"Two physicists have published an academic paper where they demonstrate that vampires could not exist, "since they would almost immediately deplete their entire food supply." tags Physicists Prove Vampires Could Not ExistI'm keeping my garlic necklace, silver cross and silver bullet, just in case. picked by suebe 7 months ago |
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This is one of those over-obvious concepts that we would've been happy to live and die without ever having seen realized. 7 comments edit related share entertainmentTampons + vampires -- of course! Bonus Vampire/Tampon joke picked by suebe 8 months ago |
Why must vampires always appear someplace in Louisiana, Northern California, or London whining about their gothic pasts? If you're sick of the same old vamps, we've got a batch of newfangled ones for you - some from outer space. picked by bornbad 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
A team of physicists has detected a few exceptionally massive atoms in a solution prepared from natural minerals, which they say could be element 122, the heaviest element found till now. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
They may be the stuff of folklore but Big Foot, the Loch Ness monster and other creatures of fantasy could actually exist, it has been claimed. Jonathan Downes, a cryptozoologist who searches for animals rumoured to be alive, said that scores of creatures thought to be extinct are discovered every year, including monkeys and pigs. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
U.S. physicists have succeeded in measuring the spin of a single atom, thereby bringing quantum computers and spintronic devices closer to reality. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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For a group of South Floridians who consider themselves modern-day vampires, their world is not one based on role playing. 4 comments edit related share weird*Flori-duh* picked by Bornbad 7 days ago |
The battle of the undead on the big screen has been under way for some time now, and after months of hearing that vampires are taking over pop culture, it seems like we shouldn't quite put our friends the zombies (no, not those ones) down for the count. picked by yamz66 2 months ago 3 comments edit related share entertainment |
When you try to remove adhesive paper from a surface, you inevitably get a pointy flap, while what you want is to remove the entire piece. Physicists have finally explained the physics behind this frustrating experience. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share science |
A paper set to be published in an upcoming edition of Physical Review Letters postulates that dark energy may not exist. In order to explain this, however, researchers reject the longstanding Copernican principle which says that Earth does not exist in a "special" location. picked by cactushair 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share science |
A kilogram just isn't what it used to be. The 118-year-old cylinder that is the international prototype for the metric mass, kept tightly under lock and key outside Paris, is mysteriously losing weight — if ever so slightly. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share science |
Even before Harry Potter tantalized us with his cloak of invisibility, we were, well, tantalized by the prospect. Evidently so were scientists, since a lot of work has been expended on the concept. picked by bornbad 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
That’s a pretty daring title for an internet list, but I was only familiar with a couple of these (including the bonus). Honestly, have you ever heard of a pink fairy armadillo? It’s also known as the Lesser pichicieg picked by Bingo 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews from scientists. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 11 comments edit related share science |
Actually, they don't and that's the problem. 11 comments edit related share entertainmentBloodsucking is so yesterday. It's so 1994. It's so Anne Rice. Today's vampire is a good listener. He cares about our love lives and our problems, which is strange because we're supposed to be his food. picked by chez 4 months ago |
Vampires and Pirates... 6 comments edit related share entertainment(make sure you go to the first page and read it from the beginning) picked by donteatpoop 6 months ago |
Hoverboards Imminent. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share science |
The Lake Balboa neighborhood in Los Angeles has had quite a reality check; residents just found out that they do not really live in Lake Balboa. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Astronomers may have unwittingly hastened the end of the Universe by simply looking at it, according to a theory reported. The novel idea is being aired by two US physicists, who attack the notion that the universe, believed to have been created in the "Big Bang'' some 13.7 billion years ago, will go on, well, forever. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Barackula is a short political horror rock musical about young Barack Obama having to stave off a secret society of vampires at Harvard when he was inducted into presidency at the Harvard Law Review in 1990. picked by tvirus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Small Dog With Hitler's Head (Canis hitlercephalus) has the body of a small dog, but the head of a mass murdering dictator, and a funny little moustache. Approach with caution. Might bite or gas. The Small Dog With Hitler's Head also has an uncontrollable aggression towards Jews, cats, and Jewish cats. picked by muppet 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |