A new analysis shows that a deadly mud volcano in Indonesia may not have been a natural disaster after all. The research lends weight to the controversial theory that the volcano was caused by humans.
Villagers …

Nine species of giant, exotic snakes will face new import and transportation restrictions if regulations under consideration by the Interior Department are enacted.
The snakes would be listed as “injurious species” under the Lacey Act, a …

SEATTLE — It’s easy being green for a sea slug that has stolen enough genes to become the first animal shown to make chlorophyll like a plant. Shaped like a leaf itself, the slug Elysia …

Scientists have unearthed a completely new species of spider hiding in sand dunes on the Israel-Jordan border. With a legspan that stretches 5.5 inches, the spider, called Cerbalus aravensis, is the biggest of its type …

An artist from Pittsburgh named Cliff Maynard, that’s also a tattoo artist, is making portraits by using marijuana joint ends. The portraits are of famous people like Bob Marley, Snoop Dog and John Lennon, to …

Luke Jerram makes the deadliest art in the world. His subjects have caused pain and suffering for hundreds of millions of people throughout history. They are infectious, they are resilient, and they are everywhere.

THE DEADLY …

May 19, 2009—Meet “Ida,” the small “missing link” found in Germany that’s created a big media splash and will likely continue to make waves among those who study human origins.
In a new book, documentary, and …

The strangest monument in America looms over a barren knoll in northeastern Georgia. Five massive slabs of polished granite rise out of the earth in a star pattern. The rocks are each 16 feet tall, …

North America’s cradle of civilization can be traced 3,800 years back to the lower Illinois River valley.
It’s there that archaeologists have found evidence of the continent’s first so-called agricultural complex — a set of different …

The brains of patients who’ve received double hand transplants can recreate lost neurological control systems, according to new brain data from a French surgical team.
The doctors extensively analyzed two patients, of the six total who …

The Department of Energy’s $3.5 billion laser, designed to simulate the energy of a nuclear explosion, is ready to fire up all of its 192 beams, AP reported Tuesday.
After more than a decade, that included …

A newly-reconstructed deformed fossil skull suggests that our human ancestors probably cared for deformed offspring for years.
The skull indicates that the human to which it belonged about 530,000 years ago would have been severely handicapped …

Electric cars have been getting a lot of buzz lately, but a more immediately viable transportation fuel of the future could be liquid derived from coal. Scientists have devised a new way to transform coal …

For those of you disappointed to learn that cow tipping is just an urban legend, take heart: you can tell tall tales about how you once demagnetized a cow.
Satellite images of cattle and deer herds …

10. Narcissus

These cheerful yellow and white harbingers of spring, aka daffodils and jonquils, are actually mildly toxic if the bulbs are eaten in large quantities (Narcissus pseudonarcissus is shown).
Some people confuse them for onions. Daffodil …

Peking man—the group of early humans whose 1920s discovery gave a big boost to the theory of evolution—lived hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously believed, a new study says.
Some researchers believe the discovery …

While he may not want to suck your blood, the male fish seen above does sport spooky-looking fangs that have earned it the name Danionella dracula.
Researchers at London’s Natural History Museum found several of the …

Sam Hughes  presents a host of methods for ending the planet — and life — as we know it. Enjoy!

10. Total existence failure
(Current feasibility rating: 0/10)
You will need: nothing
Method: No method. Simply sit back …

Explosions are tricky to measure. For one, what’s the criteria? And most data on “blasts from the past” are speculation at best.
So consider this list “10 of the biggest explosions since the dawn of time,” …

Amazing, we underestimate animals intelligence all the time. It really is incredible what they are capable of. Check out this amazing story with these amazing pictures!
Bill owns a company that manufactures and installs car wash …