Killed, aborted or neglected, at least 100m girls have disappeared—and the number is rising. picked by Bornbad 3 days ago

Animals-Humans. What's the difference?
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If the cleansing spray of a high tech toilet was replaced with a fire hose, would it be able to blast a person into the air? picked by Bornbad 3 days ago

Panda Poo and Friends was today described by the zoo as a great all-round soil enricher - and, of course, "famous for its fragrant aroma and undigested appearance". picked by Bornbad 3 days ago

In the past, the US military used a set of 19 approved interrogation methods laid down in the Army Field Manual 2-22.3, which explicitly prohibits threats or coercion. Following the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001, the George W. Bush administration decided that this should change. picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

Who Cheats? Docs and Stay at Home Moms! picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

Jake Gross brings life to inanimate objects in his new photo collection ‘Self-portrait’. picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

A snail doesn’t really conjure up images of danger and death unless that snail happens to be the cone snail. This is a snail that is like a tank. In place of a gun turret, it has a giant (for its size) hypodermic needle that fires like a harpoon and can kill just about anything. picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

After handing over your £44,000.00 (US$69,000), you get a bike with car-sized 2-liter engine. It’s machined from solid billet aluminum, and wrapped in a hand-welded custom frame that also stores the engine oil. The bodywork is carbon fiber; suspension comes from the favored brand of MotoGP racers, the Swedish company Öhlins.The Iconoclast is quick, at less than three seconds to 60 ... read full post picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

what's new and what's next? picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

Some of the Venus flytrap’s carnivorous cousins, the sundews, curl their sticky sweet tentacles whenever an insect blunders into them—like hungry anemones. picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

yeah, yeah, it probably comes from cows, but where do the cows come from? picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

Don't forget to schedule your mammogram picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

Recently released internal documents reveal the controversial "enhanced interrogation" practice was far more brutal on detainees than Cheney's description sounds, and was administered with meticulous cruelty. picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

"Mrs. Byrd's head was at Mr. Braxton's groin area and Mr. Braxton's head was at Mrs. Byrd's groin area." picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

Critics are worried the law will open up a Pandora's box of unintended legal consequences. Update to NoPantsMan's story picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

Tony Bourdain took a surprisingly diplomatic stance, calling Eating Animals “fascinating and deeply disturbing” and admitting, “I think that everybody at this table right now would probably agree … that it would be in general, for a variety of reasons, better for society if we ate a little less meat, at least.” picked by Bornbad 5 days ago

Raised as Scientologists, Christie King Collbran and her husband, Chris, were recruited as teenagers to work for the elite corps of staff members who keep the Church of Scientology running, known as the Sea Organization, or Sea Org. picked by Bornbad 5 days ago

Every once in a while, you're outside, and you find a huge crowd of people in suits and ties. They take up all of the sidewalk. They're all drunk. picked by Bornbad 5 days ago

Obviously these are wholesale prices, not retail. But this gives you a very good idea of where the money goes–to a lot of channels you likely never, ever, look at. picked by Bornbad 5 days ago

Two years after her husband's death, Amanda Bennett's cover story examines the costs of keeping one man alive. picked by Bornbad 5 days ago

The radical right caught fire last year, as broad-based populist anger at political, demographic and economic changes in America ignited an explosion of new extremist groups and activism across the nation. picked by Bornbad 5 days ago

On average there are 1.52 bars for every 10,000 people in the U.S. but the states that make up the beer belly of America are highly skewed from this average. picked by Bornbad 5 days ago

Imagine, if you will, the burger force – a field of energy that radiates from every freshly-cooked patty, earth-penetrating and inverse-squared with distance, compelling the hungry carnivore to seek out and devour the well-done ground beef at the source. picked by Bornbad 5 days ago

Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation’s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools. picked by Bornbad 5 days ago