Bored at work? Wondering what you can say to anger a cop or what people do with their pets after they die? Look no further: picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Birds are driving subway trains, a giant chrysalis hangs inside a train compartment and mutant cockroaches seem to breathe their last in disgust at a cleaner Moscow underground. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

What will the New Yorks, Londons, and Tokyos of tomorrow look like? Will they be technological Edens, grim dystopias, or entirely obliterated? picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

“I would rather have a prostate exam on live television by a guy with very cold hands than have a Facebook page.” picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Climate campaigners have dumped horse manure on TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson's front lawn in protest against his views on global warming.

The activists from environmental group Climate Rush unloaded the bag-loads of manure at his home in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, with a banner which read "this is what you're landing us in". picked by davethefish 2 months ago

Ever wondered how long a woman can keep a secret?
Researchers found that they will typically spill the beans to someone else in 47 hours and 15 minutes. picked by karenben 2 months ago

Your city seethes with ghosts. Its impossibly twisted streets stream with magic, and its chimneys exude smoke of a decidedly hallucinatory nature. Why do modern, urban places feel as if they are home to so many unexplainable, otherworldly forces? picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Well, I suppose what's considered news to some... picked by Pazez 2 months ago

Tetris is okay. Tetris 3D is a bit better. 3D Tetris in Sterogram format? Now that is a winner. For those who can see such images will find this version of the classic Tetris quite impressive picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

It's here, boys and geeks, the biggest DIY Halloween contest there is! This year's contest is sponsored by Microchip, and together we've got rad prizes to give to the best in microcontroller Halloween projects. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Elton John could become the latest high profile celebrity to adopt a child from another country. picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Roger Mosey, the director of the BBC's 2012 Olympics operation, said the BBC was looking at using new technology to cover the sporting event.

'We could, and I believe should, capture some of the games in 3D,' he told the IBC technology conference in Amsterdam. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Larry Gelbart, the award-winning writer whose sly, sardonic wit helped create such hits as Broadway's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," the films "Tootsie" and "Oh, God!" and television's "M-A-S-H," is dead. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Corridors are fascinating things. Think about
it - every sci-fi film you've ever seen has
some sort of action-packed chase through
corridors. They are the future! picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Over-sharers:
Why do some people seemingly fail to realise
that their web-based musings are actually being
read by others? picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A Mom Grows In Brooklyn...A Time-Traveling Singer...Tim Burton's Dark New Universe picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Prior to the initial wave of American Beatlemania back in the early 1960s, the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein signed the band to a three-picture contract with United Artists. A Hard Day’s Night and Help! quickly fulfilled two-thirds of their obligation. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Two hundred six songs. Thirteen original albums plus two CDs worth of miscellany. Seven years in the making - the complete recorded works of the Beatles. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

That bird sitting very still in the garden - is
it alive or a cunningly-fashioned example of
the taxidermist' s art? Think fast, then have a
bash at busy phil's quiz. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Now consider the past. Ask the big question: “What was the past all about?”That ought to be easy, right? It already happened, so we don’t have to make anything up. The complexities are deep and they ramble on endlessly. The guys living “the Hundred Years War” had no idea they were in one. Four generations of “war” isn’t a “war,” it’... read full post picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

In a 1769 letter to the naturalist John Bartram, Benjamin Franklin observed that while lots of people like accounts of old buildings and monuments, “I confess that if I could find in any Italian travels a receipt for making Parmesan cheese, it would give me more satisfaction than a transcript of any inscription from any old stone whatsoever.” picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

John Lennon did many brilliant things in his life, but arguably one of his most inspired acts was his deliberate destruction of the Beatles in 1969, just 40 years ago this month. It didn't seem that way then, but if Lennon hadn't done that, I doubt that you'd be reading this today. Lennon froze them for ever at their peak. picked by suebe 2 months ago

Read it again ^ picked by suebe 2 months ago

Red Eye intern Ernest Wilkins is planning to recreate all the action of the 80s classic in one day. picked by chelcho 2 months ago

Back on May 27, 1911 Coney Island was doing worse off than it is today, with Dreamland Park in flames for a full 18 hours, burning to the ground and never again being rebuilt as it was. But a piece of the glory days was just found underwater; local divers are bringing up a piece of the past: a massive 500-lb bell that sunk to the ocean floor with the rest of the pier. picked by suebe 2 months ago