Apparently the Northern Lights have been a mystery...until now Article. PS THEMIS= Time History of Events and Macroscale Interations during Substorms I love that. more inside

Are you a kitty hatin', monkey lover? Actually you can play this flash game and still love kitties. (cuz it's not real...shhhh)

Why are there still monkeys?

Curious George: Does anyone have experience turning a Sole Proprietorship into an LLC in California? more inside

Something in saliva helps heal wounds faster. And it took this long to figure this out. Because "licking his wounds" isn't a common phrase or anything. So nobody looked into it until now. Righty-O.

Hailstones Blast Man off the Shitter - oh god, poor man, all he wanted was a crap, and then he got iced up the arse by some Fortean weather. Pictures here. more inside

This, my friends, is the beginning of the planet of the apes. Viva la revoluciøn! more inside

CG: WTF with my glasses? Curious George: Are my glasses cheap pieces of crap, or is it just me? more inside

Apes, legal personhood and the plight of Nim Chimpsky. [Via Bng Bng]

He was working as an alternative medicine practitioner - complete with moustache and big white beard - in Belgrade. On the run for 13 years Radovan Karadzic is, strike that, was, Europe's most wanted, accused of responsibility for the deaths of 200,000 people and driving almost 2 million people from their homes.

Seven Best National Parks for Visiting Old Growth Forests. [Via]

Cuirous George: The Big C A FOAF (friend of a friend) who lives in CA, has pancreatic cancer. She is looking for any treatments that may help. more inside

Look at my monkey . This first link is really cheezy and posted with Hank in mind. The rest of you *classy* monkey spankers will just have to go inside. more inside

WikiSky.org - a detailed sky map

Befriend a polar bear, by answering eco-friendly questions.

Yoshiyuki Iwase - a Japanese photographer, best known for his pictures of ama, women who dove for seaweed for the few days of the year when water temperatures were bearable and the tides favourable. more inside

More Evidence for a Revolutionary Theory of Water - The traditional picture of how liquid water behaves on a molecular level is wrong, according to new experimental evidence.

Build your own fantastic contraption more inside

The coolest video you will see today. A series of images from the former Deep Impact Spacecraft looking back at Earth, as the Moon passes in front of (transits) our Little Blue Planet. The result provides a previously unseen perspective of our little home in space. Amazing.

There's still no flying cars, but here's ten futuristic materials to start building one.