That's funny....new proton measurement could be exciting stuff

Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls; Predatory Trickery Documented for the First Time in Wild Felids in Americas.

Dog . I'm not sure if it was the illustrations or the story that made me laugh so hard, but it's possible I may have peed my pants before I fell off the chair. more inside

On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study more inside

50 My Little Pony mods for geeks

Is Jousting the Next Extreme Sport?

It flies, it drives. The Transition by Terrafugia: simply land at the airport, fold your wings up and drive home!

Monkeys trained as battlefield killers in Afghanistan. Clearly this development effectively ends the war.

Awkward Stock Photos ...more than awkward, some are weird, bizarre, disturbing, gross, NSFW, NSFLunch or just plain wrong. And all available for licensing!

DECADES before there were Hipsters, there were Hepsters. And between 1938 and 1944, Cab Calloway assembled The Hepster's Dictionary. It's in the groove and out of the world! Too much and solid!

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Party Gorilla.

M.O.N.K.E.Y. Part N.I.N.E.: Now It Never Ends Alright, gang, revival ensuing elsewhere makes essential new thread!! Please don't hate me for this.

The 'issues' with the Apple iPhone 4 must be an opportunity for somebody, right? Introducing the iPhone 4 Attenuation Removal Machine: iARM, only US$3.29! (plus $6.75 shipping) Or having touch screen troubles? Get an iPhone Sausage Stylus', now only US99¢ (plus $4.99 shipping, not for consumption) It's a world of amazing technology we live in.

Julia Gillard is the new Prime Minister of Australia. It would be as if Hillary were named as the acting president of the United States, should Obama step down and be able to name his successor. But that would require a real sea change. Oh, that's right. There IS a sort of a sea change going on in the Gulf of Mexico... Still, Julia Gillard is unique by many standards. Called “an unmarried female atheist redheaded migrant Prime Minister,” she promises a budget surplus for Australia by 2013. A carbon emissions tax and a share in the mineral wealth of the country for all it's citizens sounds to me like her plan. more inside

Sorry, America, None Of These Things Are Sports* With the World Cup, Wimbledon, The Tour de France and some pretty good Major League Baseball pennant races all going on right now, why should anyone care about the World Hot Dog Eating Championship?* * Warning: Gawker links more inside

District 11: The Invasion of the Footie Fans

The hydrogen bomb blast after the fourth of July in 1962 might be the scariest fireworks display ever, but let's just take this as a springboard for fireworks horror as a whole. It's not Guy Fawkes Day, but let's just share our own stories!

Back Yard in Motion. Reinventing the wheel - and then some.

The Swedish Chef makes Pöpcørn! A little light content from the Muppetverse. Remember: "If it's not Börk Børk Bôrk, don't fix it." Want something more fitting for your local holiday? You WOULD, you USian...