Did chimp and human ancestors interbreed? - The earliest known ancestors of modern humans might have reproduced with early chimpanzees to create a hybrid species, a new genetic analysis suggests. Fundies are gonna love this.

Rumours that Patrick Swayze has only 5 weeks to live. more inside

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the world's first major virus for Macs. Video link here. Sheer I-wish-I'd-thought-of-that genius. Pranksters ahoy!

truck spills What a mess! WARNING - some involve animal deaths. more inside

Henry the Hexapus of Blackpool - picture here.

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Curious George: Uphill Both Ways? Where did the expression come from that goes something like, "When I was a kid, we had to walk barefoot to school in the snow, and it was uphill both ways!"? more inside

Top 15 Misconceptions about Evolution

How to spot a Tagger In most cases, the difference between graffiti being art or a crime is PERMISSION! via.

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65th Pictures of the year. Some heartbreaking. Others...

Dating culture is dead - instead, young New Zealand women are regularly getting drunk and cruising around in packs looking for men to have sex with. 'Nuff said. Present company excepted, of course.

...when they pry my cold, dead fingers off my clock's pendulum. I refuse to feel old until Win2x is in the dustbin.

Kevin Budden passed away on 29 July, 1950. He died from the venom of a taipan that he was trying to capture alive so that an anti-venom could be developed. Foolish adventurer or or self sacrificing hero? The debate continues 58 years on....

Curious George: Irrational Fears. I was discussing irrational fears today with a friend. She mentioned that she has an irrational fear of holding a newborn baby and accidentally pushing her fingers right through into its head, since she knows the skull is still relatively soft. I admitted that I have an fear that anyone coming towards me on a bicycle is going to deliberately swerve into me and hit me, so I tend to freak out silently in such situations. So now I'm curious, Monkeys o' Mine, what are your irrational fears?

Today is the fifth Friday in February. It only happens once every 28 years, so get it on while you can.

The Medicated Americans: Antidepressant Prescriptions on the Rise. "Close to 10 percent of men and women in America are now taking drugs to combat depression. How did a once rare condition become so common?" [Via Mind Hacks.]

Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his eye. Posted for the title, by the title, and nothing but the title.

Some scientists are reconsidering the "common sense" about autism, particularly the idea that profound autism is always accompanied by retardation. The article comes at this from both scientific and civil rights angles. more inside

How to build a Cardboard Spaceship - Snarfled from the blort