The Indonesian Mimic Octopus – A master of disguise

This fascinating creature was discovered in 1998 off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia, the mimic octopus is the first known species to take on the characteristics of multiple species. This octopus is able to copy the physical likeness and movement of more than fifteen different species, [...]

The incredible Jay Walker Library
Jay Walker was the founder of Priceline.com and will be the featured speaker at the 2008 Colorado Inventor Showcase on November 10th in Denver, Colorado. Here are some photos of his amazing library. (Pics)

 
A new engine can turn a difficult search into a communal quest.  Looking for an apartment online, day after day, can get tedious. Finding the right sofa at the right price can also be time consuming. A new search engine, called Yotify, is designed to make these kinds of persistent quests more tolerable, and hopefully [...]

 
A new study suggests that taking an aspirin a day may lower the risk of breast cancer in women.

 
Being irresponsible towards the environment is a sure way of bruising one’s eco-conscience. But with evolving technology and design brain-storming, one has to just look around to find devices and simple ways to keep the ultimatum of destruction at bay. Carbon Diem is one such technology of the future that would be soon available on [...]

 
Women are more virtuous than men, suggests a survey which found that females outscore males on every moral conscience.
 

 
A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study.

No not people from the island of Lesbos.

Unregulated sperm donation is leading to unusual situations in which the children of lesbians in Adelaide are mixing socially – creating a risk of incest.
One of South Australia’s foremost experts in reproductive technology – Reverend Dr Andrew Dutney – says that in one reported case, about 30 lesbians [...]

A Cool Banger

For $13.25 plus shipping you can create ice cubes that look like AK-47 rounds.
(Today was a good day.)

Difficult Digits

As US debt exceeded $10 trillion for the first time and caused the National Debt Clock … to run out of digits!

Intimate photos of Angelina Jolie to show up in W.
Angelina Jolie has famously lived her life as an open book – and now in a revealing new portrait taken by partner Brad Pitt, she shares an astonishingly private moment with the public.
The Hollywood star sits with brunette locks tumbling over her shoulders, with the top [...]