Guam has a problem with brown tree snakes. Specifically, it has two million brown tree snakes, and they’re slowly decimating other native species. So scientists have come up with a solution, the only logical one really: fill a bunch of dead mice with painkillers, give each corpse a tiny parachute, and throw them all out of helicopters into the jungle. No but really. More »
Among items on the short list of “things that shouldn’t be stored in an oven,” live ammunition ranks near the top—just below live babies and gasoline. That’s because, as Myth Busters has taught us and one Florida woman learned this week, live ammo and high temperatures make for an explosive combination. More »
You’d be unlikely to see many Amish folks at CES or MWC or any other technology expo—because, for a start, many of them don’t use electricity. But don’t feel sorry for them, because they have a trade show all of their own. More »
A man named Parker Reed has uploaded an hour-long video of a coin rolling on a treadmill. You’re skeptical. It’s okay. I was too. But then I started watching, and I haven’t yet been able to stop. You won’t be either. More »
He may not be a mutant with regenerative healing powers, animal senses, superhuman agility or Adamantium-laced skeleton and claws. He may not even be an expert in martial arts or speak fluent Japanese, but 22-year-old Ricardo Fuentes is a hero just like the Wolverine. One who, instead of running away in panic, helped people during last week’s deadly explosion at Pemex’s headquarters in Mexico D.F. More »
Unless you never watch TV and avoid visiting your local grocery store, you’re probably aware that Lay’s is running another contest where they invited people to submit ideas for new potato chip flavors last year. The finalists for the company’s ‘Do Us a Flavor‘ contest are supposed to hit stores next Tuesday, but it looks like the three new varieties might have already been revealed. And each sounds more delicious than the last. More »
When Rebecca Gallanagh was fitted with an electronic ankle bracelet after being arrested, she thought it was boring—so she decorated it using fake diamonds. Sadly, that didn’t play very well with the authorities. More »
Vladmir Putin is on a mission to raise Russia’s birth rate. Best way to do that? Hire Boyz II Men to croon the babies right into the bellies. More »
There’s something about teeth and eyes out of their sockets that gives me the creeps. That’s why this video of a medical laboratory that has been making artificial eyes since World War I is kind of gross—but also fascinating. And quite surprising. I couldn’t have imagined that they make the veins with red thread, for example. A good watch. More »
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