Moose Antlers Act as Amplifiers

Two reasons for this post: 1) Father-and-son scientific duo George and Peter Bubenik found that moose antlers act as amplifier: Scientists have discovered that those cool, gnarly things that look so fabulous perched atop the furry freaks act as amplifiers, allowing Mr Moose to be able to hear things ...

Mathematician Who Moonlighted as a Night Watchman Solved 37-Year Old Math Problem

A math theorem called the Road Coloring Problem, first conjectured by Benjamin Weiss and Roy Adler in 1970 was finally solved in 2007 … by Avraham Trakhtman, a mathematician who worked as a night watchman after he immigrated to Israel: “In math circles, we talk about beautiful results — ...

The Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower

In 1929, a fish lodge owner was fed up with mosquito problems in the Lower Keys in Florida. So he decided to fight the bugs by bringing in their predator: bats. But his cleverly hatched plan had a flaw: In 1929 frustrated local businessman Richter Clyde Perky decided the time had come to rid his holiday ...

Deputies searching for swordsman in alleged robbery

Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man they say used a sword in a robbery attempt gone awry. The alleged attack took place on Tuesday at Allied Recycling, located at 4137 James Street in Charlotte Harbor.

Caught Downloading Copyrighted Material—Now What? [Call For Help]

Reader Liza is in a pickle and is looking for advice. She writes in: I recently followed Lifehacker's guide to BitTorrent and set my laptop up with the uTorrent program. Using a combination of PizzaTorrent and uTorrent, I downloaded several movies and albums, perhaps 30 in all. Yesterday I received ...

Door to Hell: The Burning Crater of Darvaza

Photo: John H. Bradley That burning crater near Darvaza, Turkmenistan, is called "The Door to Hell" by the locals. Decades ago, geologists were drilling for gas when they hit an underground cavern filled with gas. The drilling rig and camp collapsed into the cave and ignited the gas, which ...

The Accidents of Youth: a 1819 Book About the Gory Consequences of Not Heeding Your Mom’s Advice

The Accidents of Youth is a 1819 book of short stories to warn children of the dangerous temptations they should avoid and the gory consequences for not following their mother’s advice. Along with the text, there are several wonderful engravings to illustrate the situation. This particular one ...

Hoax Ad on Craigslist Costs An Oregon Man His Belongings

A hoax ad appeared on Craigslist.com on Saturday that stated everything at one Oregon man's home was free for the taking, including his horse.

CBS EXPOSES HILLARY BOSNIA TRIP

Flying Carps in the Illinois River

CNN reporter David Mattingly is doing a story on Asian carp invasion of the Illinois River and the rest of the Mississippi river system. The carps are unusual that they actually leap out of the water into the boat! See what happen to poor David - they should give him hazard pay for this story. Link (embedded ...

Re-Growing Organs

When Lee Spievack sliced off the end of his finger a few years ago, his brother sent him some powder to sprinkle on it. In four weeks, his fingertip had grown back! Dr. Steven Badylak explains: That powder is a substance made from pig bladders called extracellular matrix. It is a mix of protein and connective ...

Bulgarian Music Idol Contestant Sings Mariah Carey’s “Ken Lee”

GeekAlerts posted a clip of this guy singing a cover of Michael Jackson’s song "Bad" in Bulgarian "Music Idol" TV show a few days ago … Here’s another one: a 29-year-old Valentina Hasan from the village of Zvezdelina in the Kardzhali Province singing Mariah Carey’s ...

Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros is a song by the two-man band, Flight of the Conchords. The guys bill themselves as “formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo”. Hit play or go to link [Youtube] - Thanks Emily & Sara

Fleeing shoplifter forgets son (Reuters)

Reuters - A shoplifter looking to make a quick getaway from a Dutch supermarket after stealing a packet of meat left police a crucial piece of evidence -- his 12-year-old son.

Make an Origami Paper Lamp [Weekend Project]

With heavyweight paper, tape, and fire retardant spray, children of all ages can make a nifty origami paper lantern. Crafts web site Yasutomo runs down how. The trick is in how you fold the paper, and accuracy is crucial. Be sure to find the right size paper—Yasutomo recommends 14"x22". The ...

Officials Say Error Freed Ex-SLA Radical

The Vice Guide Travels to North Korea

Want to go to places no tourist ever dream of visiting? Like Chernobyl, Beirut, and Congo? Well, the VICE Guide to Travel is the the travel guidebook for you! But even those places don’t compare to where Shane Smith and his team managed to go next: North Korea, the Hermit Kingdom. The first leg ...

Leonard Nimoy Album Covers

[YouTube Link] Although familiar with Nimoy’s bizarre music video “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins”, I was unaware that he had a rather wide musical career. This video shows album covers from Nimoy’s discography, as well as a few other images, set to the tune of Nimoy singing ...

Survivor talks about violent home invasion

Two Lehigh Acres men survived a home invasion early Wednesday morning. The four suspects tied up the victims and ransacked their home during what deputies call and random act of crime.

Deputies investigating robbery at Wachovia Bank in Naples

The Wachovia Bank at 820 Park Shore Drive in Naples was robbed just before 4:00 Thursday afternoon.