74 diggsCyanide and Happiness #1680

147 diggsSeriously though, I thought we were past this whole swine flu thing....

206 diggsEngineering mice with a fat-burning strategy from bacteria keeps the animals thin. Researchers at University of California, transplanted a fat-burning pathway used by bacteria and plants into mice. The genetic alterations enabled the animals to convert fat into carbon dioxide and remain lean while eating the equivalent of a fast-food diet.

109 diggsThe 2009 Finals mark the Lakers' record 30th appearance in the championship round. They are 14-15 all time. Here is a look at how they compiled that record.

138 diggsGLOBAL AGENDA is a fast-paced action MMO from Hi-Rez Studios using Unreal® Engine 3. The game is set in Earth's near future, a spy-fi world of advanced technology and player-driven conflict.This trailer shows live in-game action inter-mixed with developer commentary.

169 diggsA Hampton, New Hampshire, man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges for his role in a scheme to empty brokerage accounts by installing malicious Trojan horse software on victims’ computers.

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120 diggsOSLO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama wants ''immediate'' talks between the Palestinians and Israel to forge a comprehensive Middle East peace agreement, U.S. envoy George Mitchell said on Monday. ''The President has told me to exert all efforts...

229 diggsSpurred by the success of content-driven Web sites such as Digg, journalism schools aren't just incorporating computer skills into their curriculums — they're recruiting techies with full-ride scholarships

173 diggsChris Knight, the finest fictional physicist of our time, once said "All science. No Philosophy. Wrong." It's true that an understanding of existence outside of equations is vital for scientists, both in terms of enjoying life and avoiding things like Agent Orange, but beware careless combination of the two.

194 diggsThere's nothing quite as all-American as a road trip, especially in the West, where a wealth of culture, natural beauty and excitement unfolds before you.

95 diggsAMERICAN education was once the best in the world. But today, our private and public universities are losing their competitive edge to foreign institutions. Here are a few radical ideas to improve matters...

80 diggsThere is no shortage of time machines in the world of science fiction. how many fictional time machines can you explain? take a look at five examples of the plausible and ridiculous ways fictional TV and film characters have traveled through time.

127 diggsRick Ross sold hit albums rapping about selling crack cocaine but a revelation that he once worked as a prison guard threatened to end his career.

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196 diggsThe only thing more awesome than an urban legend turning out to be true is if that same legend involves some sort of nefarious sex or groin related hilarity.

115 diggsA new analysis has shown that payments to reduce carbon emissions from the forests could generate more income than palm oil production on deforested land.

146 diggsA political party which is made up of pirates is to set sail for Brussels after winning a seat at the EU Parliament.

74 diggsAustin Melton was at a basketball game at La Pine High School when a thunderstorm knocked out the lights, so he went outside to take a look. He recalls that one of his friends warned him not to."What's the worst that's going to happen?" Austin replied. "I'm going to get struck by lightning?"And two minutes later, he was.

39 diggsRod Laver doesn't believe that Roger Federer is the greatest ever tennis player.

217 diggsThe robot uprising is upon us. Sort of.

232 diggsCounty-by-county growth patterns were analyzed within each state, and then to predict metropolitan growth at five-year intervals between 2005 and 2025. NYC still leads the way and Raleigh, NC will grow at the fastest pace, doubling to 1.9 million.

224 diggsFrom the classic Hardware Wars to the Gremlins, updated for the DVD age.

2108 diggsToday at 1pm East coast/10am West coast. This year Gizmodo has a new realtime update technology that will make the Apple liveblog better and faster than ever.

259 diggs"Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly took a moment on air to address the Playboy piece that sparked outrage from liberals and conservatives alike for listing conservative women they would like to "hate fuck"."

95 diggsIt’s hard to exaggerate just how widely Darwin’s ideas on natural selection and the evolution of human kind traveled in the cultural milieu of his day. Artists of all shades reacted to his revolutionary theories, and this exhibit attempts to capture their range of responses in all sorts of mediums, including paintings, photographs and sketches.

147 diggsBeggar the Dolphin has been known to track boats as soon as they enter his territory, then go from boat to boat until he finds one willing to feed him.

100 diggsThe men behind Mystery Science Theater 3000 have been enjoying a newfound freedom with the digitally-distributed RiffTrax series, and now their work is coming to retail DVD. Ars tracks down the voice of Tom Servo and the Excecutive VP of Legend Films to see just how much harder it is to mock new movies.

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95 diggsT-mobile customers are awakening this morning to unconfirmed reports that hacker/extortionists have victimized the cellular carrier through a massive network breach resulting in the theft of untold amounts of corporate and customer data, which they're threatening to sell to the highest bidder. T-Mobile says it is investigating.

177 diggsOver the next 35 days we’ll be talking about all of the new developer features in Firefox 3.5. The upcoming release of Firefox 3.5 is a big upgrade for users. It includes new privacy features, improvements in interactive performance and a new JavaScript engine that will improve the experience for users using script-heavy web sites.

202 diggsWordnik, a new start-up that was inspired by a TED talk about the shortcomings of online dictionaries, addresses the problem with aggregated data and social media.

229 diggsWith markets collapsing, energy costs skyrocketing, and personal freedoms disappearing faster than you can say Habeus Corpus, it's clear that the end of the world is coming quickly. So how prepared are you going to be when civilization starts tumbling down around our ears and what's left of humanity is plunged into an anarchy-fueled killed orgy?

245 diggsA former prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay says he was never interrogated about the reason the US said they’d arrested him for — even after seven years in captivity.He also provided a graphic account of new elements of what may be considered “ad-lib” torture- guards inappropriately using hypodermic needles and IV tubes intended for forced feeding

120 diggsLast year, the U.S. Geological Survey completed an extensive analysis of Wyoming's Gillette coal field, and determined that less than 6% of the coal in its biggest beds could be mined profitably, even at prices higher than today's. "We really can't say we're the Saudi Arabia of coal anymore," says Brenda Pierce, head of the USGS team.

199 diggs"Having an electric powertrain underneath the car really set an awesome architecture. If you can imagine a skateboard, it's all in its flat floor," says the chief designer. "Every aspect is designed for efficiency. Even the door handles suck back in the car."

140 diggsA Western-backed coalition appeared to have retained its parliamentary majority in the face the Hezbollah-led opposition. The Pro-Western bloc won 70 out of the 128-seat parliament, giving it a narrow majority over Hezbollah, the opposition.

142 diggsSince 2004, eye surgeons at the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery have been implanting a tiny pieces of jewelry called a “JewelEye” under the surfaces of eyes.

204 diggsMost of the time the brain works as it ought to: limbs move, memories are retrieved and experiences processed. But occasionally things go awry. 'Tip-of-the-tongue' moments and déjà vu are phenomena that reveal our brains' occasional slip-ups – now we're a little closer to understanding both experiences.

85 diggs...Are not who you might expect. No LeBron or Dwight. No Melo or Kobe. We rank the brains--the right-brain superstars--behind the teams, venues, and deals that are, yes, changing the game.

365 diggsWith 7.1 percent of the vote, the Swedish Pirate Party has shocked its critics and secured a seat in the European Parliament. The Pirates received more votes from those under 30 than any other party in the European elections yesterday, and this was celebrated with pints of rum and loads of pirate chants.

146 diggsPass this along to your high school buddies, if you even remember who they are.

97 diggsAs used in this chapter...(5) the term "domestic terrorism" means activities that - (A)involve acts dangerous to human life

93 diggsCirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté will become Canada's first private citizen in space when he takes off aboard the Soyuz capsule en route to the International Space Station on Sept. 30. Too bad tickets cost too much to bring the whole cast - more than $25 million. That would be a show to remember.

83 diggsThe longest buzzer beater, the most unlikely double-split, ridiculously close car crashes, the luckiest bank robbers in the world (1:50 in). You've probably seen a lot of these miraculous plays before but never in this jaw-dropping montage.

157 diggsThere must be a legion of Twitterers out there who sign up, tweet once, and never return. In the spirit of the great blog One Post Wonder, "a collection of blogs that have one post," we set out to find these orphaned tweets.

133 diggsSonic Youth bass player Kim Gordon has dismissed as a ruse Radiohead’s much-hyped, pay-what-you-want online model for In Rainbows, which netted the band an instantaneous $3 million.

117 diggsExpect 10 Microsoft updates next Tuesday, with patches for Windows, Office, Word, and IE.

99 diggsDon't like your worms deep fried? How about some earthworm cheesecake then?

62 diggsSometimes, even a great firewall isn't enough. China has apparently ordered PC makers to bundle access control software - ostensibly to protect its citizens from porn - that may allow it to remotely update a blacklist of sites.

157 diggsChimpanzees remember the exact location of all their favourite fruit trees. Their spatial memory is so precise that they can find a single tree among more than 12,000 others within a patch of forest, primatologists have found.

165 diggsAs far as I'm concerned, this is just one of the things that goes along with multimillion dollar paychecks. Get the fuck over it!

93 diggs1 of most respected rock climbers in world claims to have climbed 1 of most fragile, "pure" climbs in U.S. -- Delicate Arches in Arches Nat'l Park. Turns out his "purity" is suspect -- he rehearsed climb, had assistance, etc -- and friends, colleagues & critics are rallying against him.

95 diggsTravelers on European budget carrier Ryanair will likely have to start paying for bathroom use.Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary told the Guardian newspaper in England that he's serious about charging for toilet access -- an idea he had earlier bandied about -- and also plans to reduce the number of bathrooms on his Boeing 737-800 jets from 3 to1.

112 diggsWith the economy in the tank and more folks looking for these used diamonds in the rough, we compiled a list of 'forever cars' from research, reviews from places like Edmunds and Consumer Reports.

221 diggsAs expected, the new Apple iPhone 3G 2009 is out. Here you will find all the information you want, updated constantly and in real time from our live WWDC 2009 coverage.

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185 diggs"Rock of Love" star Bret Michaels was knocked flat Sunday night after performing the opening number at the Tony Awards.

100 diggsQuinton “Rampage” Jackson’s ex-trainer, John “Juanito” Ibarra sued Tito Ortiz over comments Ortiz made last year about how much Ibarra allegedly charged for training camps in Big Bear, California. Ibarra is suing not just Ortiz but also is suing every MMA web site and media outlet that carried Ortiz’s comments or commented on what Ortiz had to say.

105 diggsLifelike, compelling cardboard gadgets make a statement about the disposable nature of our tech lifestyles.

233 diggsAnother sick pro-life Fundie

98 diggsAn Oregon woman charged with killing a 21-year-old pregnant woman and then claiming the woman's baby as her own had lured her victim to her home through Craigslist.Authorities believe that Heather Megan Snively, whose body was found in a crawl space in Korena Elaine Roberts' home on Friday, had been using the online classified service to find

127 diggsComputer-generated images of lunar eclipses are nearly indistinguishable from photographs

159 diggsScientists are engaged in a race to make electronics components even tinier. Now, three breakthroughs in the manufacture of chips and superconductors are about to make computer components so small that they can operate on the quantum level.

111 diggs#4. In the Name of the Obi-Wan, the Skywalker, and the Holy Yoda -- One of the big selling points of Star Wars is the underlying spirituality that runs throughout its fictional universe. In 2001 roughly half a million people from the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia recorded their religion as Jedi on their national census ... seriously.

241 diggsKathleen Wells of The Huffington Post interviews 2008 presidential candidate Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) on the subject of foreign policy. Dr. Paul discusses how even though the administration has changed, the policies haven't.

373 diggsWhat's the deal with AT&T? How long have they had to prep for this stuff? It's not like its new or fancy technology. It's pretty tough to justify this lag in support for iPhone 3.0 features. Lets get with the program, AT&T.

138 diggsShows the breakdown of each country's total national debt and the percentage of their annual GDP that the debt total represents.

121 diggsA friend forwarded a link this weekend to a classic beer commercial, which promptly started me on a 30-minute binge of vintage suds ads via You Tube. I thought I’d share some of the pain.

239 diggsAt WWDC this morning, Apple's Bertrand Serlet came out with guns blazing not just in support of Snow Leopard, but for Safari and QuickTime, too. Announcing that Safari 4 would leave beta and that QuickTime would receive a massive overhaul later today, Serlet introduced new features while taking swipes at both Microsoft and Mozilla.

873 diggsAs endlessly predicted, Apple's unveiled a new iPhone today at WWDC, the iPhone 3GS.

141 diggsThe Beanzawave is special: It is powered by a laptop computer's USB port. So now you don't have to leave your computer even for a cup of coffee or a delicious bowl of piping hot Top Ramen.

95 diggsForget human ingenuity - the best source of ideas for cutting-edge technology might be in nature, according to experts in 'biomimicry'

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226 diggs Apple today announced that it will launch its next operating system, dubbed Snow Leopard, in September, and charge just $29 for the upgrade.

90 diggsOver the weekend, one of the Spider-Man 4 producers remarked that the film will be shot in NYC and will feature a villain from NYC. After going through decades of characters, here are the top 7 possibilities.

104 diggsA look back at the #1 picks in the past 25 baseball drafts.

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130 diggsApple senior vice president of iPhone software Scott Forstall used Monday's WWDC keynote with the news that iPhone users have waited months to hear: The new iPhone 3.0 OS will be released on June 17, 2009.

86 diggsThe net is always gossiping about the latest in wireless gadgetry. Some of those gadgets just don't make it for what might be, in retrospect, obvious reasons.

270 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.

146 diggsIn 2008 Harvard Business School marked the MBA's 100 year anniversary; just a year later Harvard -- and many others -- is questioning its role.

296 diggsNo, your eyes aren't deceiving you. You're reading Stephen Colbert. And for that I apologize. The last thing I want is to contribute to the corrosive influence of the print media. I prefer to yell my opinions at you in person.

112 diggsMen with dogs have it wrong. The way to seduce women is with a cat. Case in point: Paul Klusman and TJ Wingard made this video about "cat yodeling." There's a great interview here as well.

172 diggsThree Indiana state pension and construction funds want the Supreme Court to block Chrysler's sale to Fiat so they can pursue an appeal in hopes of getting a better deal.

127 diggsIt's some of the most prized waterfront land in the country, a large piece of rich and beautiful property sitting right on San Francisco Bay, and the owner has proposed selling it to raise needed cash. But many of the current residents don't want to leave, and uprooting them would be costly.

99 diggsThe British Ministry of Justice is warning the country's prisons that prisoners have taken to using a 16th-century slang to hide talk about drug deals. Officials said they determined that "chat" and "onick" are being used as code for heroin, while "cawbe" denotes crack cocaine and "inick" is code for a cell phone or a SIM card.

154 diggsNew York Senate majority changes hands as two Democrats switch parties. Gov. David Patterson blindsided by the move.

89 diggsThe black hole, in galaxy M87 -- a mere 50 million light years away -- is two to three times heftier than previously thought weighing in at a whopping 6.4 billion times the mass of the Sun.

273 diggsThis video is a sickening displays of homophobia, ignorance and abuse. Leading the exorcism of the "homosexual demon" is the "Prophetess" Patricia Mckinney. She and her husband Kelvin Mckinney run Manifested Glory Ministries in Bridgeport, CT.

147 diggsList of top ten most crooked CEOs of all time. They were all convicted thats a good thing at least.

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538 diggsComedy Central has ordered all brand new episodes of Futurama, and the show has officially gone back into production.

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52 diggsDemocrats appeared in jeopardy of losing their majority in the State Senate on Monday in what would be a stunning and sudden reversal of fortunes for a party that has controlled the chamber for barely five months.

120 diggsNow that both Batman and Star Trek have enjoyed cinematic reinventions, it's only a matter of time before Hollywood reboots the franchise that rebooted entertainment itself. Here's how the inevitable Star Wars reinvention could be fantastic instead of embarrassing.

155 diggsShirley Madsen, who turned 90 Thursday, survived three days trapped in her bathtub by drinking water from a rubber duck.

185 diggsFirefox 3.5 is coming soon and is shaping up to be by far the fastest Firefox yet. To celebrate, we've asked Guinness World Record holder Steven Purugganan - who at 11 years old is the world's fastest sport stacker - to use his own amazing speed to help spread the word.

124 diggsDrama has struck parts of the BitTorrent community recently as the popular DVD ripper aXXo hasn’t uploaded any torrents for several weeks. Recently a rumor surfaced that aXXo went to join a private BitTorrent tracker and continued to share his work there exclusively. But is this really the case?

105 diggsRoyal Dutch Shell agreed to a $15.5 million settlement Monday to end a lawsuit alleging that the oil giant was complicit in the executions of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other civilians by Nigeria's former military regime.

195 diggsAfter a visit to Denny's, Obama reconsiders his ambitious goals.

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154 diggsHere are 11 of the best Homer quotes relating to the world of film and television. Entertainment executives take note: there may be some lessons here for you to learn.

151 diggsThis makes me a happy panda.

163 diggs"My Name Is Earl" might live on. Weeks after NBC pulled the plug on the series starring Jason Lee, TBS is in preliminary talks to order 13 new episodes of the single-camera comedy from 20th Century Fox TV.

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89 diggsYou've done it. Don't even try to deny it. Even if you live in a state with laws requiring the use of a hands-free headset while speaking on the cell phone, it's almost a certainty you've at least once broken that law. According to a Harris Poll, 72 percent of those surveyed confessed to using their phones while driving.

238 diggsWe don't know where to begin with the latest mess that has ensnared Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.). No, "ensnared" isn't the right word. That would imply that he's blameless for his troubles, which isn't the case. Phone conversations taped by federal prosecutors.....

72 diggsA multi-billion-dollar project to prove whether nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, can be a practicable energy source is to be scaled down in its early stages, sources said on Monday. The test reactor, to be built at a site in southern France, will start its experiments in 2018, but will initially be built in a slimmed-down form.

106 diggsThe memory chip could store a trillion bits of data per square inch for a billion years..

89 diggsIGN pieces together some Autobots you'll know as well as some of the long-lost greats.

184 diggsA man sticks his arm inside a cow fistula. Enters different dimension.

193 diggsAs regular Cheapskate readers know, HDMI cables are insanely overpriced. Pity the uninformed consumer who walks into, say, Best Buy, and walks out $40 to $90 poorer. Happens all the time.

133 diggsHolllywood Reporter - Great news for all the Letterman fans. The agreement will represent a two-year extension on Dave's current contract, which expires in 2010. There are rumors that Dave's might have to take a bit of a pay cut...

103 diggsOver 18,400 individuals have signed up to a Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott Group on Steam, Valve’s online games portal and community service. The community campaign against Left 4 Dead 2, the recently announced sequel to Valve’s November 2008 survival-horror co-op title L4D, was formed on June 1. According to the group, the hurried release of Left 4 Dead

134 diggsIt all started with Chris Bender who heard the story of how his Hollywood friend went mysteriously missing from his bachelor party in Las Vegas.

102 diggsShin Dong Hyuk had just turned 14 when he was forced to watch the executions of his mother and brother for trying to escape from North Korea's "total control" prison camp No. 14, a Stalinist gulag for political prisoners. His mother was hanged; his brother was shot nine times. At the time, Shin, who was born and raised in the camp, felt no pity.

324 diggsMoshe Kai Cavalin, 11, graduated with honors Friday from East Los Angeles College, but he'd rather you not call him a genius.

249 diggsArchaeologists in Jamestown, Virginia, have discovered a rare inscribed slate tablet dating back some 400 years, to the early days of America's first permanent English settlement. Both sides of the slate are covered with words, numbers, and etchings of people, plants, and birds that its owner likely encountered in the New World in the early 1600s.

388 diggsMark-Paul Gosselaar appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon as Zack Morris, complete with cell phone and a performance with The Roots. He signed on for Late Night's petition to reunite the cast of Saved By The Bell.

163 diggsResearch led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. The findings may have important implications for how sleep, specifically REM sleep, fosters the formation of associative networks in the br

116 diggsGreen IT is one of the hottest of today's technology trends, and the GNU/Linux® community has risen to the challenge. Along with several corporate partners, the GNU/Linux operating system provides solutions for dealing with power consumption, carbon emissions, and e-waste.

206 diggsFlorida oncologist Douglas Jackson gave up his medical practice to pursue the crazy dream of creating a digital currency independent of any nation, and backed by gold and silver. Libertarians and computer criminals were thrilled, but the U.S. government was determined to stop him. And it did.

218 diggsIt took only seconds before Jose Aldo ended the night for Cub Swanson....and we mean seconds (4 that is)

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72 diggsBRITISH rocker Pete Doherty has been arrested and fined by police in after allegedly injecting drugs during a British Airways flight.

160 diggsNot a plant to be seen, the desert ground is too dry. But the air contains water, and research scientists have found a way of obtaining drinking water from air humidity. The system is based completely on renewable energy and is therefore autonomous.

204 diggsPublic schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000.

189 diggsMost people who hunted down a Palm Pre on Saturday want to actually use the thing, but Rapid Repair and iFixit immediately took the new smartphone apart to find out what's inside.