91 diggsSo, you've got your brand-new Mac with a shiny widescreen display; acres of space sits between the Help menu and Apple's handful of default menu extras, begging to be used to the fullest. Here, in no particular order, are 10 of the very best tiny, indispensable (and mostly free) applications for making the most of your menu bar.

101 diggsTrial ... the autistic girl died from the combined effects of malnutrition and dehydration.

217 diggsThe soon to be terminated 789 Chrysler dealerships have all of five days to sell thousands of Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep models, or else the damned dealers may have to eat their remaining inventory. When the termination letters went out on May 14, the pink-slipped dealers had 44,000 new cars and trucks on their lots.

106 diggsEating food when you're stoned is like having a thousand orgasms in your mouth all at once (maybe I worded that incorrectly), and during our extensive research sessions in preparation for this article, we discovered a collection of foods that we feel stimulate the stoned palate more than any other delicacy on earth.

112 diggsMore and more, scientists are getting a better grip on the nitrogen cycle. They are learning about sources of nitrogen and how this element changes as it loops from the nonliving, such as the atmosphere, soil or water, to the living, whether plants or animals.

85 diggsHere is a look at 10 creative bionic designs that look awesome and are almost as perfect as their inspiration. Almost, coz you can’t get better than Mother Nature.

187 diggsPhysicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated entanglement—a phenomenon peculiar to the atomic-scale quantum world—in a mechanical system similar to those in the macroscopic everyday world. The work extends the boundaries of the arena where quantum behavior can be observed and shows how laboratory

108 diggsScientists explain how altruism evolved over 200,000 years of conflict

117 diggsThe finales of hottest shows on TV, reviewed by someone who has never watched them before.

123 diggsYou’ve seen amazing images of the Aurora Borealis and its counterpart, the Aurora Australis here on EG in the past, but now you have a chance to see them, from space. If you think the view down on Earth is incredible beyond words, wait until you see what these natural light phenomena look like from the ISS & through the lens of the Hubble Telescope

197 diggsData from monitoring service StatCounter suggests that Bing, Microsoft’s new search decision engine, has overtaken Yahoo Search as the number two search service in the U.S. and worldwide in large part thanks to stealing market share from leader Google.

121 diggsAmazing photographs and videos show how the most bizarre secret weapons ever devised by British boffins was wheeled out again today.

177 diggsThe body of American actor David Carradine, best known for the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu," was found in a hotel room closet with a rope tied to his neck and genitals, and his death may have been caused by accidental suffocation.

119 diggsWorkers of a construction company in Siberia, desperate to receive the money they’ve earned, have decided to ask President Obama for cash. They say it’s the US that started the crisis, so it’s the US that should pay up.

75 diggsWant to spend the night in a drainpipe? An igloo? A treehouse? If you long for unpredictable hotel accommodations, check out these recommendations of the world’s weirdest hotels.

203 diggsIn this set, you’ll find 10 free and high-resolution leaf textures which can be utilized in a wide range of ways. They have a very liberal Creative Commons license so you can use them in any manner you choose, whether it's personal or commercial.

77 diggsA New York City woman says her father apparently lay dead for weeks in a minivan while police repeatedly left parking tickets on the vehicle.

52 diggsA poor showing in Costa Rica was a throwback to the bad old days of two decades ago, when the team often looked pitiful on the road in the Americas, to say nothing of Europe.

118 diggsA crack team of "rapid response" volcano experts scrambled to the South Pacific Ocean last month to find something rarely seen by human eyes: an underwater eruption exploding into the inky, cold depths and spewing lava onto the ocean floor.

154 diggsIt appears as if Steve Jobs will indeed return to Apple by the end of June after taking a six-month leave from the company. The world is watching to see whether he'll make a surprise appearance at WWDC next week, though many believe he's saving that surprise for another time.

204 diggsGoogle late Thursday released developer-only versions of its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux, making good on a nine-month-old promise that it would eventually add those editions to the Windows version that debuted last September.

133 diggsA set of photographs showing the private side of Adolf Hitler have been published for the first time. Quite interesting to see, the pictures are colored. To all history admireres.

409 diggsThe Colbert Report has deployed to Iraq on a USO tour entitled "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando" and will tape and perform shows in front of the troops. “The Colbert Report” is the first TV show in USO history to produce a week of shows in a combat zone.

266 diggsThe Bush Administration’s FBI sent 18 agents in body armor to the home of a man who revealed details of the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program, according to a little-noticed account of the whistleblower published Thursday.

116 diggsIda, a lemur-like fossil hailed by some as our 'missing link', caused a worldwide sensation when she was unveiled to the public last month. But Ida is just one of thousands of remarkably well-preserved fossils recovered from the small Messel pit in Germany.

307 diggsOne of the most stupidest scenes i have ever seen. The full film is actually on youtube.

254 diggsSometimes there’s a fine line between art and vandalism. But I must admit it looks awesome...

186 diggsA boy who haven't went to school ...but he can speak so many languages.....

120 diggsJon Stewart committed a lengthy opening segment (June 4 show) to President Obama's speech in the Middle East last night. Then he got to the funny part: Fox News' crazypants coverage of the same events. Watch the video and see for yourself. Thanks @huffpostcomedy for the link.

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154 diggsCorporate interests posing as a grassroots conservative group are behind attacks on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor. The Committee for Justice, established by big business in July 2002 to create an appearance of popular support for President Bush’s judicial nominations, is now leading the effort to oppose Sotomayor.

68 diggsThe next big step in cancer treatment might be small enough to balance on a grain of salt.

116 diggsWith a central theme 'What does it mean to be human?', the franchise explores the subject of empathy - a shared theme with Ridley Scott’s most compelling Science Fiction movie, Blade Runner.

94 diggsA world-renowned onion chemist Dr. Eric Block of the State University of New York at Albany agrees that a fresh-cut onion might ease the pain of an insect sting because an ingredient in onions breaks down the chemicals responsible for inflammation and discomfort.

243 diggsGeneral Motors has agreed to sell its Saturn brand to Roger Penske, a major auto dealer, Mr. Penske and G.M. announced Friday.

266 diggsHomeopathy is the antiscientific belief that infinitely diluted medicine in water can cure various ailments. It’s perhaps the most ridiculous of all "alternative" medicines, since it clearly cannot work, does not work, and has been tested repeatedly and shown to be useless. [...]

76 diggsIt's officially not fun to be a stupid teen anymore. Five students were arrested and given $172 tickets at a Wisconsin high school this week for starting and participating in a food fight. As police carted the food-tossing kids out of the school in handcuffs, they received a standing ovation from their peers.

161 diggsThe World Wildlife Fund has been making huge waves in the environmental movement since it was established five decades ago, and is now taking its mission yet another step further by applying it to architecture.

103 diggsThe period between 1919 to 1933, it was illegal to manufacture, sell or transport alcohol as mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, putting a ban on sale of alcohol made it extremely hard to buy unless you made your own. Mafia groups, powerful gangs and black market for alcohol flourished during this period

188 diggsAmazing this guy didn't win.

205 diggsWatch out skinny jeans! Hammer pants have officially put you on notice..

243 diggsYesterday, June 4th, 2009, marked the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown on student protesters gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Beginning in April of 1989, thousands of students and other citizens started gathering in groups large and small, protesting many issues, centered on a desire for freedom and democratic reform.

63 diggsFrom Elbows to Thumbs and Backs, Our Favorite Gadgets Can Sometimes Hurt.

93 diggsVery rarely do you come across a photographer whose work has actually spawned its own photoshop effect, aptly named the Dragan Effect. Simply amazing!

76 diggsBy Andrew Stern CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jamie Laird had hoped to retire comfortably some day from the machinist's job he has held for 30 years, but his western Illinois manufacturing plant is closing and he now fears for his family's economic...

253 diggsBuilt on top of the Facebook platform, Product Recommend rewards users for good recommendations.

160 diggsWith the Pirate Bay verdict in hand, the music industry lobby group IFPI are threatening the hosting providers of torrent sites to take down everything BitTorrent related, or else. While some have complied with these demands, the Swedish web host Portlane refuses to do so and uses commercial marketing legislation in its defense.

223 diggsBreak out the waaaambulance. Heaven forbid Cheney would want to allow something like a few facts to get in the way of her spin.

136 diggsThe best nights are the one's you can't remember...and the best movies feature Heather Graham breast feeding.

73 diggsEveryone loves a good freebie, but do you get frustrated that what's offered isn't really what you want? Wouldn't you love to just go into a store, buy exactly what you need, and somehow have it work out to be free? WalletPop contributor Tara Kuczykowski, also known on the web as Dealseekingmom.com or @DealSeekingMom on Twitter shares her secrets.

86 diggsHigh above the forest floor, deep in the swampy lowland jungles of Papua New Guinea, tree houses and hungry eyes greet explorers trekking into what remains one of the last remote corners of the globe.

76 diggsThe 22-year-old Sunrise man was surprised and delighted to learn Wednesday that Broward prosecutors were dropping the case against him after reviewing an elevator surveillance video showing three officers aggressively rush and beat Ortiz to the ground.

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105 diggs"...the Republican Party's numbers continue to search for their basement. Congressional Republicans now sit at 11% approval, with more than two-thirds of voters disapproving. The party-at-large does little better, with only 20% approval."

132 diggsSome of Governor Schwarzenegger's coolest acting.

79 diggsf. — A California man was sentenced to death on Friday for setting a hillside inferno in 2006 that killed five United States Forest Service firefighters.

52 diggsAfter a profitable playoffs for the NHL and NBC they are set to extend their deal with the league.

47 diggsSen. Jim Inhofe said today that President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo was “un-American” because he referred to the war in Iraq as “a war of choice” and didn’t criticize Iran for developing a nuclear program.

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171 diggsThere was a time when people were calling home virtual reality the wave of the future. Now most people just call it goofy and expensive. Here's 7 virtual reality technologies that didn't work, and never will.

128 diggsThe aging process can be cruel, and for many people (and by many people I mean Tara Reid), the aging process can transform the most attractive woman (not Tara Reid) in the world into Sarah Jessica Parker.

121 diggsA salute to a true gaming legacy. What does Tetris mean to you?

214 diggsNow, before I launch into it there are a few criteria that I’m going to go over at, um, now. Firstly, I’m including characters from every proper X-team in the history of the franchise. Nobody is safe from X-terminators to Young X-Men. Secondly, it’s all 616. There will be no Ultimate silliness, mangaverse silly or Spike from X-Men: Evolution.

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89 diggshis year, an estimated 1.5 million Americans will declare bankruptcy. Many people may chalk up that misfortune to overspending or a lavish lifestyle, but a new study suggests that more than 60% of people who go bankrupt are actually capsized by medical bills....

210 diggsA well-regarded, veteran Los Angeles Police Department detective was arrested today in connection with the 1986 slaying of her ex-boyfriend's wife, marking one of the few times in the department's history that one of its own officers has been accused of murder. Stephanie Ilene Lazarus, 49, was arrested this morning...

192 diggsGame companies have been trying to get direct-download games working on consoles since the early 1980s. Let's take a brief look at previous efforts to sell console games without any physical media.

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176 diggs - Support for registering MIME types with the Linux desktop. - FBO mode is now the default for Direct3D. - Support for COM proxy delegation. - Improved support for the Mingw cross-compile. - Proper fullscreen mode for the virtual desktop.and "Wine is not an emulator"

209 diggs"A young Rocky Mountain goat [Oreamnos americanus] springs high in the air as it leaps from rock to rock in Olympic National Park [Washington, USA]." Photographer: Dr. W. Wayne Lockwood, M.D.

132 diggsMushrooms can be delicious, beautiful and even, well, "magical". But if tough times send you out to forage for food—beyond the nearest fast-food restaurant—be wary of some of nature's more toxic temptations.

63 diggsPat Forde's article on Calvin Borel. He and his brothers are American originals.

82 diggsA camera is built into a pair of glasses that sends signals to a tiny chip implanted in the back of the retina and stimulates nerves that lead to the vision center of the brain, helping seeing impaired people see again.

123 diggsThe other day I posed a simple question: How far do you sit from your TV? The results show that many of you are not getting all the definition out of your HDTV.

79 diggsBack in January it was revealed for the first time that the UK govt had all but ruled out disconnecting repeat file-sharers from the Internet. Today Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has repeated that assertion at Music Week’s “Making Online Music Pay” conference.

82 diggsA wildlife photographer has described how he came face to face with a kermode, or spirit bear, an animal so rare it was once thought to be mythical.

154 diggsGreat set to just leave on as a slideshow when you eat mushrooms this weekend with your neighbor.

95 diggsThe Electronic Entertainment Expo has come and gone, and I was right in the thick of it, checking out all of the new announcements from console and PC game companies.

178 diggsAnd 7 other unforgettable Vice President Joe Biden gaffes...

150 diggsNot everyone agrees though: "a claimant should not profit from his own wrongdoing by engaging in criminal misconduct and then collecting a federal retirement salary."

64 diggs A leaked memo from Best Buy claims that the retail chain will pre-sell Windows 7 upgrades for as little as $49.99 starting June 26, a technology enthusiast site reported today.

65 diggsEnergy leaders share which earth friendly technologies excite them the most.

377 diggsThis is a hilarious commercial for beer, and also kind of a commercial for not buying porn. I wasn't sure you could make a commercial that encourages not purchasing something, but apparently it's pretty easy to do.

216 diggsApple may be known for its advertising prowess, but this little marketing coup is going to go down as one of the most hilarious ad placements in recent history.

151 diggsOnline Payday Loan Industry Wants to Keep Charging Obscene Interest Rates. More people than ever are using payday loans to keep bill collectors at bay, paying annual rates as high as 700%.

180 diggsHollywood Reporter - Jim Carrey has gone hog-bonkers leading a New Age cult with the likes of Adrian Grenier and Billy Zane: “I was no longer a fragment of the universe – I WAS the universe ... 'Dumb and Dumber' is a study of pre-egoic innocence.”

79 diggsTito Ortiz is on the receiving end of a serious legal attack -- one that started after the UFC legend bashed "Rampage" Jackson's former trainer to the media.

109 diggsA good selection of tools that will help you get quick and easy access to your most important bookmarks.

65 diggsEven though we all know about the upcoming digital TV transition, a second, less-discussed digital transition with cable companies is already under way (which may cause the loss of channels or more fees for some). This breakdown provides background on what is happening and how 5 of the top cable providers are handling it.

121 diggsA nun from a downtown church shelter was arrested for allegedly confronting a police officer who was dealing with a homeless man armed with a knife and an ice pick.....Sister Margaret Anthony is facing misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice after the Monday incident outside the Missionaries of C

65 diggsA new group has come forward with a proposal to launch a second NHL franchise in Toronto. They have a name - the Toronto Legacy - and even a sweater and logo.

100 diggsThe skeleton of a whale that died around 10,000 years ago has been found in connection with the extension of the E6 motorway in Strömstad. The whale bones are now being examined by researchers at the University of Gothenburg who, among other things, want to ascertain whether the find is the mystical "Swedenborg whale".

204 diggsWith the broad announcement that Hasbro has finally entered into the filmmaking business in earnest by putting on a Universal costume and greenlighting projects with their toys, it seemed only fitting that we take a look at some baller-ass toys that actually do deserve to ascend to the big screen.

139 diggsApple has started decorating San Francisco's Moscone Center in anticipation of the Worldwide Developers Conference, which opens Monday morning.

191 diggsJay-Z comes out swinging on his latest single, "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"

85 diggsAt last, I no longer have to act ashamed whenever people discover my hydration bladder is full of Miller High Life—I'm simply ahead of my time. Researchers at Granada University after months of testing 25 student subjects asked to run on a treadmill in grueling temps. They determined that beer drinkers had "slightly better" rehydration effects.

180 diggsSometimes the answer is right in front of you

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331 diggsYet again, blowhard Bill O'Reilly is caught lying. He wrongly accuses CNN of not reporting about the shooting of two Army recruiters in Little Rock/ Rick Sanchez call him out for his lies and shows that the record proves otherwise.

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99 diggsWASHINGTON – Employers throttled back on layoffs in May and cut the fewest jobs in any month since the financial crisis erupted last fall — raising the brightest hope yet that an economic recovery will take hold later this year.

59 diggsFor Pearl Harbor, a $140M movie, he declined upfront pay in favor of a 50% split. The film grossed $450M; Bay pocketed $40M. Bay's licensing deal with Hasbro entitles him to an 8% royalty fee on the sale of every Transformers-related product second only to the 15% that George Lucas gets from every purchase of a Star Wars toy.

82 diggsStar Blazers was one of the early shows that introduced anime to the United States in the 70s, but sadly the franchise lost momentum in Japan by the mid-80s. After a long legal battle producer Nishizaki won the rights to make a new film, and now the trailer for it is out. The good news is nothing has changed, but that's also the bad news...

30 diggsA wandering black hole may have torn apart a star to create a strange object that brightened mysteriously and then faded from view in 2006, a new study suggests. But more than three years later, astronomers are still at a loss to explain all the features of the strange event.

145 diggsDerek Paravicini is blind and severely disabled yet can master any song after hearing it once.

82 diggsWe're closer than ever to turning our bodies into computers. A study published this week in Science demonstrates how to turn DNA into a simple counter. That means your DNA could eventually be reprogrammed with a shut down command.

84 diggsRussian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has been forced by the country's Prime Minister Vladamir Putin to restart production at his factory.

96 diggsA few days ago Square Enix showed off a short FFXIII gameplay demo introducing one of the game’s summons, Odin. Later on in the E3 show, they also showed off a longer trailer that showcases both some FMV storyline elements as well as some more combat. Clocking in at around 7 minutes, there’s plenty to talk about in this trailer.