63 diggsSammy Sosa isn't worried about allegations of steroid use. "I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?," he said.

128 diggsWe have created a monster. Financial markets have grown so complex that neither intuition nor standard economic models can get to grips with them. The financial crisis highlighted serious shortcomings with conventional approaches to managing the economy - could physicists, engineers and biologists do a better job of taming the markets?

140 diggsCentral Europe's prehistoric people would likely have been amused by today's hand-sized hamburgers and hot dogs, since archaeologists have just uncovered a 29,000 B.C. well-equipped kitchen where roasted gigantic mammoth was one of the last meals served.

192 diggsOSLO (Reuters Life!) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates said on Wednesday that billionaires ought to give away most of their wealth to charitable causes, and they would even find they enjoyed it. Gates has given much of his wealth from Microsoft, the...

496 diggsA mouse steals food from under the nose of a leopard.

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204 diggsIn the world of practical medicine there are good doctors and then there are those who go out of their way to make the world a more terrifying place.

135 diggsCricketeer Jacques Rudolph plunks on a pigeon with a nasty flipper during this weekend's tea and bat action. Whatever the odds are of that happening, I guess you can cut them in half.

165 diggsEven now, it's hard to think of a single killer app that makes DX10 look any better than the huge swathe of DX9 games. This is why there are still plenty of people out there who are running their games under Windows XP. Add Windows 7 into the mix and you now have a three-way fight for your gaming attentions. But which one should you have running?

140 diggsAt last week’s hush, hush meeting of newspaper execs on how to monetize content and save a dying industry, the American Press Institute presented a white paper that offers a step by step plan of how newspapers should move forward with paid content.

134 diggsOne of hockey's greatest traditions, the tossing of hats on the ice when a player scores thrice evolved from local businessmen handing out fedoras to players about 90 years ago. During the 1970s, fans built on that tradition by tossing hats on the ice, and the NHL eventually amended its rule book to say that "articles thrown onto the ice following

128 diggsAn advanced academic institution sponsored by leading lights including NASA and Google (so it couldn't sound smarter if Brainiac 5 traveled back in time to attend the opening ceremony). The "Singularity" is the idea of a future point where super-human intellects are created, turbo-boosting the already exponential rate of technological improvement

286 diggsHundreds of millions of Europeans will cast their vote in the European elections this week. In Sweden, The Pirate Party is confident that it will get at least one seat, but they are not the only party aiming to legalize file-sharing for personal use. The Green parties in Europe are also known for their pro-sharing views.

215 diggsEvery television show has to end eventually. Most are canceled well before their time and never given the proper chance to wrap up their story lines. Some are and end their stories with a completely unexpected or bizarre route.

96 diggsOK, so it's actually just a mock-up cover in conjunction with Spike Lee, but Bryant has landed the cover and fans will get to vote for which cover goes to market.

229 diggsIn a tiny section of the bookstore that no sane person ever enters lies a secret underworld of books that offer hundreds, sometimes thousands of musings and advice-like tidbits. After reading 24,504 folksy nuggets, I learned two things: these books are not to be trusted, and there's a gun in my mouth.

161 diggsAfter being a highly successful life form for 250 million years, disruptions in the biological and communication systems of coral reefs have been found to be the underlying cause of the coral bleaching and collapse of reef ecosystems around the world.

151 diggsWhat happens when you send a funny man to Times Square to quiz people on their E.Q.? (Think I.Q., but about environmental issues.) Yeah, pretty much what you figure. Who knew "My Bloody Valentine" was an alternative fuel? I lol'd, anyway.

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266 diggsForty years ago this summer, a programmer sat down and knocked out in one month what would become one of the most important pieces of software ever created.

300 diggsKill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room, BBC correspondent Jonathan Head has reported.

151 diggsNintendo, after revealing the New Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo Wii at their E3 2009 press conference said that online play won’t be featured in New Super Mario Bros.

180 diggsIn the realm of entertainment media, video games are known for pushing the envelope. But some – usually those wrapped in sex, violence and religion – court more controversy than others. Games About Religion, Sex and Violence Cross the Line. "Rendition: Guantanamo" is the latest game to get pulled after outrage.

459 diggs"Tank man" blocks a column of tanks heading east on Beijing's Chang'an Boulevard (Avenue of Eternal Peace) near Tiananmen Square during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. This photo was taken from the sixth floor of the Beijing Hotel, about half a mile away, through a 400mm lens.

121 diggsYou'd think a person would have to work pretty hard t­o make more than $5 million a year. But maybe not.

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149 diggsWe might not have hoverboards or robot butlers yet, but we've finally got ourselves a Death Star.

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299 diggsHey, did you hear the one about 9/11? Neither did the 2975 people who died! Wacka wacka wacka! When you're done ROFLMAO'ing over that one, former VP Dick Cheney's got another 9/11 zinger for you.

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279 diggsLet's have some wine.

154 diggsAmong the most innovative, noteworthy green designs are those which transform and upgrade ubiquitous existing structures, such as skyscrapers, by making them sustainable in composition and eco-friendly in function.

123 diggsThis article looks into the myths and mysteries surrounding UFOs, highlighting the discoveries researchers have made so far and the great unknown that still surrounds these strange flying objects.

172 diggsBut beware...

179 diggsWhat do Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Katie Couric, Kevin Rose, Arianna Huffington and Seth Godin have in common? As we learn from the new iGoogle Showcase, where celebs pick their favorite homepage gadgets, they all read Digg.

136 diggsZach Galifianakis appeared on the "Late Show" last night and shared his history with David Letterman. He told Dave that when he first moved to New York from North Carolina he would drool to keep people away from him.

189 diggsWe here at Screen Junkies decided to take a closer look into movie’s most iconic time-traveling devices. Truly, any time machine is pretty cool, but given a huge selection of methods, we’ve pinpointed our favorites.

175 diggsLast December, the music industry's message to song writers, publishers, and musicians was that antipiracy help was on the way. Hopes soared after the major labels announced that they had convinced a group of telecoms to work with them.

168 diggsAs much as we love the original animated series, it wasn't without its flaws (especially in the logic department). We don't expect much realism from a cartoon about space-robots that camouflage themselves as vehicles but you've got to admit that some of the Robots In Disguise were kinda silly.

204 diggsNothing better than supportive, appreciative friends, family. Hey, he got there. Pretty funny, nutty pic.

163 diggsFrom Microsoft's Project Natal to Nintendo's possible biofeedback mechanism...the best of E3 2009.

162 diggsFor quite some time now, we’ve been seeing HDR crop up in popularity, and with any rise in a technique, there is almost always an equally rising backlash for it. Instead of focusing in on the image, many photographers are getting lost in the process.

215 diggsPresident Barack Obama sought to change Muslim perceptions of the United States on Thursday in a speech that urged Arabs and Israelis to declare in public the realities he said they accept in...

145 diggsThe first hoots of laughter from an ancient ancestor of humans rippled across the land at least 10 million years ago, according to a study of giggling primates. Researchers used recordings of apes and babies being tickled to trace the origins of laughter back to the last common ancestor that humans shared with the modern great apes.

248 diggsLast year, Disneyland revamped its Small World ride to accommodate heavier passengers who were bottoming-out the attraction's boats. Now a source says that the just-completed, five-week refurbishment of vehicles that carry guests on Peter Pan's Flight at the Magic Kingdom was done for one reason: to fit those guests' fatter asses.

300 diggsLand of the Lost is the latest cinematic attempt to combine science fiction and comedy. What are the classic films Land of the Lost must defeat, to take its place among the greatest science fiction comedies?

345 diggsMaking fun of Nintendo's saccharin presentation at E3 of user's who play games, Maybe play, and NEVER play.

274 diggsWhen Left 4 Dead 2 was announced at Microsoft's press conference, the reaction was less than kind. Fans felt betrayed by the quick turnaround for the sequel, and they made their feelings known. Chet Faliszek sits down with Ars to explain the decision, and if you still don't agree it was the right move, you can take it up with him.

67 diggsIn remote Antarctica, about one-and-a-half times bigger than the United States, researchers had been unable to figure out just where colonies of emperor penguins live and if their population is in peril. Now they can.

194 diggsIn this terrible economy, there is one recession-proof accessory for any woman on television: a gay best friend! Bryan Safi explores the topic on 'That's Gay!'

168 diggsYesterday, Digg announced the release of “Digg Ads” a new advertising platform that will hopefully pull their finances out of the red. What is different about this form of advertising on Digg, is that it is the first time that they have mixed the content in with the ads.

303 diggsA Swiss court has ruled that an anti-piracy tracking company can continue monitoring the public on the Internet. The court said that the need to fight illicit file-sharers outweighs the need to protect an individual’s privacy on the Internet, and that the ends justified the means.

168 diggsAs Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opens about 150 new or expanded stores in the U.S. in 2009, the company expects to hire about 22,000 people for new positions.

162 diggsWhen you're suffering from a case of NDA-itis that badly, it's no surprise when things slip out around the edges. In this case, Mossberg confirmed that Apple will indeed release an iPhone next week.

106 diggsIt was asked of him about needing a championship without Shaquille O’Neal, about validating his legacy. There would be no clean getaway on Wednesday for Kobe Bryant. He was out of clichés, out of patience and damn near out of his mind. “It means … nothing,” he said.

168 diggsThe first step in the process of saving a fortune on your grocery bill is simply accepting the fact that you’re a cheapskate.

66 diggsAn hour-by-hour guide to help you recover from a little too much fun in the sun

68 diggsNext time a major Web site like Facebook, Google or eBay tries to pull a fast one by changing their seldom-read terms of service, a new watchdog from the Electronic Frontier Foundation will be there to bark a warning for everyone to hear. Called TOSBack, the EFF project launched today and is already tracking 44 sites.

156 diggsThe execs at NBC are worried primetime's The Jay Leno Show might cannibalize Conan's late night show this fall. And from what we've heard, it's already getting ugly. The network has demanded that Leno back off booking A-list celebrities because it would encroach on O’Brien’s turf.

38 diggsLast October, Slice was involved in an embarrassing 13-second lost to last-minute replacement Seth Petruzelli in the main event of what would end up being the last ever Elite XC event on CBS. Gus Johnson called it the biggest upset in the history of MMA.

127 diggsWhen two people fall in love, they only see sunshine and rainbows when they look into each other's eyes. If you asked, "What's the worst trait of your boyfriend or girlfriend?" they would answer, "Absolutely, positively nothing!"

286 diggsFour teenage boys in Tampa, Florida, were charged as adults Wednesday on allegations of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy.

117 diggsLast night’s debut of the new Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien turned out to be a HUGE night for Pearl Jam fans - the band debuted a new song from their upcoming album Backspacer called “Got Some”. The single is rumored to be released in July with the album dropping September 22nd.

286 diggsClaim's Obama said we are a Muslim Nation.

93 diggsDespite advances in parity in recent decades, white men in America on average still get paid more than women and minorities for doing the same work, by some accounts about 20 to 25 percent more.

176 diggsLet's just say it didn't end too well for the robber. | A would-be robber, Eddys Marte, (armed with a gun) made a terrible choice when he targeted a Waterbury man, who just happened to be weapons and self-defense expert. The intended victim, Robert Dwyer, is a federal Justice Department firearms instructor trained in how to disarm people.

91 diggsA must see for any eco, green or environmentally-oriented person!

28 diggsA new book by the journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi lays bare a history of political bribes being paid through the Vatican's central bank

303 diggsSeems like Bing is still a n00b...lmao...!

217 diggs"Curios George" will be ranked ahead of "Anchorman". That's what would happen.

81 diggsA report released Thursday commended the government for developing plans and stockpiling antivirals after the avian flu scare but warned that gaps still exist and that the health system may not be prepared in a more severe outbreak.

102 diggsLast September Real Networks launched RealDVD to allow users to make backup copies of purchased DVDs for private use. The MPAA immediately dubbed it "StealDVD" and filed a lawsuit to ban the sale of RealDVD. Now after the MPAA made its closing arguments, U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel, raised some interesting questions.

69 diggsA group of doctors who worked in Sri Lanka's rebel-held war zone are being held on suspicion of collaborating with Tamil rebels, the government says. The doctors could be in detention for a year or more before being tried. With journalists banned from the conflict zone, they became an important source of news about the fighting during the conflict.

112 diggsTen suspected pirates have been stopped by the British Navy off the coast of Africa, but the Navy had to release the men.

169 diggsU.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border. Sean Smith, a spokesman for Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, said the U.S. takes such threats seriously...

186 diggsThe only person who loves Andressa Soares’s butt more than Brazil’s sun-soaked masses and us is Andressa Soares. “Watermelon Woman,” is a Brazilian tabloid fixture solely because of her booty, which measures 46 inches all the way around.

129 diggsOne of the tombs contains a 4,600-year-old relief portrait of a man named Kar, who was a priest, scholar and judge. He also looked exactly like Mr. Obama – big ears and all. Take a look!

115 diggsToday the SEC is accusing Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo of fraud. The writing is on the wall in this LAT story. As the mortgage industry went into a nose dive in late 2006-2007, Mozilo cashed out about $140 million in stock options, becoming one of the highest-paid executives in the country—through aggressive divestment of his own company's stock!

262 diggsUS President Barack Obama made a major gesture of conciliation to Iran on Thursday when he admitted US involvement in the 1953 coup which overthrew the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh...

114 diggsA special team of Australian military cooks had been rushed to Afghanistan to produce "Aussie food" after scores of soldiers complained about the Dutch-run mess at Tirin Kot military base, in southern Uruzgan province.

110 diggsWhat you see pictured is the Asus P7P55 Pro motherboard based on the Intel P55 PCH (platform controller hub). Lynnfield processors will connect only to the P55 PCH, eliminating the need for the second chip. Lynnfield processors will also have fewer pads than current Core i7s and require a new socket.

130 diggsHe's worked with Chuck Norris and Uma Thurman. He's played martial arts masters both young and old. Check out this retrospective of David Carradine.

108 diggsWe're not going to start hiding our millions under our mattress (that's right, all bloggers roll in obscene amounts of money and own private jets), but the next time we withdraw a wad of cash, it might be a good idea to skip the ATM and flirt with a real live teller instead.

88 diggsClearly the problem with the marriage debate in this country is that it's not complex enough. So why not take a cue from our convoluted and ineffective pollution fixes and institute a cap and trade policy on marriage? Two gay people can get married, but only when two straight people decide they don't want to. Or we could try Stephen Colbert's plan.

64 diggsNow, this is more like a preliminary bout for the best racing sim out there. Before laying down any money on a console of choice for a specific racer, you might want to know what both games will have to offer.

151 diggsTaking into account total box office, box office average, and Rotten Tomatoes average, the graphic below shows how Pixar's films have stacked up against some of the biggest blockbusters of all time.

185 diggsIt has a ring to it, and the first video-capable iPod was called iPod Video, so maybe... TUAW reports on the latest rumor of new iPhone models.

65 diggsAnd if Laker star wins his fourth title, it will only increase the animosity

105 diggsWhen guys go to Vegas, there's usually only one thing on their minds. Otto Baxter is no different—except for the fact that he has Down syndrome...

133 diggsThe two largest populations of koalas in Australia are so heavily inbred that they could be wiped out "in an instant" by a single disease, scientists have warned. The inbreeding was the result of a relocation program that began more than a century ago: "We don't have records, but it is thought that only three were introduced."

223 diggsThe Obama Administration is pushing a big expansion in ethanol, including a mandate to increase the share of the corn-based fuel required in gasoline to 15% from 10%. Apparently no one in the Administration has read a pair of new studies, one from its own EPA, that expose ethanol as a bad deal for consumers with little environmental benefit.

177 diggsFrom the photographer: I regularly shoot as a freelance photographer for San Francisco Magazine. The assignment I get most regularly is something called "Street Detail." Street Detail is a section of the magazine that each month explores a different San Francisco Bay area neighborhood.

164 diggsIn an historic study released last year, researchers used brain scanning equipment, to discover similarities in the brain circuits that deal with language, perhaps explaining why homosexual men tend to outperform straight men on verbal skills tests -- as do heterosexual women.

85 diggsA former jump jockey and horse racing trainer, Bill Turner, rides a zebra called Zebedee to his local pub in Sherborne, Dorset. This guy is my kind of drinking buddy.

117 diggsFor the past several weeks, I’ve been noticing something about my iPhone: Severe slowness. I put it sleep and wake it back up, clear its memory (with an app), restart it and even sometimes manually reboot it — some of these methods alleviate the symptoms, sometimes.

79 diggsNot only have you lost your job, but you've just lost your insurance at a time that you will probably need it the most. Here are some of the physical and emotional consequences of recessions and how to avoid them.

238 diggsSince 2005, a Brazilian senator has been pushing for tough new ‘cybercrime’ legislation which would include measures against file-sharing. However, before thinking of unleashing new laws on the public, the government should look closer to home, since the senate’s intranet is loaded with an impressive amount of warez.

411 diggsUnfortunately, these were taken off the market because, apparently, having kids stick a gun in their mouths and pull the trigger is a no-no.

83 diggs"It's full of technology" - Tony Hawk

61 diggsChildren are being injured on trampolines because too many people, including drunk adults, are crowding onto them, doctors have warned.

124 diggsThere's little hardware left that Linux doesn't run, but Novell's Greg Kroah-Hartman is making sure that what doesn't run with Linux now soon will be running with Linux.

144 diggsThe bad bots are back and badder than ever. To help get you caught up on all things Transformers, we're presenting this "Cast of Characters" feature. This piece specifically focuses on the Decepticons, the evil robots who continue their quest to dominate Earth.

188 diggsRecent study: People who naturally look back on good things in the past -- natural nostalgia -- tend to be healthier, have more confidence, are more upbeat and ultimately may lead fuller lives.

142 diggs"The kid refused to listen," Chief Burton said. "The officer took him by the arm and said, 'You have to go to the office.' The student resisted, pushed the officer. The officer, defending himself, took out his stun gun and did a drive stun."

375 diggs10 products that they unnecessarily added caffeine to.

86 diggsThe Old Woman With A Blunt And Foul Tongue Long past the point of considering herself an Aristocratic lady, this loose old codger will say and do anything for attention, usually under the assumption it no longer matters because her family has tuned her out. She slept with Nick Swardson in Grandma’s Boy; she made meatballs and dispensed sex advice i

127 diggsThe Big Unit hit the big number on Thursday, becoming the 24th pitcher to reach one of baseball's most revered milestones. Johnson tossed two-hit ball over six innings, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader.

230 diggsThe suicidal audacity of North Korean communist regime is simply astonishing. The meaning of text is pretty much the same on every poster: "Bear this in mind, world. Those who mess with our great undertaking will become our target."

82 diggsHistorian Barbara Taylor and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips examine the evolution of attitudes toward kindness to find out why no one's a good Samaritan anymore

73 diggsPolice in North Carolina are hunting for a man they believe raped a woman at knifepoint. The assailant, police say, was hired by the woman's husband through Craigslist to feed his sexual fantasy.

85 diggsThe Garden State would become 14th state in the U.S. to allow the use of marijuana for 'compassionate medical' use. On Thursday, the Assembly Health & Senior Services Committee approved the medical marijuana bill by an 8-1 vote, with 2 abstentions. New Jersey would become the 14th state to allow marijuana for "compassionate medical" use if ...

126 diggsAfter a factory had found a 40-million-year-old whale fossil in a limestone kitchen counter, researchers investigated the stone's fossil-packed Egyptian quarry, which could shed light on the origins of African wildlife.

231 diggsHOME is an amazing documentary about the Earth and our impact on it, just released WORLDWIDE

159 diggsThe only thing that's really wrong with online discussion groups are the people who use them. It's difficult to go in and get some help when you're stuck on a game or ask advice on an upcoming purchase when the only people who answer your questions type like they're in the second grade, and they're not sure if they're going to make it to the third.

98 diggsFormer Justice Department Attorney John Yoo suggested in no uncertain terms that Bush administration officials sought to legalize torture and that he and his former boss, Jay Bybee, fixed the law around the Bush administration’s policy.

113 diggsFarming is getting even more high-tech and now plants can be precision watered, conserving resources and helping the environment. Giving thirty plants the power to text message or email the gardener for water!

204 diggsEven though many claim Father’s Day is just a “Hallmark Holiday,” we could probably all agree that dads deserve at least one day of recognition. But with the recession continually on the minds of consumers, finding the ideal and affordable gift can prove difficult.

110 diggsThe NBA tonight announced that Lebron James has been fined by the league a whopping $25,000 for his snubbing of the media following the Cleveland Cavaliers final loss of the season to the Orlando Magic in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

74 diggsA reservation mix-up, an overbooking and a Brazilian cabbie's passion for soccer are all that saved some would-be passengers on Air France flight 447 from the fate of 228 others who lost their lives in the mid-Atlantic.The survivors say their relief is overshadowed by the immense sense of loss they feel for those who didn't make it.

182 diggsThanks to a video captured by a cell phone, a California judge ruled Thursday that enough evidence exists to hold over former transit police officer Johannes Mehserle on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old man at an Oakland, California, transit station on New Year's Day.

142 diggsThe federal government has severed the Internet connection of a company accused of helping criminals serve up a "witches' brew" of nasty content online, from computer viruses to child pornography.

102 diggsEveryone knows that road to flat, tight abs is paved with crunches. Lots and lots and lots of excruciating crunches. Or is it? As it turns out, the exercises synonymous with strong, attractive abs may not be the best way to train your core—and may be doing damage to your back.

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62 diggsOne step toward redemption, one step toward a ring. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers began the NBA finals with power and purpose.

80 diggsAPOD: 2009 June 5

108 diggsUsing sensors capable of detecting drugs in breath, new technology developed at University of Florida monitors health-care workers' hand hygiene by detecting sanitizer given off from their hands. Name HyGreen, it's the first system that enables real-time monitoring of hand washing. It costs at least $30B/year to treat hospital-acquired infections.

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242 diggsTwitter Search has become an invaluable tool for journalists, market researchers and generally inquisitive people the world over. The ability to see exactly what’s on people’s minds right now is a powerful tool.Now a new breed of search products is putting a new spin on the idea of search.

86 diggsThe largest known deposit of fossils from the last ice age was found under an old department store parking lot. Among the finds was a nearly intact skeleton of a Columbian mammoth--named Zed by researchers. They were even more excited about finding smaller fossils of turtles, snails, clams, millipedes, fish, gophers and even mats of oak leaves

201 diggsDare to upgrade from Vista To Windows 7. Don't experiment and risk data lose. This simple guide should help you avoid road blocks and other problems.

173 diggs"I'd say the role of government [in the space industry] is too high," says Heidi Wood, the senior equity analyst for aerospace for Morgan Stanley. "There are far too many hands on it."