Brazilian man has claimed his wife attempted to kill him by putting poison into her vagina and inviting him to drink from the furry cup.

Man arrested for singing ‘Kung Fu Fighting.’ Police arrested the singer on racism charges after a man reportedly of Chinese descent complained about his performance of the song.

California gangster’s tattoo of crime scene helps solve murder.

Student yawned so hard during lecture that she couldn’t close her mouth. Holly was taken to Northampton General Hospital where her jaw was eventually freed by forcing 26 wooden splints in her mouth.

Psychologists warn that therapies based on positive emotions may not work for Asians.

Man dressed as cow crawled into a Walmart on all fours and stole 26 Gallons of Milk.

People who overuse credit believe products have unrealistic properties.

A study at a US Buddhist retreat suggests eastern relaxation techniques can protect our chromosomes from degenerating.

The Cognitive System Theory introduced here provides the first fully scientific model of how the hominid brain works, and explains how its two masterstrokes of cognitive development are achieved for each and every one of us in childhood.

Authors compare the frequency of swear words in London teens to the same from an earlier study in East Coast American adolescents.

Investigating behavioural mimicry in the context of stair/escalator choice.

A study discovered that birds which are able to breed in the city center tend to have larger brains.

Researchers at Queen’s University have found a strong association between computer and Internet use in adolescents and engagement in multiple-risk behaviors, including illicit drug use, drunkenness and unprotected sex.

Drinking energy beverages mixed with alcohol may be riskier than drinking alcohol alone.

The brain regions responsible for what might be considered “willpower” show more activity in those who have quit smoking.

Even without symptoms, genital herpes can spread.

Engineering researchers at the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in the use of nanotechnologies for the construction of a synthetic brain. They have built a carbon nanotube synapse circuit whose behavior in tests reproduces the function of a neuron, the building block of the brain.

A new kind of plastic that can repair itself when exposed to ordinary light has been unveiled by scientists in the U.S. for the first time.

Carnegie Mellon researchers build time machine to visually explore space and time.

More than 30 years after they left Earth, NASA’s twin Voyager probes are now at the edge of the solar system.

Can a complete novice become a golf pro with 10,000 hours of practice?

“Can we get the public to think of porn as something that they’re willing to pay for again? We’ll see.” A Denton lawyer devotes his life to fighting America’s porn thiefs.

When you buy an iPhone app, AT&T gets nothing. When you buy an Android app, Verizon gets a cut.

A Contrarian View of Copyright: Hip-Hop, Sampling, and Semiotic Democracy.

The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany.

Why do we say a “pair of pants” when there’s only one of them?

Shit-faced: a brief history of the word.

Interview With a Trading Legend. (A thirty-year track record (audited) of 41.6% compound returns.)

He’s built a career concocting high-concept fragrances like “Wet Mitten” and “Clean Baby Butt.” Now Christopher Brosius is attempting his next olfactory experiment: creating a perfume you can’t even smell.

The officers were on a training mission, exploring the 4.3 miles of catacombs that twist beneath the 16th arrondissement of Paris. They found 3,000 square feet of subterranean galleries, strung with lights, wired for phones, live with pirated electricity, uncovered a bar, lounge, workshop, dining corner and small screening area.

Sagrada Familia: Gaudí’s cathedral is nearly done, but would he have liked it?

Why is there so many violent crime at fast-food restaurants?

Like all of the other water bodies in Central Park, Turtle Pond is man-made – filled with New York City drinking water. However, you wouldn’t want to drink this water, since it’s filled with five kinds of turtles who live in the Pond year round. Many of these turtles started out as pets in city apartments, but eventually outgrew their urban accommodations, and were brought to the Park by their former owners.

Why do New Yorkers wear so much black?

This is a recording of Allen Ginsberg reading his poem, “America” over Tom Waits’s “Closing Time.” Listen to it naked.

Does every other movie lately seem to have a shot of the leading man casually walking away from a vehicle he’s just blown up?

There’s a form of neurotoxic honey, genuinely known as “mad honey,” created by bees taking nectar from the rhododendron ponticum flower.

Four Nasty Conditions Bad Sunglasses Could Give You.

11 Grammatically Incorrect Movie Titles.

CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key.

Unicorn in real life. [videos]

Sperm retrievial machine via China and Sperm Bank ATM.

Probably the first time breast groping has been used in a political poster.

The lion was a gift, but after it died, the pelt and bones were presented to a taxidermist who had never seen a lion.

Meanwhile, on the BBC.

every day the same again | April 29th, 2011