords-a-leaping and ladies dancing may want to consider the downside of the holidays: Heart attack season has arrived. December and January are the deadliest months for heart disease, and many of the things that make the season merry are culprits: Rich meals, more alcohol _ and all that extra stress.

Think you’re smarter than a fifth-grader? How about a 5-year-old chimp? Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.

Police said a Somerset County man fled a traffic stop, went home, shaved his mustache and changed his clothes, and reported the truck he was driving as stolen.

Many of the 271 British citizens living on the volcanic island of Tristan da Cunha, in the south Atlantic, have developed severe breathing problems.

Deanna Colaizzi is just not that type of woman.  No offense, but she could not imagine herself as a "Red Hatter" – part of the Red Hat Society, a nationwide women’s social organization whose members don red hats and purple clothing for public outings.  Still, as a newcomer to Utah, Colaizzi longed to meet other [...]

Chris Harne is either bonkers or brilliant. The 25-year-old middle-class suburbanite who says he doesn’t care for material consumption has a plan to live for free, or very little: set up house in a box truck.