605 diggsJust when you thought Republicans couldn't get any more incompetent, John McCain gave a speech in front of a photo of Walter Reed MIDDLE SCHOOL in North Hollywood, California. We can only assume that they meant to use a stock photo Walter Reed MEDICAL CENTER

382 diggsI’m a huge fan of Brian Cox. He’s often referred to as the “rockstar of physics,” which is a big complement considering the stereotypical physicist in everyone’s mind. From the get-go you know that Professor Cox is a guy you want in your laboratory, and you can see why from this excellent TED lecture he gave in Monterey, CA, this year.

185 diggsBritish apples and pears are under threat because of a dramatic decline in honeybee numbers, experts have warned.The bee population in Britain has fallen by a third over the past year alone due to bad weather, insecticides and soaring numbers of parasitic mites.

75 diggsTO ME this bubble diagram of the frequency of words used, shows CLEARLY the difference between Democrats and Republicans.

977 diggsTake a look what they've shredded....

163 diggsMediaSentry is the hired gun that hunts down filesharers for the RIAA, and the company's activities have raised the question as to whether it should be licensed as a private investigator in some states where it operates. Michigan was one such state, and has now enacted a law that clearly indicates MediaSentry needs a license.

142 diggsAre you having trouble with funding? Is your research unable to attract major media attention? Just add Terror (TM)! That's what Dr Stoica of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory did, and it could work for you too. Dr Stoica's research is based on gait analysis - the idea that everyone has a distinctive walking pattern, and no matter how many fake

149 diggsWhich Cutie Destroys The Most?

219 diggsHans Lange attempted a dangerous base jump down a Norwegian mountain but when he hit his parachute it failed causing him to bounce down the mountainside.

157 diggsInstant-Torrents is a new service that allows people to download, find, and share torrents on a private network. Users can download torrents via the site, and direct downloads are available when others have downloaded the torrent before.

253 diggsNot many of you are watching TV any more, or at least not as many as in years past. And as more people tune out (or just steal the shows off Bittorrent) the networks think up more and more cheap tricks to keep you hooked.

159 diggsA giant tribute to the former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin made from thousands of trees has been spotted on Google Earth.

258 diggsOn Feb. 21, 2008, Mitchell Berns heard every flier's two least favorite words: weather related. Citing snow, Delta Airlines was canceling his flight from Las Vegas to New York City and rescheduling him for a redeye connecting in Boston. With 47% of all delays so far in 2008 caused by weather (up 5% from last year), most fliers can relate. And they

141 diggsA British woman plans to make a parachute jump over Mount Everest hoping to become the first woman ever to skydive over the world

343 diggsGears Of War 2 is going to be great, right? Huge battlefields comprising hundreds of warriors. New levels of devastation that genuinely elevate things to the state of all-out war. A truly, truly epic fight for the future of the planet. It absolutely cannot fail to be fun. Read on to find out why we've been playing the bad guys all along.

164 diggsWhile we're transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged … and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great -- and perhaps even sinister.

773 diggsIf you’ve visited digg.com at any point over the past two weeks, you’ve probably seen a ton of articles about Sarah Palin. Various scandals she may be involved in. Various scandals she someday will be involved in.

333 diggsA steady stream of devoted evolutionists continued to gather in this small Tennessee town today to witness what many believe is an image of Charles Darwin—author of The Origin Of Species and founder of the modern evolutionary movement—made manifest on a concrete wall in downtown Dayton.

198 diggsFord's Fiesta ECOnetic gets an astonishing 65 mpg, but the carmaker can't afford to sell it in the U.S.

304 diggsThe illuminated LED blocks takes the ’smart toy’ concept to the next level by imbuing their building blocks with LED lights: creating a combination toy / lamp that is as useful as a room illumination as it is fun to play with

400 diggsForceout Rule -- The forceout rule has been eliminated. A player who receives or intercepts a ball must land with both feet inbounds. The defensive player can now push them out of bounds as much as they like.

228 diggsThese days, children’s TV doesn’t take many chances. Shows are so concerned with being boycotted or sued that you get stuff like Dora the Explorer hanging out with a talking map cleverly named “Map”. But it hasn’t always been that way. Check out these shows and some of the creepy cultlike premise they were based on.

181 diggsEveryone hates their Internet service provider. And with good cause: In the age of ubiquitous Internet access, Web service in America is still often frustratingly slow. Tired of being the villain, telecom companies have assigned blame for this problem to a new bad guy. He's called the "bandwidth hog,"

197 diggsOf the 60,000 types of germs that people come in contact with on a daily basis, only about 1 to 2 percent are potentially dangerous to normal people with normal immunity. The next time you sit down for a late-night movie at home, you may want to keep your hand out of the popcorn bowl if you've been handling the remote....ubiquitous buttons

70 diggsOn Aug. 30th Thrasher Magazine hosted the Bust or Bail comp at the legendary Paul Revere 16 stair. Jake Phelps ran the show offering money on the spot for gi...

190 diggsIncessant whining + finely sculpted bouncy dreads + dating of actresses from "Friends" = Adam Duritz, stupidly annoying Counting Crows front man.

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178 diggsAccording to rumors, the new iTunes 8 presumably coming next week at the Apple "Let Us Rock" event will come with some beautiful new visualizations. Now, new rumors say that the new visualizations will actually be Magnetosphere, a formerly-available plugin by artist Robert Hodgins. After seeing the gorgeous video above, I hope this rumor ends up be

401 diggsWasilla Lobbyist, Silver, lobbying for Palin on bridge to Wasilla

128 diggsAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin proudly described herself as a "hockey mom" in her speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, and the label has been a favorite of both headline writers and her sign-waving fans in St. Paul. So, which is the more important voting demographic?

143 diggs"We're seeing it with epidemic proportions now, particularly with regards to cybersex," said Mark Schwartz, psychologist and former director of the Masters and Johnson Institute in St. Louis, Missouri. "There isn't a week that goes by where I don't get two calls" about sex addiction.

961 diggsMister Bookseller is unsurprisingly about a bookseller, but what's curious is that his shop seems to have a copy of each book ever--- in fact, it has all the books ever. All but one. Touching and beautiful comic. Safe for work.

115 diggsResearchers have uncovered evidence that teachers are routinely under-estimating the abilities of some black pupils, suggesting that assumptions about behavioural problems are overshadowing their academic talents.

152 diggsThanks to Chrome and its subsequent pairing with Android, Google will extend beyond being the No. 1 search engine to being the premier Web applications provider in the world by 2018.

181 diggsHow News Feed, Twitter and other forms of incessant online contact have created a brave new world of ambient intimacy.

237 diggsAnyone remember this scene where Alec Baldwin is trying to teach sales team how to be closers?

67 diggsIt's not rare to hear talk about the pressure developers put on game writers for favorable coverage. What is unusual is hearing someone from the other side describe how he or she can break game writers... and why they think it's perfectly ok to do so.

187 diggsThe unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6 percent. The unemployment rate at 6.1% is up from 5.7% in July and 4.7% a year ago.

214 diggsAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Dell is restructuring their production in a massive overhaul that will send the entire manufacturing process overseas. According to one insider's account, most or all of Dell's factories, which are based in the US, will be sold off in 18 months.

549 diggsSources Tell ABC News that Report Will Be Released Almost Three Weeks Early

490 diggsCampaign strategist Rick Davis suggested Palin might never sit down for an interview if, he said, it’s “in our best interest” to keep her away from the media

284 diggsMen are all sexologists at heart.

314 diggsAngels second baseman Sean Rodriguez actually struck out in the fourth inning on Thursday at Comerica Park on a 4-2 pitch. Rodriguez took two balls to take it to a 3-2 count officially -- when he should have walked. Since the Angels didn't catch the mistake, there was no course for appeal...

341 diggsInteresting that the memory of the Simpsons is more resilient than the Statue of Liberty.

239 diggsThrough careful research, we've picked winners(?) in all eight divisions, wild card teams, conference champions and a Super Bowl Champion of Hammeredness. Why? Because football is America's game, and there's nothing Americans are more devoted to than get really hammered in parking lots. Preferably shirtless.

118 diggsSabine Kielbassa, Rosetta Flight Dynamics specialist sent this in earlier. She and her colleague, Michael Flegel, put together this animation for us last night (click on image at left for full animated GIF).

658 diggs"Gov. Sarah Palin is taking the wrong approach to Troopergate. She should be practicing the open and transparent, ethical and accountable government she promised when running for governor and boasts about now that she's on the national stage. Instead, Gov. Palin has begun stonewalling the..."

270 diggsAs the best video game in 4.5 billion years finally launches this weekend, PM's resident geek crawls the best of Spore Creature Creator for the handful of otherworldly invaders, from Predator to the bloodsucks of H.G. Wells, that will bring the customized gameplay back into this world.

471 diggsFilmmaker Michael Moore plans to bypass movie theaters with the debut of his new film, Slacker Uprising. The movie will instead be offered online as a free thank-you to his fans, after which it will be sold on DVD. With more filmmakers experimenting with online distribution lately, major studios may be tempted to try it out too.

227 diggsDespite statistics indicating that many users who migrate over to the new Facebook design are reverting back to the old, all signs point to the imminent launch of redesign.

338 diggsIt looks like Stardock's strategy of ignoring game pirates has paid off, as the publisher has announced that it has sold around 500,000 units of Sins of a Solar Empire. Broken down, this number includes 400,000 via retail, with the rest being sold through digital distribution.

253 diggsSmog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday.

157 diggsThey say it won’t be four horsemen that spell the end of the world as we know it but the flick of a switch next Wednesday, when the Earth will be consumed from inside out and turned to a pile of grey goo. Doomsayers are so worried about the impending end of the universe that they have been to court to try to stop it...

337 diggsCalvin experiences the negative effects of deja-vu

185 diggsA blog that caught my attention in recent weeks is AndroidGuys, which has chronicled Google’s year-long effort to bring to consumers a mobile phone powered by the company’s new Android software.

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467 diggs“So Sambo beat the bitch!” This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

398 diggsNBC has released some sexy, sleek new promotional photos for the upcoming season of “Heroes,” which will begin with the “Villains” volume when it kicks off on Monday, September 22nd at 8/7c. The premiere will include an hour-long compilation show that will lead into an all new, two-hour premiere at 9/8c.

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186 diggsA super vaccine that could lifelong protect against all forms of flu is being developed by British doctors. The once-in-a-lifetime vaccine being developed by Oxford University researchers would give long-lasting immunity, instead of annual jabs. At present, the current flu jab has to be given every winter to match different circulating strains.

179 diggsThe Large Hadron Collider is not just an extraordinary science experiment, it is also a remarkable engineering undertaking. Just getting it built is an astonishing story in itself.

119 diggsIn this clip from The Simpsons, Homer explains to Marge why he does not want to take an adult education class: "Every time I watch something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain." Watching the clip, or any other, engages multiple brain regions that act in parallel to generate a coherent conscious experience. For example, the visual cortica

134 diggsThis is a lame attempt at Comcast trying to re-write federal rules. Comcast filed suit against the FCC to block the agency's decision to sanction Comcast for blocking certain Internet traffic.

463 diggsJust say no to scripts! The story of Brian Cuban (bcuban).

420 diggsEarlier today, ThinkProgress noted that since becoming Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin has rarely taken questions from the press. In July, during an interview with CNN’s Larry King, McCain assured King that his running mate would appear on King’s show shorty after his announcement

373 diggsCool Off in These Beautiful, Sustainable Green Pools

530 diggsAfter Palin and Allen met, VECO contributed $5,000 to the Palin campaign for lieutenant governor. The contribution came in ten $500 donations made over a two-day period in late December in Allen's name and those of his executives and a couple of their spouses. The donations added up to 10 percent of all the money Palin raised for her 2002 campaign.

163 diggs'The Typical Poll Worker' is Age: 72 | Qualifications: registered voter | Shift: 14 hours | Pay: $7/hour | Job description: Computer-savvy people-person with stamina for long hours and stressful work environment. | Training: Two hours | Absenteeism: 33 percent | Workforce: 2 million at more than 180,000 polling places

214 diggsIn a study that at first glance seems counterintuitive, researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia reviewed safety studies from 17 countries and 68 cities in California and found that the more people bike in a community, the less they collide with motorists.

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208 diggsNBC streamed all its NBCOlympics.com videos using Microsoft's Silverlight backend tech, but the network dumped Microsoft before last night's NFL kickoff — streamed live over NBCSports.com and NFL.com — opting to use Adobe Flash instead.

334 diggsFollowing Demonoid and QuebecTorrent, the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has threatened isoHunt with legal action. However, isoHunt has decided to launch a preemptive strike, as it turns the tables and sues the CRIA instead.

374 diggsTry to get a straight answer out of Tropicana as to what "natural flavors" are in their 100% juice.

167 diggsThis is a compilation of the most insane jumping skills you will ever see.

156 diggsThere is no longer a chance that "Evolution of Dance" will beat Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" as the first video to reach 100million (except for one video in the past that cheated). It will happen by tomorrow.

226 diggsSee the first house that Google founders worked at, their first employee photos, and more. Also, employees talk about what the company's next 10 years may bring.

162 diggsBaaaaaaaaaah.

242 diggsWhile consoles seem to dominate the gaming landscape now more than ever – as indicated by once PC-only developers like id Software, Valve, Crytek and Epic flocking to consoles – Lorne Lanning of Oddworld fame actually views consoles as a significant problem for this industry.

240 diggsFUKUOKA, Japan - The black-suited corporate warriors who work long hours, spend long evenings drinking with cronies and stumble home late have danger waiting for them as they near retirement: Divorce. A recent change in Japanese law allows a wife filing for Divorce to claim 1/2 her husband's pension. Divorce rates have spiked 6% since April.

158 diggsWhy do many people continue to believe that there is a link despite overwhelming evidence? The answer is something that has more credibility than the best scientific study: personal experience.

321 diggsSummer's coming to an end, which means that one of the grand traditions of the summer: the music festival, is going to be taking it's annual winter nap. Take a look at some of the craziest moments that have happened with the artists that perform at these shows.

351 diggsThe Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report is true.

128 diggsFrom "Star Wars Kid" to Bill O'Reilly's meltdown, a gallery of YouTube's greatest hits. By Aaron Burgess

444 diggsOf the companies surveyed, 35% own the domain name for their brand followed by the word "sucks." They include Wal-Mart Stores, Coca-Cola, Toys"R"Us, Target and Whole Foods Market. Some 45% of these domains have yet to be registered by anyone. The study found that the majority of companies that do own these domain names publish no content on them.

350 diggsComputer researchers built a tool that silently turns Facebook users into a powerful zombie army that can attack other websites or scout for vulnerable sites on the net.All that is necessary to create the Facebook Botnet is to have users choose install a rogue Facebook application written by an outside developer.

246 diggsMozilla has officially announced the availability of the second Firefox 3.1 alpha. This release includes support for the highly-anticipated HTML 5 "video" element and a handful of other features that move the browser forward.

223 diggsAs part of its efforts to shore up Windows Vista's battered reputation, Microsoft has revealed plans for retail helpers that bear a strong resemblance to Apple's Genius Bar staff.

240 diggsMax Payne Director Pissed About R-Rating, Blames Batman BlowjobJohn Moore, director of the Max Payne movie adaptation, is pissed. Moore has a bone to pick with the Motion Picture Association of America for slapping his movie with an R-rating, something he tells Das Gamer he didn't seek out; Payne was supposed to be PG-13.

284 diggsNice collection of cool bottle openers.

242 diggsGiven that South Park revolves around four pop-culture savvy eight-year-olds, how could they avoid addressing game culture? It shouldn’t come as a surprise that our favorite episodes revolve around skewering this hobby o’ ours, so we thought it apt to chronicle our favorite South Park moments for all the internet to bitch about.

241 diggsHere's a step-by-step account of the command line fix you can make by booting into "single user mode." The fix is written from an Ubuntu perspective, but applies to most any Linux system that boots with the GRUB manager. It's also a reminder that even a password-protected Linux box isn't truly protected from the curious, so encrypt your data.

224 diggsFor decades, people referred to the non-coding bits of DNA between genes as junk DNA. Then, in the eighties scientists discovered that some of that junk DNA served an important purpose. Now scientists have just found that one of those gene enhancers may be what separates humans and chimps.

154 diggsNext April, for a grand total of 8 minutes, NASA astronomers are going to glimpse a secret layer of the sun. Researchers call it "the transition region." It is a place in the sun's atmosphere, about 5000 km above the stellar surface, where magnetic fields overwhelm the pressure of matter and seize control of the sun's gases.

351 diggsA terrific, scathing criticism of Mainstream Media news from the one man who's seen it from the front lines. A must-see.

194 diggsForest conservation is important, but some people go a little overboard. Screaming in the woods is not helping; try going to therapy.

345 diggsLen Burman, a former Treasury tax official, says if Obama's proposals were adopted in 2009, married couples with earnings in the lowest quintile of the population would see their aftertax income rise 5.8%. Those in the next quintile would see an increase of 4%. Under McCain's proposals married couples in the bottom fifth of the population would see

371 diggs45 groups; 99 individual people and one happy little tree. Can you name them all? No cheating! (photo page has answers as notes)

317 diggsThis has got to be one of the craziest messaging decisions ever: Harris is conceding that Palin's not even ready to be a vice presidential candidate, let alone be president.

268 diggs"Let's hit the bar, boys, it's Miller time!"

96 diggsListen up, guys. It may be time to drop the bravado and consider these sobering statistics:Homicide and suicide are among the top three causes for death among males between the ages of 15 and 34.By the age of 85, women outnumber men in the U.S. 2.2 to 1; this rises to 3 to 1 if they reach...

183 diggsInstead of posting thoughts about the new Avenged Sevenfold album or Jessica Alba movie, CIA analysts could use A-Space to share information and opinion about al Qaeda movements in the Middle East or Russian naval maneuvers in the Black Sea. The new A-Space site has been undergoing testing for months and launches officially for the nation's...

538 diggsThis Election is all about issues America, and the Democrats know that!

129 diggsAs a test, MSN Money puts a household's food budget on a strict diet. The experiment has its downsides (no more rice, please!) but shows how to take a bite out of grocery bills.

211 diggsThe government informed the two mortgage-finance companies that it is preparing a plan to seize them and place them in a conservatorship, officials and executives said.

247 diggsCape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 4 September 2008--Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) has passed the bend in the crawlerway taking it to Launch Pad 39A, above left, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The crawlerway is flanked by the Banana River at right and Banana Creek at left. The Atlantic Ocean stretches across the horizon. Photographer: Kim Shiflett

84 diggsThe Nevada Financial Institutions Division (FID) today announced that it has taken possession of Silver State Bank and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver....

199 diggsWhat do you guys think should be the story for 4 and 5? Should it be one big story or separate stories? And what villains would they use? Kraven? Hobgoblin? Rhino? Shocker?Comment away people. Maybe we can make some noise so they can get it right this time.

100 diggsDon't talk with your mouth full. Don't talk to strangers. Look both ways before crossing the street.These are rules we've heard since we were young - but like mama always said, rules are made to broken.

111 diggsStefanie Reichelt, a scientist at the Cambridge Research Institute, believes that cancer cells are beautiful. In fact, when viewed under a microscope, she thinks that all parts of the human body - from chromosomes to sperm - are visually arresting.

224 diggsRussia Today analyzes the situation between protesters and police in what they are calling a “police state” against the backdrop of McCain’s GOP acceptance speech.During McCain’s campaign defining speech, which has been roundly energized since the nomination of Palin, Russia was a talking point– McCain blamed Russia for invading Georgia.

130 diggsLayered fabrication technology can automate the construction of entire buildings.

113 diggsUSA Today addresses the competing messages that lead to confusion.

238 diggsAm I missing something, or is this a new world order plot, to add a new secret state to our great union :)

164 diggsLook, you know the drill here. This may be the painstaking result of some CAD-school-dropout's nights home alone, or the latest in cheapo knock-offs from the Far East. Regardless, we'll know the truth real, real soon.

586 diggsKey Alaska allies of John McCain are trying to derail a politically charged investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner in order to prevent a so-called "October surprise" that would produce embarrassing information about the vice presidential candidate on the eve of the election.

122 diggsYesterday RDFa reached Proposed Recommendation status at the World Wide Web Consortium, the final stage before becoming a W3C Recommendation. RDFa makes data in web pages rendered for humans readable in a meaningful way by computers. It's always been difficult to bring the Semantic Web to the World Wide Web, RDFa is crucial bridging them together.

459 diggsWhile America's respectable media focus on John McCain's acceptance speech to the Republican faithful, blogs and gossip sites continue to lead the feeding frenzy surrounding the National Enquirer's allegation, reported here yesterday, that McCain's running mate Sarah Palin had an affair with her husband's business partner.

549 diggsCome on and feeed me Seymor.

91 diggsJason Whitlock brings his edgy and thought-provoking style to FOXSports.com. Columnist for the Kansas City Star, he has won the National Journalism Award for Commentary for "his ability to seamlessly integrate sports and social commentary and to challenge widely held assumptions along the racial divide."

588 diggsMcCain's pandering to women improved her standing to women in focus groups in Nevada, but polling data suggests that there is no movement in national polling data, showing women are not stupid like John McCain and Karl Rove think they are.

457 diggsGo tiny or go home. That's the Spore marketing philosophy apparently, as the folks from EA have installed what is probably the world's daintiest billboard in San Francisco's Union Square. At just 14" by 6", the Spore billboard requires a telescope to see. Fortunately, they've positioned just such a telescope!

187 diggsDaniel Simon is an automotive futurist. He's interned with Lamborghini and worked on concept cars for VW. But the auto industry -- indeed, the galaxy -- could not contain his imagination. In a time of all talk and no action by car companies promising us the car of the future, Simon's new book Cosmic Motors: Spaceships, Cars and Pilots of Another G

122 diggsA rattling dog had to have 13 golf balls removed from his stomach after swallowing them during walks on his owner's local course.

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503 diggsResearchers in Italy and Britain have found that the main active ingredient in marijuana — tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC — and related compounds show promise as antibacterial agents, particularly against microbial strains that are already resistant to several classes of drugs. Digg it for the thumbnail of the THC-Enhanced Bacteria Devourer!

174 diggsESPN, the cable powerhouse that calls itself “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” is looking to extend its domain in virtual worlds by merging video game graphics with real-life sports anchors.