Young whale spends night in port

Rescuers try and lure a minke whale who spent the night in Fraserburgh Harbour back to sea.

Nasa astronauts 'drunk on duty'

US astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk at least twice, according to a report commissioned by Nasa.

Texas Long Hens

Conroy, Texas (Strutts News Services) The world is changing in more ways than a google times your face. In southeast Texas, recent immigrants have introduced a new breed of poultry, known locally as “Texas Long Hens”. Originally bred in China, these unusual birds measure more than 30 inches ...

Make a Tabletop Biosphere - Make: PDFcast

This week, download the companion PDF to the Make: Video Podcast which includes the article written by Martin John Brown as seen in Make: Volume 10. PDF Link I found it difficult to get amphipods in New York City until I went to Turtle Pond in central park and found a murky muddy place and scooped ...

One of the craziest bank robbery plots ever

Employees involved in embezzlement schemes almost always think one of two things: “nobody will notice” or “I’ll just borrow this and pay it back later”. Those embezzling from banks probably never thought seriously about the scheme dreamed up by five Chinese men though ...

Down a Beer and Eat a Button for Aldous...

It's the birthday of Brave New World author. poet, and mescalin(e) dabbler, Aldous Huxley, whose personal experiments with peyote served as the basis for his short book The Doors of Perception (whose title, it is said, influenced a young Jim Morrison in the naming of his band). It is an apt time to ...

Take a bath in Ramen Noodles

Noodle lovers rejoice, now you can spend a small fortune to bathe with complete strangers in a colossal bowl of Ramen Noodles! This bowl is part of a spa theme park in Japan, called Hakone Kowakien Yunessun. They also have other themed baths and pools, like this enticing red wine bath: Any chance ...

EZ-Bake oven for your PC

Cory Doctorow: ThinkGeek (who have a history of occasionally listing gag products) are offering a PC-based EZ-Bake oven for sale, sized to fit in a standard 5.25" drive bay. If it's real, it's one step closer to the computer you can eat out of, eliminate into, and boink, thus eliminating the need for ...

Specially trained fish becomes Fishzilla

A Thai fisherman has recently caught the world’s largest Carp, weighing in at close to 260 pounds. Japanese researchers are mourning the catch, as it turns out the monster carp was one of the original Fish Fil-A’s. The Fish Fil-A’s were a famous dance group in Japan over the past ...

Weird converter

I know I’m not the only person to look online to find out how many inches in a mile, how many grams in a pound…um…how many…er…units in a bigger unit. Math is not my strength. But now there is the Weird Converter, so you can know the important things, like, for instance… 1 ...

Rocket cars!

Mark writes - Last Sunday about 50 DIYers in Sydney got together to put amateur rocket motors onto an assortment of vehicles. Hilarity - and some lessons on aerodynamics - ensued. (Check out the pictures and the YouTube videos.)rocketcar day 9 - Link. [Read this article] [Comment on this article]

Ford Power. Girl Power.

It's hay hauling time. Last week we cut and rolled the stuff into 1,400-pound round bales (boy, are my arms tired!) in the hay meadow next to our house. Now, all the bales have to be transported to a storage pen, where they'll remain until we begin to use it to feed our livestock this winter. That's ...

Guides 'want advice on safe sex'

Girl guides, best known for skills such as starting fires, want to learn about safe sex, a survey suggests.

Viking treasure hoard uncovered

A hoard of Viking treasure unearthed by a father and son is the most important find in 150 years, experts say.

The Quality Of Mercy Dept.: Bush Commutes Captain America's Sentence

The official story was that Captain America, Nazi-fighting comic hero and symbol of America’s love of primary colors and muscle definition, had been killed by an unidentified sniper — though rumors circulated that he’d shot himself in disgrace after realizing the extent of the crimes ...

From The Mouths Of Babes Dept.: President Heroically Makes Child Cry

A petulant little girl tried to shame the President at a Cleveland Q&A on Tuesday. Jessica Hackerd, 13, had Bush right where she wanted him. Defeated and confused, Bush had just finished his rambling remarks when young Jessica pounced. She went right for his weak spot with a pointed question about ...

Smurf Village destroyed

After bringing joy to children for almost 50 years, the Smurfs have met a sad end. A Mexican coffee farmer stumbled on the Smurf Village near the border with Guatemala, and promptly pulled all their mushroom houses to sell as souvenirs. While there is no official news regarding the fate of the Smurfs, ...

Grenade art

Squidsicle is making luxury and ducky grenade art from duds, Thanks Jack! Link. [Read this article] [Comment on this article]

Cyclecide

Cyclecide has a big show coming up this weekend, Pedal Monster, Sunday July 15th. It will include the Pedal Powered Carnival Ride Midway, The Life Size Game of Mouse Trap, and lots of live music - Link. [Read this article] [Comment on this article]

Webcam in house photographs thief

Mark Frauenfelder: One of the techies at Suicide Girls set up a webcam in his house, hoping to document any return visit of the thief who had stolen his laptop. And it worked. The crook raided the guy's refrigerator, which gave LA's finest ample time to nab the weasely jerk. Link