Stunning Soap Bubble Photos - Out of Theis World

Behind the scenes of Jason Tozer’s soap bubble photos via NOTCOT. Mark writes - Our recent post on photographer Jason Tozer’s images of bubbles prompted a fair few calls of “how did he do that?” Well, we were in...

'Forrest Gump' grandmother finishes incredible FIVE-YEAR run

Rosie Swale-Pope set foot on British soil for the first time in almost five years since she set out on a 'Forrest Gump' style round-the-world run. The 61-year-old has covered 20,000 miles on foot, enduring freezing temperatures, being held up by a naked axeman and brushes with bears and packs of wolves.

If You Can't Take the Height, Get Off the Mountain

Genetic analysis sheds light on why some groups adjust better to high altitudes than others.

Secrets Of James Bond's Success With Women Unraveled

The secrets of what makes James Bond so irresistible to women have been unravelled by scientists.

Mozilla Hits Its Firefox 3 Download Goal.... and then some!

The goal was for a Guinness World Record for the most-downloaded software in a 24-hour period. All FireFox needed was 5 million copies downloaded. Not only did they meet that goal, they exceeded it by over 1 million downloads!

Playing Casual Games Helps People Kick Bad Habits

Smokers, snackers report a decreased likelihood to engage in their respective vices.

Study links hours in front of TV to Obesity

A New Study suggests people who are spending lots of their leisure time in front of screens are more likely to be obese.

Mice ascend Everest to combat doping in sport

Mice to scale Everest!

Ranking the 14 Major Victories by Tiger Woods

Following the recent championship at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods suggested that the 2008 U.S. Open may have been the best of his 14 career major titles so far. Here is ESPN's breakdown of all of Woods' major victories in order, from #1-14.

Metal Gear Solid 4:Brilliant Mixture Of Storytelling & Game.

A brilliant mixture of storytelling and gameplay,Mind-blowing audiovisual presentation,Tight and compelling shooting mechanics,Gratifying stealth mechanics,Lots of cool gadgets and weapons that you can tailor to your own style of play.

Obama's Volunteers Aren't Doing Him any Favors

Volunteer workers for the Obama presidential campaign are apparently doing their best to cheapen their candidate. After yesterday's request of two Muslim women that they not sit behind Obama during his rally, apparently several women in headscarves were asked not to be in a photo with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Digg can raise 10.000 signups to save the leatherback turtle

Please join this petition now to protect leatherback turtles which lives on beaches in Indonesia.The leatherback is the largest living turtle. They have been around 100 million years, but may have less than 10 years left.

Canada: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old

A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet, his lawyer said Wednesday. The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block...

Most Complex Crop Circle Ever Discovered [PIC]

The most complex, "mind-boggling" crop circle ever to be seen in Britain has been discovered in a barley field in Wiltshire.

House Subcommittee Votes to Stop FCC Media Ownership Rule

A House subcommittee voted to block the FCC's rule allowing cross-media ownership in the country's 20 largest media markets.

Netflix eliminating Profiles

We wanted to let you know we will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account, effective September 1, 2008.Each additional Profile Queue will be unavailable after September 1, 2008.

What One Pilot Would Really Like to Say from the Cockpit

"Before we take off, I would like to apologize on behalf of this and every airline for the hassle you just endured at the security checkpoint. As is patently obvious to any reasonable person, the humiliating shoe removals, liquids ban, and pointy-object confiscations do little to make us safer...."

Law School to Organize Bush War Crimes Trial

A conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover.

Backstage at the Kanye West Bonnaroo Debacle

Kanye kept thousands of angry fans waiting until 4:25am before he made an entrance at the main stage of the Bonnaroo music festival. This is the behind the scenes footage you haven't seen.

Firefox 3 launch a success: 8 million downloads in 24 hours

Mozilla's Firefox 3 release event yesterday was an epic success. The servers logged over 8 million downloads during the 24-hour download day, and Mozilla has declared victory after exceeding its initial goal of 5 million downloads.

Jellyfish Outbreaks a Sign of Nature Out of Sync

The dramatic proliferation of jellyfish in oceans around the world, driven by overfishing and climate change, is a sure sign of ecosystems out of kilter, warn experts.

Hidden planet could be much bigger than Pluto

An icy, unknown world might lurk in the distant reaches of our solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto, according to a new computer model. If confirmed, it would not be technically a planet. Under a controversial new definition adopted by the International Astronomical Union last week, it would instead be the largest known "plutoid."

Has Video Killed the Blogging Star?

This was the title of a panel I joined at the Social Media Influence event earlier this week in London. "Okay, we’re joking…..sort of. But be it video-snacking, YouTube resumes, digital video activism or live-streaming to the web from your mobile phone, the world of Web 2.0 is being driven by the moving image."

Eating a big breakfast may a good way to lose weight

Breakfast really could be the most important meal of the day when it comes to losing weight, claims a researcher.

Can Professional Sports Govern Themselves?

Should Congress step in to the NBA referee situation or any professional sports scandal? Should we leave it to them in investigate their own? Should there be an independant governing body for the four major sports?

YouTube Shifts Strategy, Tries Long-Form Video

YouTube (GOOG), known for short clips of dogs on skateboards, cats on treadmills, is trying something new: Showing video that is much longer than its previous 10-minute limit. It's something of a test right now, limited to YouTube's "content partners", but it has potentially big implications. The company outlined the new policy in a memo emailed to

Deep Fried Bytes 4: Scaling Large Web Sites with Joe Stump

Have you ever wanted to learn how top 100 web sites are architected? Deep Fried Bytes hosts Keith Elder and Chris Woodruff sat down with Joe Stump, Lead Architect at DIGG to discuss scaling large web sites, his life, development experiences and team building.

The Ultimate Guide to Douchebags (Since We All Need to Know)

We ALL know a few Douchebags. It may be your brother, coworker, buddy or even yourself. Here's a handy guide to tell what type of Douchebag people are, and what you can do to avoid them.

McCain 'C-Word' Moment Becomes Fodder For Satirists

"He Said It First" has quickly become a YouTube hit. As of this writing, it was #1 today on YouTube comedy and #3 on Digg.com. Effectively criticizing how the media bailed on covering one of this year's stories from the trail because it involved the most vulgar and misogynist word in our vocabulary, the video may not be for the purest of heart.

The MOST EPIC GMod Rube Goldberg video you'll ever see!

Onnox combines a rube goldberg masterpiece with superior video editing to create possibly the most epic Garry's Mod rube goldberg video you'll ever see!

Superfast Internet: 10,000 Times Faster than Broadband

Imagine a world where the internet is so fast that personal data storage units are obsolete, and HD films can be downloaded in seconds. With the switching on of the CERN particle accelerator this year, technology has taken one step closer to that reality.

Manhattan says goodbye to the car ... just a little

The New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has hit back, after his plans for a congestion charge for the city were rebuffed, with a modest but eye-catching scheme to carve a seven-mile path through the center of Manhattan and turn it over ever so briefly to pedestrians.

Mississippi River overflows 19 levees | Reuters

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The swollen Mississippi River has flowed over the top of 19 levees in Missouri, Iowa and Illinois, and another 29 levees are at risk, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Wednesday. The river overtopped at least nine levees overnight as water levels rose in the Midwest's worst flooding in 15 years. The river was cresting

"Tell me the last time you saw the body of a dead..soldier"

CBS’s Lara Logan: ‘Tell me the last time you saw the body of a dead American soldier.’ Appearing on the Daily Show last night, CBS’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan crticized the lack of media attention to the Iraq war. She said she felt responsible for the fact that “no one really understands” what is happening in Iraq.

France to Ban illegal Downloaders From Using the Internet

Anyone in France who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be barred from broadband access under a controversial new law that makes the country a pioneer in combating internet piracy. "There is no reason that the internet should be a lawless zone," said President Sarkozy, as he endorsed the "three-strikes-and-your-out' rule.

Lower Testosterone In Men Can Lead To Earlier Death

Overall, men with low testosterone levels had more than 2.5 times greater risk of dying during the next 10 years compared with men who had higher testosterone, the study found, backing earlier studies.

How Fuel-Efficient 'Cute Ute' Concepts Could Resurrect Dying

Sorry, folks, but the SUV is dead ... as we know it. But all is not lost for lovers of these big, honkin', truck-bodied sport utility vehicles. What? You say the SUV can actually make a comeback? The editor of Jalopnik thinks so, as long as they're not actually big, honkin' or truck-bodied.

Linkedin Gets $53 based on $1B Valuation

The investment comes as rival Facebook has been attracting older users, leading to speculation that Facebook could become a destination for professionals hoping to make new contacts, recruit employees or find experts in certain fields. All true, but $1B?? Come on!

Kobe vs. Michael

GUANTANAMO: Beyond the Law

An eight-month McClatchy investigation of the detention system created after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has found that the U.S. imprisoned innocent men, subjected them to abuse, stripped them of their legal rights and allowed Islamic militants to turn the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into a school for jihad.