Archive for September, 2007

Too little sleep can kill you, but so can too much

Professor Francesco Cappuccio from the University of Warwick’s Warwick Medical School has just recently completed a study on sleep deprivation. The study concludes that not getting enough sleep more than doubles the chances of death from a variety of health related causes. Surprisingly, the same is true of getting too much sleep. So don’t go [ READ MORE ]

Quarry for Herod’s Temple found

Ok, I admit it. I love history and archeology fascinates me. Reconstructing the past is can be so interesting. So when I read this article I was pretty interested. It seems that archaeologists have found the quarry where the stones for Herod’s temple were cut. If you don’t know any of the history of the temple [ READ MORE ]

Ghost Buildings of Bangkok

I found this amazing article about the abandoned skyscrapers in Bangkok Thailand. During the early 90s many Asian economies grew at a rapid rate. But in 1997, many of these nations had a serious financial crisis. Overnight stock markets crashed, currencies were devalued, and prime real estate became worthless. Though nearly all of the [ READ MORE ]

Friday Fun: Surfing Mice

This video has no real point whatsoever, but I thought I would post it anyway. It’s nothing but a bunch of mice and what I believe are rats surfing. Have fun. [ READ MORE ]

Velociraptors were just big birds?

Paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum of Natural History have conclusively identified Quill knobs on velociraptor bones. Proving that velociraptors had feathers. Scintists have suspected that raptors had feathers for some time, but have never been able to prove it. Now with the discovery of quill knobs they know [ READ MORE ]

Japanese Vending machines – Everything from sodas to eggs

Dark Roasted Blend has a great post about Japanese vending machines. In Japan you can buy nearly anything from vending machines. Batteries, sodas, groceries, even beer and cigarettes. Pretty much, if it is possible for a machine to dispense it, Japan has a vending machine capable of selling it. This is something I noticed when I [ READ MORE ]

Storm Drain Art from Sao Paulo Brazil

A group of artists from Sao Paulo Brazil have taken to the streets to paint the storm drains with cool looking art. Everything from monsters reaching out of the drains to get you, to video players receiving tapes. I think this is a great idea. Storm drains are never nice to look at, but once they [ READ MORE ]

A kitten jumps right into the trashcan

This poor kitten was scared of the water in the sink, so he decides to jump off the counter. Should have looked where he was jumping first. LOL Via Nothing To Do With Arbroath: This kitten’s unsure of the water in the sink [ READ MORE ]

Glowing pet fish

Do you remember seeing the news reports a few years back about the pigs from Taiwan that had been genetically modified to glow? Well, using the same techniques that were used in the pig experiments, a company has modified fish to glow. The original purpose of the modification was to help detect pollutants in water supplies, [ READ MORE ]

A Roller Coaster bridge

DeputyDog has a great post about the kawazu loop bridge. The Kawazu Loop Bridge is a two storied spiral bridge along National Route 414 in Japan. The Kawazu bridge is one of the only bridges in the world with a double loop. After looking at the pictures here, check out the original article for more photos. DeputyDog: [ READ MORE ]