[121] Interactive Satellite Photo of Myanmar Flooding Damage [PIC]Move your mouse from left to right to see the difference before and after the flood.
[85] Can Apple buck the trend?So I was struck when I read that Steve Jobs is busy expanding Apple’s empire. Tuesday, Apple announced a deal with Vodafone to distribute the iPhone in 10 countries.I
[86] Plan for Britain's biggest sculptureA monumental, lifelike white horse is the early favourite to become the largest piece of public sculpture Britain has ever produced. At cost of £2m, it will be more than twice as expensive as Antony Gormley's celebrated Angel of the North. And, at 50 metres, it will be well over double the angel's height.
[125] Boy, 2, suffers from Children’s Alzheimer’sTaylor Smith, from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, has been diagnosed with Niemann-Pick Type C, also known as Children’s Alzheimer’s. The disease means that the toddler is likely to develop signs of dementia before he becomes a teenager, although the symptoms can appear at any time...
[208] The logos that get more air timeMr Guerro has developed a machine that can send foamy clouds as wide as 4ft and shaped like corporate logos drifting into the sky
[124] 10 Fastest Growing Real Estate MarketsYes, even amid the housing crisis, parts of the U.S. are still expected to post price gains in the coming year, according to Money Magazine. Here are ten places where to look.
[214] Teen Survives 25,000-Volt Shock That Burned His Clothes OffA 16-year-old in England somehow survived a 25,000-volt electrical shock from an overhead power line that burned his clothes off of his body.
[161] U.S Drug Companies Criticized by Lawmaker for Deceptive Ads Pharmaceutical companies need to be more responsible in touting their products to consumers or else face tighter controls from Congress, a top U.S. Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday. Rep. Bart Stupak said television commercials in particular use deceptive techniques to push their products to potential patients and increase sales.
[135] Brittlestars can survive acid oceansAs carbon dioxide levels rise, most researchers have assumed that increasingly acidic oceans will compromise the calcification processes of ocean organisms.But new results show that one delicate species, a brittlestar, actually bumps up the speed of shell production, or calcification, under such conditions.
[238] Grizzly polar bear hybrid | Grolar bear | “One of the real things that is happening is that grizzlies are moving north, at the same time the polar bears are forced to be on the beach and we have found a number of grizzly bear polar bear hybrids. Dr Divoky has witnessed the onset of climate change first hand and its effects, which includes Cooper Island being invaded by
[204] Google Gets Closer to a Mobile FutureGoogle has long said that its best hope for future growth comes from mobile devices. Today, Google moved to bring that future a bit closer.
[280] Incest Dad: 'I'm no monster... I could have killed them all'Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who fathered seven children with his daughter while keeping her imprisoned in a windowless dungeon in his cellar, has complained about poor media coverage of the case. His criticism of the international media's reporting was published in the German tabloid Bild Zeitung...
[269] China Delivers an Official "F.U." to Olympic MovementWhen awarding the Olympics to China's authoritarian communist government, the International Olympic Committee trusted China's pledge to allow media coverage without censorship or interference. It also pledged to stop counterfeiting of Olympic intellectual property. Now China says: "We lied. What are you going to do about it?"
[201] Interactive Timeline of Every Single Space Launch......Ever!Not even NASA has done it: a collection of 6038 liftoffs since Sputnik, which celebrates its golden anniversary this fall. Explore PM's interactive time line.....
[300] U.S. Deploys More Than 43,000 Troops Unfit for CombatMore than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show.
[213] Beautiful people are healthier and live longerThe discovery has come from research conducted across cultures and species that focused on one trait that earlier work found was attractive: symmetry.
[257] Turn Your Leftover Alcoholic Drinks Into Fuel -- At HomeA Los Gatos, California team introduces the world's first machine for consumers to convert sugar and leftover alcohol into fuel.
[224] Dino-Era Bird Fossil Found; One of Oldest KnownA fossil of a new species of dinosaur-era bird found in China is one of the oldest ever discovered, experts say in a new study. The new bird, called Eoconfuciusornis zhengi, or "the dawn of the Confucius bird," is predated only by the 150-million-year-old Archaeopteryx, which lived during the Jurassic period.
[433] Philly police caught on video repeatedly kicking suspectsFrom NPR, this shocking video shows a group of fifteen officers kicking and beating a few suspects. Tensions are already high enough between civilians and the cops! Digg and spread the word- enough is enough.