Robot unravels mystery of walking

Roboticists are using the lessons of 1930s human physiology to build the world's fastest walking robot.

Potter embargo 'could be broken'

The final Harry Potter novel could hit shelves earlier than expected as shops try to gain an edge over competitors.

Could nerve-snip spur weight loss?

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Man arrives at wedding year early

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Prosthetic memory

The romance between Shirley M. Knappe, 83, and Frank Sterling Long, 88, began electronically, with poetic early morning e-mail messages from Long to Knappe, who live in an assisted-living facility in Coral Springs, Fla. But now that they have been married for three years, their day-to-day affairs are ...

Big lizard blamed for devouring cat in Cape Coral �

After a night of desperate searching, a woman discovered the mutilated remains of her beloved cat on the muddy bank of a canal near her Cape Coral home. She believes a large, ravenous and invasive lizard committed the heinous act. A now infamous name among Cape households, Nile monitors are cold- blooded ...

Eek: Resident Evil 5 trailer is creepy

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Video We know it's just a series of quick cuts from what appears to be an African village, but our zombie-shooting fingers were literally itching while we watched this new Resident Evil 5 trailer ... and we're not even sure any ...

Science Can Now Enlarge Breasts Using Belly Fat.

Having cured cancer and all other ailments of the world, scientists turned their attention to breast-enlargement: Scientists say they can create a fat mixture with concentrated stem cells, which, when injected into the breast, apparently encourages tissue to grow. […] The procedure - dubbed Celution ...

Jay Leno Inhaled ?Anti-Helium?

We’ve posted about sulfur hexafluoride [wiki] gas a while ago, so it’s a nice surprise to see it featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Here’s a funny clip of Leno inhaling the "anti-helium" Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Algonkin!

Purse thieves are targeting shopping carts

Shoppers should avoid leaving their purses or bags in shopping carts, as there has been an increase in purse thefts recently, reports to the Collier County Sheriff?s Office.

Papercraft T-Rex automata eats caveman

Flying Pig has created this amazing T-Rex papercraft automata which they describe as: A super fun animated paper model for you to pop out and make. Turn the handle on the terrible T.Rex and he reaches down and bites! The T.Rex catches any object placed beneath his might jaws with the power of paper. ...

Transformers: Letter from Optimus Prime's Geico Insurance Agent

Did you ever wonder who covered the damage when Optimus and Megatron face off? McSweeney's intercepted this letter from Optimus Prime's insurance agent notifying him of his policy increase to $235,567.50. Since becoming a GEICO customer in January of this year, you have reported 131 accidents, requesting ...

Sunday Secrets

(PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.)(New secrets are posted here every Sunday.)-----Email Message-----Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 1:49 AMSubject: smart vs. prettyWhat happens to the girls that aren't either?The ...

A year in a day

My hope for this year, after finishing the month garbage free, was to only make one black garbage bag of garbage through out the entire year. We’ve done that in the past, so I was confident we could do it again. Since we finished the month garbage free, we’ve thrown out 4 small grocery bags ...

Me and the Suzukis!

I’m mentioned (well this blog is actually, but it’s connected to me) in a CTV news article about the Suzuki family. Cool!

He's Still Not My Favorite

So please stop trying to suggest otherwise. But tell me this: when a woman, say, for instance, a 30-ish year-old woman who, say, lives on a ranch in, say, the middle of the country, and she has this...kid. He's about as blonde as it gets, with these sparkly little eyes and a dimple, say, that indents ...

My Life Can Be Easily Summarized With a 30-Second Cartoon

Q. How do you know for absolutely, postively certain that your rollercoaster weight gain-loss lifestyle is a ridiculous, predictable pattern? A. When your 13-Year-Old son accurately lampoons the story of your life in a cartoon he made over the weekend. (Either JavaScript is not active or you are using ...

The moment Hermione sees Harry in an all new, leather-clad light

See the moment when Emma Watson, who plays Harry's sidekick Hermione, saw Daniel Radcliffe turn from the innocent Harry Potter into a sultry magazine model

Joke comprehension may decrease with age (AP)

AP - A new psychology study at Washington University was no laughing matter: It found that older adults may have a harder time getting jokes because of an age-related decline in certain memory and reasoning abilities.

How to hand somebody a business card

Want to look like a douchebag when handing somebody your business card? Here's a video tutorial.