Gas Groaners. Gas up and get down.

New family of primates found? A rare and reclusive African monkey discovered last year is believed to belong to an entirely new family of primates - the first such find for 83 years.

Nice kitty! Beavers, Wolves, and Bison . . . OH MY. . . and oh, by the way, there really is life on mars.

Thermodynamics, Psychology, Chemistry Of Love (Warning- Bad webpage design ahead!)

East Bay Bowl-Up I'm having a get-together for my birthday, to do some bowling... anyone wanna come? Sunday, May 28, 2PM. Cost is $16 per person for lanes and pizza, shoes are not included. If you don't want to bowl, I will be having people over to my house after, around 430. more inside

King Tut's Schlong, Long Thought Gone, There All Along! Turns out, just not so long.

The Daily Kitten You are powerless to resist. via MeFi

Curious George the Armchair Traveller We learn a lot about other people's cultures through the movies, and no doubt, we're all way off. So tell us, what are the movies that best portray your country and the people who live there? more inside

"The challenge is first catching the dragonfly." Princeton scientists are using tiny tracking devices to follow the migration of Green Darner dragonflies.

Hyperinflation or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Iranian Oil Bourse. more inside

America's (Autistic) Army. Because the United States Armed Services believes everyone deserves everyone, even the disabled, deserves their chance to serve. (Except those goddamned fags.) more inside

Stubbies. A thorough explanation of New Zealand stubbies (3.5mb mpeg ad). more inside

"Superman knows he’s got what we want": So, we all know that comic books routinely objectify the female physique in order to appeal to the adolescent male demographic, yawn, old news, moving along and all that... BUT, I've never seen the argument so eloquently presented as in this Livejournaler's alternate universe comic book covers.

Stubbies. A thorough collection of Canadian stubbies. more inside

RoboCup! By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world soccer champion team. To work towards this goal robot competitions are held.

FedEx Arrivals During Thunderstorms

Tim Patch is a Succesful Artist Tips for becoming a succesful artist: * Choose a medium that you have a passion for. * Do what 99% of people won't do. * Create your own style. (NSF the Buttocks Avoidant)

Art School Confidential. It's out (kinda), and the reviews are so-so. But -- screwem, I'll see it anyway. (As previously sorta discussed on Koko's earlier exhaustive thread on all things Clowes.)

What's a Dell good for? (embedded Google video)

From sand and lake water. Some impressive structures spring from the simplest ingredients.