96 diggsAn analysis of children's skills after their first year of schooling shows a stark gender divide. Girls were ahead in almost every area of early development including writing, social skills and the ability to concentrate.Twenty-four per cent of boys were unable to write their name at the age of five - compared with 13 per cent of girls.

200 diggsWinston the dog

119 diggsThe next time your knee hurts, or you get dumped by your girlfriend listen to Mike's story and be thankful that's all you have going on. Mike talks Sarcoma cancer, eye removal, million dollar medical bills, and how he beat it all on this weeks Free Lunch.

81 diggsThe expansion of the Universe is speeding up – proving once again that Einstein's theory of relativity is correct - according to aAstronomers who studied hundreds of thousands of galaxies.

187 diggsI can still hear Gus Johnson screaming about the best NCAABB game of the year.

211 diggsIn his new book The Warcraft Civilization, sociologist William Sims Bainbridge argues that the online game World of Warcraft portends the future of the real world. I spoke with him to find out more.

136 diggsColin Carlson, a sophomore at the Univ. of Connecticut, is seeking a BS in ecology and evolutionary biology and one in environmental studies. But UConn won't let him take a class with field work in South Africa because he's too young. "I'm losing time in my four-year plan for college," he said. "They're upsetting the framework of one of my majors."

306 diggsAs you can guess from the headline, 22-year-old Laszlo Horvath is one sick little bastard. Last summer, police received tip involving cruelty at the Horvath's Bithlo, Florida home.

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207 diggsScientists have known for generations that hot water can sometimes freeze faster than cold, an effect known as the Mpemba effect, but until now have not understood why. Several theories have been proposed, but one scientist believes he has the answer.

152 diggsAn analysis of college newspaper egg donor ads showed that higher payments offered to egg donors correlated with higher SAT scores.

295 diggsThe nannying British chef brings reality TV to West Virginia

139 diggsNot only does Verizon question the FCC's powers over the Internet, but its top policy guy compared the agency to one of those rambling Victorian mansions with labyrinthine hallways that lead to nowhere.

169 diggsI can hold my nose at all the BS that Google spouts as they extricate themselves from a sticky situation. I can put up with GoDaddy purchasing publicity from a U.S. Senator. But what I can’t sit and watch is Microsoft being raked over the coals by a government that does nothing to fight the evil that they say exists in China...

295 diggsSan Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis's war on medical marijuana patients and providers suffered another crushing defeat Thursday afternoon, as activist Eugene Davidovich was acquitted by a jury of all charges stemming from his arrest last year as part of Operation Green Rx. Davidovich, a Navy veteran, was facing serious jail time.

292 diggsHere are seven deadly glutinous sins of fast food debauchery, sure to put your heart down for the count.

137 diggsRest In Peace, Kendall Berry. He was 22 years old.

214 diggsThe modern world as we know it was shaped by the minds of geniuses. But the same outside the box thinking that gave us our great innovations also gave them some truly ridiculous ideas.

205 diggsEssential tips for every Dropbox user Collaborate on projects, synchronise programs and more : TechRadar UK

353 diggsThe new "IP czar" in the White House has just gotten an earful on how to do her job from big rights holders. It includes a single-minded focus on "online copyright theft" and an embrace of filtering, deep packet inspection, throttling, and site blocking.

137 diggsThe People's Republic of China doesn't have Google search to kick around any more, but it's still got network filters and cautious Web surfers and site owners under its thumb.

104 diggsNearly one in three smokers worldwide lights up in China, where cigarettes - commonly given as gifts - are so tightly woven into the culture, some believe it's an impossible habit to kick. But a new report suggests the keys to quitting lie in the country's own backyard.

199 diggsAmericans who have been charged or suspected of terror-related activities over the past year include...

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233 diggsPeople like to joke about incontinence when it happens to someone else, but for nursing staff or those taking care of the elderly it's simply. But just think of all the other uses for this product. Maybe it could be modified to tell your boyfriend/husband when you are ready for sex... what? no?

121 diggsImagine living in a small town where people are relaxed and friendly, no traffic jams, clean air, great education, fun leisure and culture, high salaries, and much more. We want to illustrate the top 10 small cities to live in the U.S taking into consideration such factors.

121 diggsFord is cutting the list prices of its big car range by several thousand pounds, in a bid to have "more realistic" pricing for the new S-Max, Galaxy and Mondeo.

266 diggsLook at Major Nelson, dropping the scoop about USB hard drive support being added to the Xbox 360 like it's news to you.

158 diggsA history of the meanest, nastiest things ever uttered on the floor of the House and Senate.

135 diggsThe Beauty of Xiaohe, estimated to be some 3,800 years old and one of the most perfectly preserved mummies ever found, was discovered along the ancient "Silk Road" trade route of Asia.

171 diggsMSNBC took out a full-page ad in Friday's Boston Globe for a letter from Rachel Maddow to her fellow Massachusetts citizens. The ad was a response to Sen. Scott Brown's claims — in an effort to raise money — that Maddow is planning a run against him in 2012.

116 diggsYou remember North Korea right, the fun-factory behind all those nuclear dramas and international tension? Well we had so much fun when we were there making The Vice Guide to North Korea that we thought we’d give a Vice reader the chance to live the high life of the soviet elite for one week by holidaying in the hermit kingdom...

128 diggsSecret Builders is announcing today that it has raised $2.3 million in funding for its online virtual world with educational games for children.

238 diggsWe've collected some of our favorite comics from webcomic creators Kate Beaton & Nedroid.

169 diggsToday Cisco announced its decision to go with Grid Net. One of the first and only companies to trumpet WiMAX as the ultimate solution for transmitting data between utilities and smart meters.

188 diggsOn the eve of Apple's iPad launch, a look at whether the cost of the iPad really is an "unbelievable price" compared to previous Apple product launches

307 diggsA pit bull mix in Tennessee that was taken into custody by authorities for attacking local police cars has been ordered to attend obedience training.

299 diggsFor the world to tackle truly important problems, people have to stop looking to religion to guide their moral compasses, the philosopher Sam Harris told.

116 diggsFor a stunning graphical user interface designers always need sharp and crisp icons.

146 diggsTubal Eduardo Sr. is accused of stealing more than $33,000 in donations that were meant for his son, whose mother and siblings were killed in a 2007 house fire in Manville. Police say $7k was spent on escorts. Classy.

144 diggsThe market-driven system was the preferred policy for tackling climate change a year ago, but now it is in wide disrepute.

225 diggsAllen Iverson, Joe Namath and Allen Iverson are just a few of Charlie Hoard's sports clients looking for incredible rants.

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183 diggsOur advice to high schoolers looking for college recommendations remains as always to head south and out west, but there are gems all over the country as you’ll see in our list.

103 diggsGeologists from the University of Leicester are among four scientists- including a Nobel prize-winner - who suggest that the Earth has entered a new age of geological time.

141 diggsThe battle of the second fiddles...

197 diggsOh look, most of these are awful too.

254 diggsThis Ghost Recon: Future Soldier trailer.. I want this.... Now....

309 diggsEvery year Big Rock Brewery in Calgary has a contest for people to make commercials up to promote their beer This is one entry that has to be one of the funniest beer commercials of all-time.

152 diggsPolice Chief Rob Hall of Twisp, Washington is trying to bring Southern manners to a small town in rural Washington. His plan is to fine potty mouths, just as you would speeders.

133 diggsWhat stood out at CTIA were some high-end new mobile phones that take the operating systems and the new chips to create some very interesting new devices.

157 diggsIt's frustrating that a law this sweeping was swept under the Obamacare rug. The Senate never introduced a student loan reform bill. It never held a hearing. And proposed changes to the student loan program were never even considered by lawmakers at the committee level. If the tables were turned, Democrats would be crying foul and demanding an eth

164 diggsWith new games now often coming with bundled one-time use codes for extra content, GameStop has found itself the target of a lawsuit claiming deceptive business practices. The issue? The retailer makes much of its profits from used game sales, and isn't disclosing the lack of content from used games.

196 diggsThe file-hosting service Rapidshare is seeking major entertainment industry partners for an online store where links to infringing material will redirect to. The plan is an attempt to bridge the gap between copyright holders and users of the site who distribute infringing material.

263 diggsGlistening in the early morning, these insects look like creatures from another planet as dew gathers on their sleeping bodies.

112 diggsThe NASA rover Opportunity has passed the 20-kilometer (12.43 mile) mark on its marathon Mars mission. Opportunity hit the driving milestone this week as it headed toward its next destination, Endeavour crater.

265 diggsA South Korean navy ship was sinking in the Yellow Sea near North Korea early Saturday, and the navy was shooting at an unidentified ship toward the north, Korean news agencies reported.

168 diggsA Burger King employee in Michigan is in hot water after blabbing on Facebook about spitting in the food.

250 diggsDoes this look familiar?

151 diggsWe can talk all we want about what the health care reform bill will do to the future of health care. Or we can just watch these Futurama clips and find out for sure.

121 diggsWho is the celebrity? Generally speaking, a celebrity is someone who gets media attention and most frequently has an extroverted personality. And then we every day hear, watch or read something about them. How do they look like in caricature?

121 diggsFound at the Oregon Culinary Institute, this chess set enlists the various styles of salt and pepper shakers to a long-standing, strategic war.

167 diggsSo, there's this guy Rick Nadeau who makes custom stuffed squirrels. As in taxidermy squirrels. Holding guns. Machine guns. And rifles. And nunchucks. And knives. Perhaps even a violin, or a deck of cards.

189 diggsThat's a lot of money (and bills) in 1 place -- seized from a drug lord. Here, a pic of what it looks like, along w/some other examples of a lot of money "in one place" -- e.g., the 100 million pennies collected & displayed at Rockefeller Center NYC.

149 diggsA few Democrats have won praise - or at least grudging respect - from the right despite the current contentious atmosphere; for their aisle-crossing ways, fiscal conservatism, and, sometimes, plain old style.

107 diggsAnd that is why he is kicking their asses.

118 diggsOur spy photographers spotted the 2011 Ford Explorer in the past, but never like this.

161 diggsA Stony Brook University Medical Center in Long Island announced it was developing a revised ethics policy after a student posted a photo on Facebook of a classmate posing with a thumbs up next to a cadaver....

118 diggs"Prisoners should be focused on rehabilitation rather than on personal gratification" said state Rep. Greg Smith.

115 diggsChicken buses are especially common in Guatemala and Panama, but can be found all over. Even if you never want to ride on one of these buses, you have to admit the look pretty cool.

174 diggsEarth Hour 2010 will take place on March 27, 2010 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., local time and we are trying to showcase few of the millions stunning photographs to give a tribute to Earth Hour and to create some awareness about this event. Climate Change is not about what country you are from… It’s about which planet you are from.

191 diggsExamine the current cost of America’s health care system — before the reform takes shape — and you'll see that the U.S. already spends more than any other developed nation. This is while we still offer an underperforming system. With the recent sweeping changes, we have to ask, what's coming next?

195 diggsTiffany Smith's mother Paula was just feet away and turned in horror to see her daughter on tiptoes holding the internal basket of the deep fat fryer.

118 diggsIf Verizon hasn't already started wiring your city or town with its FiOS fiber-optic TV and broadband service, chances are you won't get it. Verizon's nearing the end of their program to replace old coper lines with faster fiber ones & will instead of expanding more broadly, they will focus on the markets they have already secured franchises in.

125 diggs"D'oh!" — the grunt of frustration used by Homer Simpson — has had the most impact on the English language among many coined by the TV show, an international survey of translators said Thursday.

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220 diggsA number of leading scientists suggest that Earth has entered a new age of geological time -- the Anthropocene Epoch. And the dawning of this new epoch, they say, may include the sixth largest mass extinction in Earth's history.

142 diggsYou know you’re talking crazy when the Fox News guy has to nervously defend Barack Obama.

30 diggsFormer Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's bloc has won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, final results show.http://www.theafricanstore.org/

165 diggsYou know the economy is getting pretty rough when people can't afford new wiper blades and have to manually squeegee the windshield while they drive.

195 diggsFor Earth Hour 2010, record-breaking millions of businesses, homes, and landmarks around the world will turn off their lights Saturday evening for the sake of the planet, conservationists say.

189 diggsAs if a trip to the movies wasn't expensive enough already, American theaters are set to increase the price of their 3D movie tickets.

137 diggsHere's one playground drama that's deserving of attention: community activists recently discovered a jungle gym with a cell door, prison bars and the word "jail" painted on it at the Tompkins Houses, a housing project in Brooklyn. The playground just so happens to be in a historically Black neighborhood with the largest prison population.

157 diggsNES was a revolutionary system. Here are some of the classics that should be remade into new classics.

164 diggsA truck crossed a Kentucky interstate median Friday and slammed head-on into a church van carrying a Mennonite family on its way to a wedding, killing 11 people.

198 diggsCooking at home is the best way to save cash, but it's nice to go out sometimes, too. March 29 is your last shot at free Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. Participating locations have offered a free medium hot or iced coffee each Monday of the month.

219 diggsKristen Augeri, 23, and Thomas Way, 22, face several charges including risk of injury to a child. It turns out that letting your 3 year old take rips off of your glass pipe is frowned upon.

159 diggsA Colorado teen has been busted for bringing some of his dad's medical marijuana to middle school and selling it to students. Resourceful little sucker.

213 diggsThe world's biggest sites are owned by some major corporations/companies. This article reveals some surprising findings.

432 diggsMost parents sign and return field trip permission slips without even giving them a thought or 2nd glance. Not this guy...

92 diggsTea Party activists are kicking off a grand national tour this weekend with an event targeting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in his small home town of Searchlight, Nevada -- an event that Tea Party Express describes as a "conservative Woodstock."

361 diggsMicrosoft seems to be spending a lot of time lately trying to convince the open source world it really means it no harm. And, just maybe, it's true.

157 diggsThe iPad, which can be loosely described as a large iPhone minus the phone, has the capability of running not only iPhone apps, but also its own higher resolution apps that can bring more detail on the larger screen at one time. It would seem to be a natural fit with the iPhone’s army of developers and the App Store.

69 diggsJobs and Schmidt, whose companies have just ended their love affair, were spotted minutes ago talking business at Calafia in the Town and Country shopping center in Palo Alto. They were talking business.

379 diggsDiscovery Channel, TLC and The History Channel were all created to educate us on all sorts of interesting things right? After checking this chart you may want to reconsider that statement.

128 diggsThe city of Beijing is installing 100 giant deodorant guns at its Asuwei dump site to address complaints it has received about the smell. Beijing, F@ck Yeah!

201 diggsBy the 1930s, it was clear that for the forseeable future, Los Angeles' fate would be wedded to the movies - a fact that drew more money, more talent, and more crazies to the town than it could reasonably be expected to handle. And to this day, LA is still a metropolis as quirky, charming, and schizoid as anywhere in the world.

113 diggsWashington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was sentenced to 30 days in a halfway house with two years supervised probation for his role in a locker room incident involving firearms on Friday.

168 diggsIn a bid to save money on printer ink, the University of Wisconsin has declared all e-mail users will adopt Century Gothic instead of Arial for its email system.

122 diggsLost intro, Hitchcock style.

190 diggsAs chairman of FreedomWorks, the group credited with mobilizing the Tea Party movement, Dick Armey is the movement's de facto leader. Yet Armey's years spent lobbying for a group recognized by the State Department as being a terrorist organization--should give Tea Partiers pause.

182 diggsThe camera man got hit by a football thrown by the NFL player Joe Flacco. I don't think Joe Flacco has ever thrown that accurately before!

119 diggsAlbert Gonzalez, the computer hacker who helped organize massive credit card thefts from TJX Cos., BJs Wholesale Club, and other national retailers, was sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday to 20 years in prison, one of the longest sentences ever imposed for computer crime or identity theft.

169 diggsAccording to the AP, a drunk Pennsylvania man was arrested after he was found attempting revive a dead possum along the highway. The man, Donald Wolfe, was charged with public drunkenness (apparently was let off on practicing medicine without a license).

150 diggsApple looks poised to get within $50 billion of Microsoft market cap any day now. Currently, Apple's market cap is $208.76 billion, while Microsoft's is $261.01 billion. And while $50 billion may seem like a huge chasm, consider that since December 31, 2009, just a few months ago, Apple has added about $20 billion to its market cap...

132 diggsIrish President Mary McAleese has taken a leaf out of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign book by encouraging and empowering the Irish people to be the ones that make a change in their country.

170 diggsThe documentary directed by the mystery-shrouded street artist Banksy will debut in New York, L.A. and San Francisco in April. Here is more on the strategy behind the release.

100 diggsResearchers from Sunchon National University in Suncheon, South Korea, and Rice University in Houston have built a radio frequency identification tag that can be printed directly onto cereal boxes and potato chip bags. The tag uses ink laced with carbon nanotubes to print electronics on paper or plastic that could instantly transmit information

79 diggsAs a person who really enjoys flying airplanes, I never thought I would ever say this, but flying a simulator can be as much fun as flying the real thing. Of course it helps when the simulator is a replica of the space shuttle cockpit at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

130 diggsIt’s almost not surprising at all: today Beyonce’s official YouTube channel is blocked in the US due to a copyright infringement issue.

381 diggsWell, look at this. If you've been desperate to know what your App Store experience would be like on the iPad, here's a chance to live the dream.

195 diggs Mr. Goltstein asked state regulators to let him pop the poop bubbles. He said he and his 19-year-old son would slice them open with a knife from a paddleboat.

187 diggsWhen the new director of Paranormal Activity 2 was announced, the sequel's producer said, “I don’t want to spoil the story but I promise it’ll surprise you. Stay tuned.” This, it seems, is an open invitation to start wildly speculating about PA2’s premise. And so we will!

168 diggsIt's taken a long time, but Nvidia has finally released its first DirectX 11 graphics card, the GeForce GTX 480. The spiritual successor to last year's GTX 285 is meant to compete with AMD's highest-powered single-GPU card, the ATI Radeon HD 5870.

150 diggsDepending on your perspective, today will either be a victory or a crushing defeat for NVIDIA. The company produced what is undoubtedly the most powerful Graphics Processor ever. The 3-Billion transistor GF100 is a very capable chip, both in terms of gaming and compute performance. However, the GeForce GTX 480 is late to the market and...

165 diggsBuzz Out Loud put out a proclamation to make a video that merged Aliens vs. Predator and Apple’s recent woes, which resulted in the below vid by YouTuber Kelvington.

135 diggsShould infrastructure function reside in application stacks or hardware? This is the basis for research conducted amongst the Wikibon community and over 20 practitioners in the field. Includes research background, key findings, and advice to IT practitioners

313 diggsSeries director/producer Jon Cassar announced minutes ago on Twitter that the show has been officially canceled:

198 diggsSaturday, March 27th, is "No Tech Day." Sponsored by UK charity Practical Action, No Tech Day is a time to set aside the luxury gadgets for 24 hours "to raise awareness of how much we all rely on and use gadgets in our everyday life"

45 diggsJapan's Fujitsu has ceded rights to the 'iPad' name to Apple, just in time for the tablet computer from the California company to hit US stores next month.

96 diggsWho would have thought? Rapidshare is on the warpath against people downloading copyrighted material using their webservice, and has a plan to break the cycle of lost industry revenues that are supposed to result. What are they up to?

194 diggsHeritage Foundation is proposing a special day to raise awareness about the threat from electromagnetic pulse attack.

133 diggsCast members discuss the possibility of the webseries becoming a feature film.

236 diggsFacebook on Friday proposed creating a way for people to add their locations to Facebook pages but released almost no details about how the feature will work.

262 diggsGoogle has received more than 1,100 community responses and more than 194,000 responses from individuals.

200 diggsMany of us associate the grilled cheese with childhood lunches and tomato soup, but there’s an army of creative chefs out there keeping the American staple alive and relevant for grown-ups. It’s back, and it’s not just for lunch anymore.

170 diggsA new video of Missouri congressman Emanuel Cleaver allegedly getting spit on by Tea Party protesters surfaced yesterday. Tell us, doesn't this video -- and all the others -- remind you of something? Like, maybe, the Seinfeld episode? Observe. Now that is one magic loogie.

183 diggsWayne Chism scored 22 points Friday to lead the No. 6-seed Tennessee Volunteers to a 76-73 upset of No. 2-seed Ohio State.

224 diggsThere are those who believe that science will eventually explain everything—including our enduring belief in heaven. The thesis here is very simple: heaven is not a real place, or even a process or a supernatural event. It's something that happens in your brain as you die.

103 diggsVideo cameras on your cellphone could soon be good enough to record a jazz concert, a nighttime street scene, or a candlelit dinner.

129 diggsNo Wonder the Raiders are going after Donovan McNabb Hard

158 diggsUnder the heading of "information operations" or "force protection," the military has launched intelligence activities that, were they conducted by the CIA, might require a presidential finding and notification of Congress. But they've gotten information that is sometimes better than what the CIA is offering.

193 diggsDing dong, the Times is dead. From June, the Thunderer and its Sunday sibling's online versions will be tucked behind paywalls, and if you want to read their stuff you'll pay £1 per day or £2 per week.

143 diggsThat Gravity Game is a puzzle where you play as a rolling marshmallow. Run on walls and change the gravity to get to the portal.

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106 diggsThis week, Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise, attached to its mother ship, the VSS Eve, successfully completed the very first test flight. The craft took off on an two hour 53 minute flight achieving an altitude of 45,000 feet.

111 diggsA woman in Peru's Puno region allegedly sold her four-month-old son for 2,000 soles ($700)

172 diggsThe absence of a sugary viral shield could explain why immune responses to the 1918 influenza virus also work against the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic strain.

141 diggsThe giant, looming ears. The projecting buck teeth. The frozen, friendly smile masking just a hint of menace. Who wouldn't want to escape from the Easter Bunny's clutches?

131 diggsThe sad thing is, despite the fact that the Woodinville, Washington man couldn't have been going faster than your average paperboy, he still pedaled hard enough to elude cops.

224 diggsU.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice Department document.

113 diggsSee your favorite 'Left 4 Dead' cast getting caught doing the 'Thriller' dance. Seem like Louis and Francis spotted the Tank coming while they were performing Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' dance.

213 diggsAccording to Zogby International, 81% of Americans Agree Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Negatively Impacts U.S. Interests