Chocolate bar a day cuts risk of stroke
Does Eating Oatmeal Lower Cholesterol?.
Scientists discover world’s smallest superconductor.
Beginning in Sydney, Australia three years ago, Earth Hour has grown into a global observance. States, large organizations and individual people observed Earth Hour 2010 on Saturday March 27th, as homes, office towers and landmarks turned off their lights for an hour starting at 8.30 pm local time to raise awareness about climate change and the threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions. Collected here are a series of before-and-after photographs from this year – which (starting with the second one below) will fade between “on” and “off” when clicked. [See also: last year] This effect requires javascript to be enabled. (26 photos total)
Evolution: The Curious Case of Dogs : Observations of a Nerd.
Wing tips: Your greatest — and hottest — chicken wing recipes
Homelessness set to surge among US elderly: report .
Ernest Hemingway, 1918
Archaeologists find door to the afterlife.
Key to sweeter tomatoes uncovered .
Big Bang test successful, says CERN .
The laugh of a hyena holds more than a giggle .
5 Signs You are a Healthy Guy.
First high-energy collisions carried out in Geneva .
1945. The rare family photograph of the American generals: (seated left to right) William H. Simpson, George S. Patton, Jr., Carl Spaatz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Courtney H. Hodges, and Leonard T. Gerow; (standing l. to r.) Ralph F. Stearley, Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Walter Bedell Smith, Otto P. Weyland, and Richard E. Nugent.
As March Madness overlaps Passover, you might find the Ultimate Matzoh Ball Game a worthy distraction. Just click to launch the matzoh ball toward the basket, but be aware that the basket is constantly moving! (via Metafilter)
The Top 100 April Fools Pranks and Gadgets. And more that are pretty cruel.
A man is attacked by a swarm of …butterflies.
