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4. March, 2010

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Stonington faces death from above.

3. March, 2010

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PETA lays off the naked chicks, decides castrating polar bears will get more attention.

2. March, 2010

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Archaeologists excavating the train tracks out by the quarry announced Tuesday that they have discovered evidence of an epic party dating back to the late- February period of the year 2010.

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The magnitude 9.1 Sumatran in 2004 that generated an Indian Ocean tsunami shortened the day by 6.8 microseconds...

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"The use of limbs is vital to a mammals ability to maintain a healthy gene pool. Our hypothesis is that with a growing trend amongst celebrities to own dogs they can put in their handbags or just carry as an accessory, canine species popular for this fashion will lose the use of their legs in 100 years or so."

11. February, 2010

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NASA officials announced today the successful launch of the new shuttle Moonage Daydream, marking the beginning of a long-anticipated two-week conceptual mission inspired by British rock star David Bowie.

9. February, 2010

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Old and busted: dangers from second-hand smoke. New and hot: dangers from third-hand smoke. Nicotine residues on every surface in your home react with common indoor air pollutant to form "potent" carcinogens.

6. February, 2010

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"That study may have been flawed, but the connection still exists. How else do you explain the fact that neither of my intentionally unvaccinated children have autism?"

5. February, 2010

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"This terrible disease has made thousands of boomers' memories of the 1960s almost completely unreliable and fragmented. And we're talking about people who, even before they contracted Alzheimer's, believed they single-handedly ended the war in Vietnam."  

4. February, 2010

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You know how they say dogs are man's best friend? Well, Buford is certainly my best friend. Best friend in the whole wide world.

3. February, 2010

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"Securing the viability of the bridge is testament to the natural preservative qualities of sugar."

2. February, 2010

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Yesterday is regrettable, tomorrow still hypothetical. But you can always listen to your body, and seize today with both hands. [Thanks, Ashley!]

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Remember that one, single UK study connecting vaccines with autism, against all other evidence? Yeah, about that.

28. January, 2010

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Increasing the price that elderly people have to pay for their doctor visits may actually cost insurance companies more in the long run.

27. January, 2010

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That sounds preposterous to me.

26. January, 2010

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Who you are online is who you are in real life, more or less.

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Debbie Myers, general manager of the Science Channel, said the cable station has maintained a balance of 5 percent science content and 95 percent mind-numbing drivel over the past few years, and that this was as far as they were willing to go.

25. January, 2010

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Early Neolithic surgeons used a sharpened flint stone and rudimentary anaesthetics to amputate the elderly man's left forearm, and treated the wound in sterile conditions, experts believe.

24. January, 2010

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Dude, can I borrow $28.8 million?  Pay you back next payday.  

21. January, 2010

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Probiotic treatments can relieve IBD symptoms. Or you could just eat apples and that special yoghurt.

18. January, 2010

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Journalists sometimes talk about compassion fatigue, the inability of people to respond to suffering when the scale or length of the suffering exceeds some astronomical number. But Slovic's work suggests that compassion fatigue starts when the number of victims rises from one to two.

16. January, 2010

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Patients with artherosclerosis, diabetes, Down's Syndrome, and Alzheimer's aren't just very unlucky. These may all be symptoms of the same disease, caused by an amyloid protein that disrupts normal cell chemistry.

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HPV found in 56% of young couples. Be careful, kids.

15. January, 2010

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The differences between cat and dog people, besides the amount and placement of newspapers.