TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

Perfect for the guy who dresses like a slob , but wants to look good for dinner. 20 napkins (5 of each design) for $6. (The curmudgeon in m...

The image (source unknown, found on Reddit) conjures up visions of a "cleaner" working a murder scene...

"Life has been found 1.6 kilometres beneath the sea floor, at temperatures reaching 100 °C. The discovery marks the deepest living cell...

(Credit to the August 2008 Harper's Magazine)

"A householder who took photographs of hooded teenagers as evidence of their anti-social behaviour says he was told he was breaking the...

Ministers are preparing to allow people labelled “idiots” and “lunatics” by archaic laws to stand for parliament. Though it may come as a su...

"It is the speeding bullet of the natural world. The trap-jaw ant snaps shut its mandibles at speeds of 35 to 64 metres per second, abo...

From the BBC this morning: A new white humpback has been sighted off Byron Bay on the east coast of Australia. The newcomer, which was filme...

I previously blogged about the National Geographic feature on nudibranchs . Today I found another article, this one on a blog devoted (appr...

Does this sound familiar? It will to anyone old enough to remember 1962... Russian daily Izvestia earlier on Monday cited a senior Russian ...

With the summer Olympics scheduled to begin in less than three weeks, the always-impressive new "Big Picture" photoblog at Boston...

"It was just an ordinary day. It was, in fact, a flawlessly sunny, not-too-hot, not-too-cold first of August, 2004. My husband ...

I have previously posted about the appearance of Monarch butterfly eggs on milkweed, and the development of the first instars . We now have...

It's described as a "self-defense" umbrella. The video doesn't show "poking" with it, but I suspect it also has...