They should have lynched him
On June 2nd in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, seven competitors in the cycling race were severely injured after being hit by a drunk driver, one of them died and three others were hospitalized. This amazing photo captured the moment of impact. The drunk driver was arrested after the rest of the […]

Diseased Bananas

The banana we know and love today actually suck when compared to the one our grandparents ate. That cultivar, called the Gros Michel, was bigger and tastier but alas it was hit by a blight called the Panama disease and went extinct by 1960.
Now, the banana we all eat, a variety called the Cavendish, […]

 
 
People traveling on Virgin Airlines may be left out if they prefer to use their Macbook Notebooks when traveling.
 

 
 German spys were feeling pretty safe at their Deutsche Telekom home until this happened
The allegations against German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom just keep on coming. German news service, Spiegel, has information that Telekom tracked journalists’ movements using mobile phone data. And the company may have hired ex-Stasi spies to help.

Each empty shopping cart is a bold commentary on things gone wrong
When buying online first became mainstream, one of the most watched metrics for online merchants was the shopping cart abandonment rate. Through site security, consumer education and word-of-mouth about positive experiences, online retailers reduced the percentage of consumers who placed items in their […]

  
As of yet, I am able to sit upright, facing my monitor, for many hours at a stretch in a day and also maintain a healthy back.
 

 
Possibles sources of lead poisoning
In what may be the strongest link yet between lead exposure and crime rates, researchers at the University of Cincinnati on Tuesday released new evidence, spanning more than 20 years, that draws a direct relationship between the amount of lead in a child’s blood and the likelihood he or she will […]

 We were kinda hoping for some new nano-sized snout pluggers
American researchers have identified several new potential insect repellents that are three times more potent than DEET, the active ingredient in most tick and insect repellents, according to a new study.

 
With the recent successful landing of the Phoenix Mars probe, the high failure rate of such probes is once more highlighted.
Nearly 50 percent of all the missions to Mars since 1960 ended in failure, with some never even making it to Mars, while others disappeared without a trace.

 
Employees counting donations at a popular Hindu shrine in southern India will no longer have to take off their underpants at work after the local human rights commission intervened. 
 

We’re pretty sure these guys need to be shot

Vandals used a hammer and screwdriver to vandalize England’s world-famous Stonehenge ancient monument, the first such incident for decades, officials said on Thursday.
 

 
 Survivalists: Thinking only of themselves as usual
A few years ago, Kathleen Breault was just another suburban grandma, driving countless hours every week, stopping for lunch at McDonald’s, buying clothes at the mall, watching TV in the evenings.
That was before Breault heard an author talk about the bleak future of the world’s oil supply. Now, she’s […]

The first rule of fight club: Don’t abuse the hot chicks
They wear trendy dresses, spend most of the time in front of the mirror, but contrary to conventional wisdom, teenage girls who consider themselves attractive are more likely to be the victims of emotionally damaging bullying - including being socially ostracized or having rumors spread […]

 
Whenever we get in a jam, we turn to Nebraska for advice
The United States is already in a recession and it will be longer as well as deeper than many people expect, U.S. investor Warren Buffett said in an interview published in German magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday.
He said the United States was “already in […]

 
 Because of their customer-abusing practices, few tears will be shed when the banks fail
William Seidman is the former chairman of the Resolution Trust Corp., the agency Congress set up in the 1980s to clean up the savings-and-loan lending mess. He’s also a former chairman of the FDIC. Here he talks about the housing rescue plan […]

 
 Profiting off of peoples hunger is a ticking time bomb
Vast amounts of money are flooding the world’s commodities markets, driving up prices of staple foods like wheat and rice. Biofuels and droughts can’t fully explain the recent food crisis — hedge funds and small investors bear some responsibility for global hunger.

From the mentally handicapped to the fashion impaired, there is a dating site waiting for you
With scores of dating sites catering to the bold and the beautiful, a growing number of niche sites are emerging for less fortunate lonely hearts, those struggling with mental or physical problems.

Paranoid about people reading your email?  You should be…
In its fifth annual study of outbound e-mail and data loss prevention issues, Proofpoint found that 41% of the largest companies surveyed (those with 20,000 or more employees) reported that they employ staff to read or otherwise analyze the contents of outbound e-mail. 22% of these companies […]

The engineer shortage in Japan can be directly attributed to the latest fashion - the mummy look
Japan is running out of engineers.
After years of fretting over coming shortages, the country is actually facing a dwindling number of young people entering engineering and technology-related fields.

 
A person standing by the interstate in 2035 will see a truck pass them every 3.5 seconds
A recent report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials predicts a tsunami of freight hitting U.S. shores by 2035 due in part to truck volumes approaching “staggering levels” on the Interstate Highway system.

Problem Ants

First it was killer bees, then Argentine ants … Now, welcome our electronic-eating ant overlords:

WiMax to some people is nothing more than a question you ask Max
A new FCC filing for an Intel 5350 WiFi/WiMAX combo card that fits into Mini PCI Express slots is probably the best evidence yet for future WiMAX functionality in Apple MacBooks, but it’s still far from a confirmation.

 
 Rich people sewage always sells for more than the sewage of the poor
A growing number of cities and counties in the US grappling with water shortages are turning to a solution that may be tough for some homeowners to stomach: purifying sewage water so that residents can drink it.
Los Angeles mayor Antonio R Villaraigosa announced […]

Half of all epilepsy patients are children
Epilepsy affects 50 million people worldwide and more than 2.7 million people in the United States; half of all patients are children. Especially in its intractable form, also called refractory epilepsy, the disorder — and the side effects of epilepsy medications — can cause problems in learning, memory and […]

Obese people cause sexual dysfunction in much the same way that trailer houses cause tornadoes
Weight loss may help resolve erectile dysfunction in obese men, according to new research presented on May 15 at the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA).
Morbid obesity can cause sexual dysfunction independent of […]