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Study Finds Black Sabbath Helps Plants Grow

Mike Adams — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:18:37 +0000

If you intend to show the wicked world a cornucopia of green thumb power this gardening season (and you probably don’t, but keep reading) you had better start exposing your precious sweet leaf to plenty of Black Sabbath. Television gardener (yes, that’s a thing) Chris Beardshaw says that during a recent study of the effects [...]

March Is the Best Time to Uh, Come In Like a Lion

Mike Adams — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:00:28 +0000

Regardless of whether you get it on in a filthy bathroom stall or a five-star hotel room, there isn’t really a bad place to have sex, as far as we’re concerned. However, a new study suggests that the month of March may actually be the best time of the year to do the deed. An [...]

New Research Finds Bumping Uglies Only Burns 21 Calories — Dibs on Telling Richard Simmons

Mike Adams — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:54:45 +0000

If you've always lived your life by the age-old myth that you can burn 300 calories every time you knock athletic shoes with your partner in carnal knowledge, a new study suggests that you might want to start bumping uglies on a stationary bike or elliptical machine – recent findings show the average person only burns roughly 21 calories while barely sweating it out in the sack.

Want to Smash Cute Animals? Researchers Say You May Be Normal, But We Still Think You're Sick

Mike Adams — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:00:04 +0000

Having the uncontrollable urge to smoosh your neighbor’s adorable puppy or punch a random kitten in the face is "completely normal," according to a new study. So basically, researchers have found that the human race is full of psychopaths with a naturally aggressive response to things they find adorably vulnerable. Excellent.

New Facebook App Helps You Find Out Who Gave You the Flu

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:00:14 +0000

We're not big fans of winter. The only good part of this season is that it's socially acceptable to grow a burly bush of upper lip hair to keep us warm, but other than that it's just cold, dreary and it's also the season of the flu. Just thinking about the chills, the aching, and the fevers makes us want to curl up and cry for our mommy-- it's awful.

How to Boost Your Wifi Signal Without Spending a Dime

Jackie Mancini — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:00:29 +0000

If you’re like us, you’re home for the holidays. If your parents are like our parents, they have an vintage router from 1996, and Netflix spends more time buffering than actually delivering. If ancient technology is getting in the way of your only source of Christmas Eve entertainment, we’ve got your solution. We love life-hacks, [...]

Study Shows Squeezing Boobs Cures Breast Cancer — In Other News, Life Rules

Mike Adams — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:00:55 +0000

According to a recent study, Mr. Ron Jeremy is a regular cancer-fighting hero. Scientist say that it is possible to shock cancer cells back into a normal growth pattern by simply showing a women’s breasts some love and applying some pressure to them. Yes, using two hands is recommended. While we probably wont see a hospital ward [...]

Whoa! Brilliant Scientists Demonstrate a Real Working Hoverboard [VIDEO]

alex staub — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:09:25 +0000

‘Back To The Future’ fans, rejoice! Not only has 2011 been the year of the Nike Air Mag, but thanks to a group of intrepid scientists, hoverboards may no longer be a crazy pipe dream. The scientists in this video may seem to be performing some form of wizardry, but what they are actually doing [...]

Insomnia Costs America $62 Billion in Productivity

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:00:09 +0000

Insomnia isn’t just a bad deal for those who suffer through it. It’s also a bad deal for the nation’s economy. A study of 7,428 workers by Harvard Medical School found that 23.8 percent suffered from insomnia, and that the average American worker lost 11.3 days — or $2,000 worth of productivity — because of [...]

Finally! Astrophysicist Figures Out Most Efficient Airplane Boarding System [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:00:48 +0000

Anybody who’s ever boarded an airplane knows that there is something terribly inefficient about the slow, agonizing process. Astrophysicist Jason Steffen decided to do something about the messy procedure, using science to develop a plane boarding method that cuts seating times in half. The idea is simple enough — passengers with children still board first, but then passengers whose [...]

Astronomers Discover Planet Made of Diamonds

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:00:34 +0000

In the most stunning piece of planetary news since Pluto’s sad demotion, astronomers have found a star-orbiting land mass that is so dense its carbon is crystalline — which means it’s basically a planet made out of diamonds. “The evolutionary history and amazing density of the planet all suggest it is comprised of carbon — i.e. a massive [...]

Can Wasting Time Online Improve Employee Productivity?

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:00:46 +0000

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them.

“Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.

Researchers Pinpoint the Saddest Movie Scene of All Time

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:30:59 +0000

After an extensive study which included screening 78 of the saddest scenes in movie history to 500 volunteers, researchers from Stanford University were able to determine that the final scene of 1979 boxing drama ‘The Champ‘ was the most tear-jerking of all. In the scene, nine-year-old T.J. (played by Ricky Schroder) repeatedly begs his father [...]

Massive Explosion on the Sun Caught on Video

Jordan Breindel — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:00:14 +0000

For most of us down here on earth, June 7th was a fairly typical day. If you happened to be on the sun, on the other hand, you would have been treated to one of the most massive solar explosions man has ever seen. It may not look all that big in the video — the footage was captured on an ultraviolet camera by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory — but remember, this is the sun we’re looking at here. It’s more than 100 times larger than the Earth.

Men More Likely To Say 'I Love You' First (But There's a Catch)

Amory Gritta — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:30:51 +0000

Two-thirds of the time it is the man who says "I love you" first in a relationship, according to a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

The study also found that men start considering saying "I love you" an average of six weeks before women do.

Scientists Discover Jurassic Spider, World's Biggest on Record

Amory Gritta — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:00:50 +0000

Arachnophobes, beware! Scientists have just discovered the world's largest 8-legged creature from the Jurassic period.

The 165 million-year-old female spider is part of the Golden Orb Weavers -- a family of spiders that still exist today -- and has a leg span of nearly six inches.