To many on the team, the “Even dead people need mouthwash” campaign
seemed like an act of desperation. But to Carl, it was all about breaking new ground
Top 10 Photos of the Week
Join us on this week’s journey into wacky and wonderful photos.
 

The Brazilian Diesel Tree
Australian farmers in North Queensland have recently invested in 20,000 Brazilian trees not just for the sake of the environment, but also for what the trees can give the farmers in about 15 to 20 years. Fuel!

Stickney Crater on Martian moon Phobos
Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Asaph Hall discovered both the Red Planet’s moons in 1877. Click on photo to see hi-res image.

 
Jyoti lines up with her classmates
A teenager from India who stands at a tiny 1ft 11in (58cm) tall is the smallest girl in the world.
Jyoti Amge, 14, is shorter than the average two-year-old child and only weighs 11lb (5kg).

Lausanne, Switzerland
Several more after the jump
 

Sniffing glue has been shown to have some unusual side effects
When you are trying to impress a client, don’t show them any of these photos.

 
Abrafoto Ad
We’re just getting started.  Come along for the ride.
 

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This video describes the thinking that went into the Penguin House in Tokyo. People in the US have a hard time relating to this, but the architect is brilliant in how he approaches this. (w/pics)
 

Offshore wind-farm developers would love to build in deep water more than 32 kilometers from shore, where stronger and steadier winds prevail and complaints about marred scenery are less likely. But building foundations to support wind turbines in water deeper than 20 meters is prohibitively expensive. Now, technology developers are stepping up work in floating […]

 
Imagine the world in 2050 with almost 80% of the planet’s population living in urban centers and our fruit, vegetables and even animals are grown in … skyscrapers.  Some serious work is going into this. More photos and video after the jump.

We came across this set of amazing photos of homes carved out of the side of a mountain. But we have been having difficulty determining exactly where this is located. We were hoping you might be able to help. (w/pics)
Update:  We now have our answer after the jump
 

An Israeli team of computer scientists has developed software that ranks facial attractiveness of women. Instead of identifying basic facial characteristics, this software has been designed to make aesthetic judgments — after training. The lead researcher said this program ‘constitutes a substantial advance in the development of artificial intelligence.’

ZnSe nanowires grown on a ZnSe particle which appeared as a heart shape.

They have quaint names like the fangtooth, the roundnose grenadier, the chiasmodon niger, the spookfish and the dolichoteryx longpipe.
But they are some of the most frightening-looking and ugliest creatures on earth – denizens of the deep which inhabit the darkest reaches of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, one of the most inhospitable places on the planet.

Life in Nebraska was so much easier before they passed the law
requiring all highways be rolled up at night
This weeks Top 10 Photos are crazy, unusual, and twisted. That just means they are really, really funny.
 

 
If an elevator stretching from Earth into space could ever be built, it could slash the cost of space travel. But a controversial new study suggests that building and maintaining one would be an even bigger challenge than previously thought, because it would need to include built-in thrusters to stabilize itself against dangerous vibrations.
Photos and […]

The TreePee
Do you like camping but can’t stand wallowing in the dirt with all those bugs and worms? Then the Treepee is just for you. Hang it from the nearest sturdy tree, stake it down on all four corners, and suddenly you have yourself a floating paradise in the wilderness.
Other designs after the […]

3-D Billboard Whiskey Ad Campaign
Ad campaigns give us an interesting glimpse into our culture, a way of taking the temperature of our creative spirit. The following ads clearly show us that the imaginations of people at the ad agencies work without any real limits.
 

 
The Russian-Built SKU
At first this looks like an impressive vehicle, but you can see some of the obvious deficiencies after the jump.
 

This is a great site!  They show the glaring difference between the image of the food on the outside of the package and what it really looks like on the inside.  Several more examples and a video after the jump.
 

Yes they look like members of the dreaded KKK, but this holy wardrobe belongs to the “Virgen de la Esperanza” brotherhood as they take part in a Holy Week procession in the northern Spanish city of Zamora.
 

The life of a Bathroom Czar is never dull
We have a quirky Easter theme running through this weeks top 10 photos. Who would have thought?
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P84bfFpVWE

University of North Texas (UNT) student John Bramblitt paints beautiful works of art in vivid colors, despite the fact that he’s been blind for years. This video is the winner of YouTubes Inspirational Video of the Year Award.

 
Before — and — After
Reuters has fired Lebanese freelance photographer Adnan Hajj after he transmitted at least two photographs from Lebanon that were doctored to make Israeli attacks seem more dramatic.
Photo-editing software gets more sophisticated all the time, allowing users to alter pictures in ways both fun and fraudulent. Last month, for example, a photo […]

This is a photo essay on how Scotland engineered canals between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Because of geographical difficulties, which created a difference of 79ft. in elevation, the two canals were connected by 11 locks by a huge water carousel - started in 1963 and finished in 2002. These photos are amazing.