One, two, three….
There are probably better ways to avoid jury duty than the approach recently taken by a Montana man. After Erik Slye, 36, received a jury notice earlier this year, he filed a notarized affidavit seeking to be excused from serving on a District Court panel in Gallatin County. Slye’s caustic affidavit, which he [...]

Well it’s worth a try …but after looking at this picture I really don’t think so
Eating a vulture won’t clear a bad case of syphilis nor will a drink made of rotting snakes treat leprosy, but these and other bogus medical treatments spread precisely because they don’t work. That’s the counter intuitive finding of a [...]

Now I know you will either get locked in a school locker or shoved into a trash can for wearing this geeky item
If you want to send your child off to school with all possible advantages, setting them up for a lifetime of success and well-balanced friendship, you really should avoid this R2-D2 backpack. Because [...]

This really makes RC cool
Like a drug-hunting K9 with wings, the “Canna Chopper” is the Dutch police force’s latest addition to its weed-fighting arsenal (which must be impressive, considering that it’s adding a high-tech miniature helicopter). The unmanned craft is loaded with odor and video detection instruments so that it can identify fields of hemp [...]

Robot animals 
On a remote U.S. Forest Service road in Arizona a few years ago, the driver of a white minivan slowly rolls to a stop, sticks a rifle out the window, and starts firing at what look to be wild turkeys.

 Melamine, used in plastics and other products, has been found in baby formula
Infrared lasers have helped researchers detect minute traces of a synthetic chemical like melamine in baby formula, within minutes.

 
Ever miss your daily cup of coffee and subsequently get a pounding headache? According to reports from consumers of coffee and other caffeinated products, caffeine withdrawal is often characterized by a headache, fatigue, feeling less alert, less energetic and experiencing difficulty concentrating.

 Lion cubs from the Ol Liombo pride in the Masai Mara, Kenya
On a lazy afternoon in the Masai Mara, southern Kenya, three lion cubs are roused from their siesta.  Spotting something in the grass, the inquisitive trio move in for a closer look.

 Alien Skull?
UFO spotters are claiming they have spotted an alien skull on Mars after NASA beamed back satellite images from the planet.

The horses all seemed much more relaxed once they had their own cell phones,
but texting was still a major problem
This week we struggled because some of the photos are a bit more deranged than usual. Its tough to know when too far is actually too far, and when over the edge is actually over the [...]

A safer alternative for our fowl friends.

What do you do if you build a wind farm smack dab in the middle of a major bird migration route, and want to avert the anger of conservationists? Put up a radar system that’s designed to shut down the entire thing when it detects a mass of birds [...]