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In what has to be one of the most unusual publicity-gathering ploys I’ve ever seen, Playboy Magazine has recently announced that they’re going to have their first animated covergirl.  And she’s not Lara Croft, to my amazement.  Nope, instead Playboy is going after the animation fan with their selection of Marge Simpson for the cover.  […]

Of the many personalities involved in World War II, you would be hard pressed to find a guy more quotable than former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill.  He was, by any stretch of the imagination, a real man’s man.  Not only was he Prime Minister twice, he also served in the military, was a POW, […]

One of the problems with unusual pets is that they can be fairly expensive.  For example, one of the hottest new pet trends is a £700 animal that stands only 14 inches tall and weighs, at most, 65 pounds.  However, it’s intimately familiar to any fan of Babe, Charlotte’s Web, or Green Acres.  They’re called […]

I have to admit that I have a serious fascination with Chernobyl.  As the world’s most famous nuclear disaster, it’s a great study on what might happen to our cities and homes after an exchange of atomic weapons.  As a Cold War baby, I have a pretty fierce fascination with all things nuclear war.  Photographer […]

One of the most holy relics of the Roman Catholic Church is the Shroud of Turin.  One of the most famous objects in the world, this 14-foot 4-inch by 3-foot 7-inch cloth is supposedly the burial shroud of Jesus.  Unfortunately, says organic chemist Luigi Garlaschelli from the University of Pavia in Italy, it’s also a […]

The principal of forced perspective can make for a really fun photograph.   Basically, you position yourself in such a way that there’s a really tall object in the background or a really small object in the foreground, then you pose with it.  That way, you end up looking like you’re posing with a giant […]

No, that’s not one of the Solid Gold dancers, or an outtake from a remake of Goldfinger.  That’s an actual solid gold statue of supermodel Kate Moss made by British artist Marc Quinn.  Worth a reported $2.7 million, the statue known as Siren is the largest all-gold statue since the days of the Ancient Egyptians.  […]

When you look at the home, it looks great.  A gorgeous 3-bedroom fishing cottage with a brand-new kitchen, original wood paneling from the 1930’s, a master bedroom with fireplace, and an observatory situated on half an acre of land near the Dungeness National Nature Reserve.  It has a private driveway, is less than 5 minutes […]

They’re the stuff of nightmares, and they’re crafted out of every child’s favorite disposable plaything.  Meet the creations of the brilliantly mad sculptor Jason Hackenwerth.  He crafts fierce monsters, some over 40 feet long, out of nothing but pure balloons.  That’s right, brightly-colored, inflated, rubber tubes and spheres, thousands of them, are the key to […]

There was a treasure-trove of new creatures discovered along the fertile Mekong River in Southeast Asia. Among the 163 creatures are some pretty unusual animals, from the cat ba leopard gecko to the most fearsome frog on the planet, the Khorat big-mouthed frog.  I call this frog fearsome for a reason.  Not only is it […]

In honor of the Sci-Fi Channel’s (now called Syfy) 17th birthday, the folks at Sci-Fi Wire put together a great gallery of 17 awesome-looking sci-fi cakes.  Now, those are some seriously awesome cakes, but not all cakes turn out so good.  After all, there’s a reason Jen Yates started the brilliant website Cake Wrecks, which […]

 
That’s not some post-apocalyptic wasteland or a nightmare scenario come to life, that’s Australia.  Specifically, it’s beautiful Sydney, Australia, circa yesterday.  It’s hard to believe, but that harsh red sky is actually a signifier of a freakishly large dust storm that ravaged New South Wales and Queensland.  While Australia is no stranger to dust storms […]

The crew of the Nautilus can rest easy tonight, because there’s one less giant squid around to try to crack open the ship and eat the delicious people inside.  For many years, the giant squid was thought to be fictional, like many other freaky fish.  Due to its elusive nature, it’s very rare that one […]

Comic book fans around the world are clamoring to get their hands on the Agama Mwanzae, or flat-headed agama.  This lizard, originally from sub-Saharan Africa, is the latest hit in the pet world for one big reason:  it looks like a lizard version of Spider-Man.  You have to admit, it really does have a strong […]

Nigel Hollingworth, amateur gardener, has something to brag about.  First of all, his first attempt at growing a pepper plant in Somerset, England was successful.  That’s pretty tough to do, given how England’s climate isn’t exactly the same as the jalapeno pepper’s natural home climate.  However, Nigel’s plants aren’t noteworthy just for the fruit they […]