Curious George: Nudes for Kids So my son is 8 years old, and has recently started getting very curious about the differences between male and female bodies. He's even come home talking about a friend at school who's gained respect in 2nd grade for having "accidentally" found some pics of naked women online (probably with the accidental help of his two older brothers), and so the little Pettle has expressed an interest in seeing naked women. more inside

What Social Science can tell you about flirting and how to do it

Gary Coleman's pants sell for $400K. He needs the money for kidney dialysis. Now can you guys get socialized health care?

An exhibition of the ten thousand slides owned by the Museum of the History of Science. (ssome exhibits require Flash) 'Over three-quarters of these are contained in a single cabinet on permanent loan from the Royal Microscopical Society, with specimens prepared between 1860 and 1930. Faced with the challenging task of mounting an engaging display of so many tiny exhibits, the Museum staff collaborated with artist Heather Barnett and performance poet Will Holloway to create ‘Small Worlds’, an exhibition in an unusual range of media - images, objects, film, animation, curtains, wallpaper and poetry.'

Buddhism is the best religion because it doesn't discriminate against animals and allows all species entry, hence this praying dog. more inside

New Bush Coins Great flash video. Unless you're a Bush supporter. In which case I fling poo at you. more inside

I guess they didn't see that one coming . . .

Heath, we hardly knew ye... First Owen Wilson tried, now Heath Ledger succeeded. He was found dead in his NYC apartment today surrounded by pills.

The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success

Life On Mars. And, if you squint, it even looks a bit like David Bowie.

Calling Curious Georges with green thumbs . Help me fix my ficus and bob my beastly bamboo. more inside

I took every one of these photos. more inside

Louis de Cazenave, dead at 110. France's oldest WWI veteran has died, leaving just one more -- the same as for Canada, Germany and Turkey. The UK, U.S., and Australia have three, and Italy two. Some striking comments in the obit.

Disturbing Russian Playgrounds - more - and more - aargh!

People who live in glass houses... Tressa Prisbrey and her bottle "village" David H. Brown's embalming fluid bottle house. (ulp!) Charles Stagg Tomislav Radovanovic Tom Kelly more inside

Quantum mechanics and Tomb Raider Quantum mechanics has a number of weird consequences, this focuses on three (inter-related) ones: 1. Objects can behave both like particles (with definite position and a continuum of states) and waves (with indefinite position and (in confined situations) quantised states; 2. The equations that govern quantum mechanics are deterministic, but the standard interpretation of the solutions of these equations is probabilistic; and 3. If instead one applies the laws of quantum mechanics literally at the macroscopic scale, then the universe itself must split into the superposition of many distinct "worlds".

711chan pwns Scientology - Hackers from the /i/nsurgency raided scientology's secret, sacred documents. Documents were leaked. They are crazy. Read them if you dare.

The Return of the X-Files. Chris Carter gives some intital statements about the upcoming sequel. more inside

Fantasmagorie (1908) by Emile Cohl more inside

Chess Great Bobby Fischer Dies An intriguing character, he. RIP